hú ㄏㄨˊ
(Of animals) Tissue drooping down under the chin. / Neck. / Part of a weapon which hangs down. / Longevity. / Far, large. / Bearded. / What, why. / Arbitrary, unjustified. / The state of Hu. / Outsiders, foreigners. / Type of sacrificial vessel.

jiā ㄐㄧㄚ
a reed leaf whistle

yè ㄧㄝˋ
night, dark; in night; by night

zòu ㄗㄡˋ
memorialize emperor; report

sāi sè sài ㄙㄞ ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄞˋ
stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress

shēng ㄕㄥ
sound, voice, noise; tone; music

hán ㄏㄢˊ
cold, wintry, chilly

shì ㄕˋ
Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object.

wǒ ㄨㄛˇ
First-person pronoun: I. / One's own side in general. / Expresses closeness. / Egoism, self-involvement.

xiāng xiǎng xiàng ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
country; rural; village

yīn yìn ㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˋ
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

tīng tìng ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˋ
hear, listen; understand; obey

jiàn chán jiān qián ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
gradually

nán ㄋㄢˊ
Difficult, not easy. / Make difficult, think difficult.
nàn ㄋㄢˋ
Disaster. / Blame. / Censure, reject. / Resent. / Hate. / Doctrine, thesis.
nǎn ㄋㄢˇ
Fear.
nuó ㄋㄨㄛˊ
Luxuriant. / Ceremony to banish sprits thought responsible for contagion. / How, why.