Vocabulary List
Pinyin	Zi	English	Lesson	Stroke Count
an1	安	how (interrogative adverb)	8	6
ba4	霸	as in 霸業 the achievement of a powerful head of feudal lords	15	21
bai2	白	white	2	5
bai3	百	hundred, many things	14, 18	5
bai3 shou4	百獸	animals (in general)	14	5
bai4 ji4	敗績	be utterly defeated	20	11, 17
ban4	半	half	17	5
bang4	蚌	clam	12	10
bao3	保	save from injury	10	9
bei3	北	as in 北方 the Kingdoms in the North of China; also in as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	14, 15	5
bei3 mian4	北面	to head north	15	5, 9
bei4	倍	time	7	10
bei4	備	to formulate a course of action	6	12
ben3	本	originally	19	5
ben4	畚	a basket	19	10
bi3	彼	the other side, party	20	8
bi4	比	consecutive	7	5
bi4	弊	weary; exhausted; same as 敝	12	15
bi4	髀	the thighbone	10	18
bi4 li4	畢力	do all one can	19	10, 2
bian4	辯（辨）	to distinguish; 不辨牛馬 to be impossible to distinguis a horse from a cow	18	21, (16)
bing1	兵	army, military force	14, 15	7
bing1	冰	ice	18	6
bing4	病	weary	5	10
bing4	並	together	12	8
bo1	波	wave	13	8
bo1zhen2	波臣	aquatic animals; denizens of water	13	8, 6
bo2	白	a Chinese given name, as in 李白 Li3 Bo2; also see bai2	1	5
bo2 hai3 zhi1 wei3	渤海之尾	the shore of the Bohai (sea)	19	12, 10, 3, 7
bo2 le4	伯樂	a famous horse-trainer and rider	7	7, 15
bo2 yi2	伯夷	person name	18	7, 6
bo3	跛	lame	10	12
bu2 qu4	不去	didn't whisk off (Note: 不 is read as bu2, not bu4)	15	4, 5
bu4 ru2	不如	not as good as	17	4, 6
bu4 yi4 ke3 hu1	不亦可乎	isn't it alright?	20	3, 5, 5, 5
can2	殘	remained	19	12
cao1 she2 zhi1 shen2	操蛇之神	mountain god	19
ce4	測	to plumb, measure; 深不可測 too deep to be fathomed	10	12
ceng2	曾	somewhat to one's surprise; in a way thought to be rather unlikely	9	12
ceng2	曾	still, not yet	19	12
ceng2 bu4 neng2	曾不能	even… cannot	19
chan2	儳	untidy	20	19
chang2	常	as in常可, common practice; convention	6	11
chang2	常	as in常與, constant supply; proper environment	13	11
chang2	嘗	often = 常	18	16
chang2	長	long, long time, forever	18	8
chang2 xi1	長息	heave a deep sigh	19	8, 10
che1	車	carriage	13	7
che4	徹	through	19	15
chen2	臣	a term for 'I' used by officials when addressing the king or emperor or superior	7, 12	7
chen2	塵	dust	15	14
chen4	齔	to grow permanent teeth (about seven or eight years old)	19	17
cheng2	成	accomplish, succeed, to complete	1, 8	6
cheng2 lie4	成列	to form a battle array	20	6, 6
cheng2	懲	suffer from (a disadvantage)	19	18
cheng2	城	a city	19	9
cheng2	誠	sincerity	19	13
chi2	持	to hold, grasp	8, 15	9
chi4	赤	red	2	7
chong1	充	to fulfill, satisfy	11	6
chong2	蟲	inset	18	18
chong2	重	second time	20	9
chong2 shang1	重傷	to hurt an injured second time	20	9, 13
chu1	出	come out (of water); 'talk too much' in Lesson17	12, 17	5
chu3	杵	(an iron) pestle	1	8
chu3	楚	the state of Chu (It is current Province of Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and southern part of Henan)	3	13
chu4	觸	to knock against	6	21
chu4	處	take shelter	13	11
chuan1	川	big rivers	18	3
chui1	炊	to cook with	9	8
ci2	辭	to take leave, to say good-bye	9	19
ci2	祠	to offer sacrifice	8	9
ci3	此	this	3	6
ci3 shu4 zhe3	此數者	these several things, referring to good horse, lots of money for travelling and good driver	15	6, 15, 8
ci4	賜	to gran, favor, give to confer upon an inferior	8	15
cong2	從	from	3	11
cun2	存	to remain, to survive	19	6
cuo4	厝	to put = 措	19	10
da2	達	to reach	19	12
da4	大	as in 大眾, people	12	3
