Vocabulary:
| Putonghua | English Gloss |
| bù | (adv) no, not, (ancient) soar away |
| cháng | (adj) permanent, ordinary, common, (adv) often, (n)(ancient) lord’s banner, rule, principle |
| chén | (n) dust |
| chū | (v) produce, exit, issue, put forward, happen, occur (outward movement) |
| cǐ | (pron) here, this |
| cún | (v) exist, live, deposit, store |
| cùo | (v) defeat |
| dào | (n) road, path, way, means, doctrine, Taoism |
| dì | (n) the earth, land, soil, ground, floor, place |
| dì | (n) emperor |
| ér | (conj) and, yet |
| fēi | (adv) not, (n) wrongs, evils |
| fēn | (adj) numerous, varied, confused, disorderly |
| gù | (n) cause, reason, (adj) former, previous |
| guān | (v) observe, (n) view |
| guāng | (n) light, (adj) smooth, glossy, (adv) merely, purely, completely |
| hé | (n) harmony, peace, (adj) |
| hùo | (conj) or ( adv) perhaps |
| jiào | (n) frontier, border, (v) inspect, patrol |
| jiě | (v) separate, divide, solve, untie, relieve, alleviate, |
| kě | (v) can, may, approve, (conj) but |
| liǎng | (number) two |
| mén | (n) door, gate, school of thought |
| miào | (adj) wonderful, subtle |
| míng | (n) name, fame, (adj) famous, well known |
| mǔ | (n) mother |
| qí | (pron) he, she, it, this, that (ancient) winnowing basket |
| rùi | (adj) sharp, acute |
| shéi | (pron) who |
| shǐ | (v) begin, start, (n) beginning, start |
| sì | (v) appear, seem |
| tiān | (n) heaven, God, day |
| tóng | (adj) same, similar, (adv) similarly, together |
| wàn | (adj) myriad, (number) ten thousand, (anc) scorpion |
| wèi | (v) name, call, (n) meaning |
| wú | (pron) I, we |
| wú | (adv) without, not |
| wù | (n) thing, object |
| xī | (particle indicating a pause) |
| xiān | (Adj) first, before, |
| xiàng | (n) elephant, image |
| xuán | (adj) distant, obscure, dark, abstruse, |
| yì | (adj) differing, opposing |
| yǐ | (ancient) continue, (v) use, (prep) by means of, according to |
| yíng | (v) become full |
| yòng | (verb) use, (noun) usefulness |
| yòu | (adv) both ..and, again |
| yǒu | (v) have, possess, exist, be present, (particle) as |
| yù | (n) desire, (v) want |
| yuān | (N) abyss, (adj) deep, profound |
| zhàn | (v) immerse, sink, (adj) deep, profound |
| zhě | (pron) person, thing |
| zhī | (v) go, (particle) of, (pron) it |
| zhī | (v) know, (n) knowledge |
| zhòng | (n) crowd |
| zhong1 | small cup or bowl |
| zǐ | (n) child, son, egg, seed, |
| zōng | (n) ancestors, religion |


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