da4 chen2	大臣	ranking officials	17	3, 7
da4 hang2	大行	wide road = 大路	15	3, 6
da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1	大方之家	a person who is able to see the large issues	18	3, 4, 3, 10
dai4	待	to wait for	6	9
dai4	殆	dangerous	18	9
dai4	代	as in 蘇代, a schemer in Warring States	12	5
dai4	貸	to borrow	13	12
dai4 jia3	帶甲	armored solders	14	19, 5
dan4	旦	morning	7	5
dang1	當	present, as in 當世，the present age	6	13
dao4	道	on the way	1	12
dao4	道	principles, way = 道理	18	12
de2	得	to get; obtain; gain	6, 11	11
de2	得	to be able to	12	11
di2	敵	enemy	20	15
di4	帝	as in 炎帝 yándì, Emperor Yan, a legendary king	2	8
di4	帝	as in 天帝 the Supreme (in heaven)	9, 19	9
di4	地	ground	8	6
di4	弟	younger brother	16	7
diao4	弔	to sondole with	10	4
ding1	丁	adult male, 丁壯 able-bodied men	10	2
dong1	東	East	2	8
dong1 mian4	東面	face East	18	8, 9
dong1	冬	winter	20	5
dong4	動	move	15	11
dou3	斗	a measure of volume: one gallon; 斗升之水 a dipperful of water	13	4
du2	讀	to read	1	22
du2	獨	alone	10	16
du3	睹	to see	18	13
du3	篤	to be bound to	18	15
duan1	端	end	18	14
dui4	對	to answer	9, 13, 14, 17	14
dun4	盾	or 楯, shield	4	9
duo1	多	many, a great amount	2, 15	6
duo2	奪	to snatch	8	14
duo4	墮	to fall	10	14
e2	俄	as in 俄而 soon; before long	11	9
er2	而	used to connect a noun phrase to a verbal phrase	4	6
er2	而	therefore	5	6
er2	而	used to connect two verbal phrases. The first VP is used as an adverbial.	5	6
er2	而	but; then; in order to	3, 6	6
er3	耳	a particle, = 啊、了	15	6
er4 mao2	二毛	gray-haired old man	20	2, 4
fa1	發	as in 發鳩, name of a mountain in Shangxi Province	2	12
fa2	伐	strike; attack	12	6
fa3	法	to follow the example of	6	8
fan3	返	to return	2	7
fan3	反	(to rush) back = 返	15	4
fang1	方	just	12, 15	4
fang1	方	as in 方圓 circumference	14, 19	4
fei1	非	as in 非徒 not only	5	8
fei1	非	not (be)	10	8
fei4	吠	to bark at	16	7
fen4	忿	忿然 angrily	13	8
feng2	逢	run into, come across	1	10
fu1	夫	an introductory particle (often for a general statement)	4	4
fu1	夫	adult male	19	4
fu2	伏	to prostrate, subside	11	6
fu2	服	to obey	20	8
fu2	弗	not	4	5
fu2	福	blessing, luck	10	13
fu4	復	again	6	12
fu4	父	term of respect for old man	12	4
fu4	負	to carry on the back	19	9
fu4	富	rich, wealthy	10	12
fu4	鮒	crucian carp	13	16
gan3	感	be moved, touched	1	13
gan3 qi2 cheng2	感其誠	be moved by their sincerity	19
gan3	敢	to dare	14	11
gao1	高	high, as high as	19	10
gao3	槁	withered	5	14
gao4	告	to tell	15, 19	7
geng1	耕	plough; till	6	10
gong1	公	old man	11	4
gou3	狗	dog	16	8
gu3	古	the ways of the ancients	6	5
gu3	古人	a person of virtue and talent	9	5, 2
gu3	股	thigh and hip	20	8
gu3	鼓	to beat a drum to advance on (the enemy)	20	13
gu4	顧	to look back	7, 13	21
gu4	固	assuredly	8	8
gu4	固	stubborn; firmly	19, 20	8
gu4 bu4 ke3 che4	固不可徹	stubborn to the extent of being unresonable	19
gu4	故	reason	1	9
gu4	故	therefore	2, 13	9
gua3	寡	few	5	14
gua3	寡人	the royal term for 'I'	9	14, 2
guai4	怪	to feel strange	16	8
guan1	官	official	20	8
guan1	觀	to observe	14	25
guan3 zhong4	管仲	pearon name, minister of the state of Qi	17	14, 6
guan4	灌	to pour into	18	21
guang3	廣	vast (in territory)	15	15
gui1	歸	to return; go back to	5	18
gui3	鬼	ghost, devil	9	10
gui4	桂	cassia tree	9	10
gui4	貴	expensive	9	12
guo2	國	country	6, 9, 15, 20
guo3 cheng2	果誠	if indeed	14	8, 12
guo4	過	to pass, to go across	12	12
hai3	海	sea, ocean	2, 13. 18, 19	10
hai4	害	to injure	5	10
han2 dan1	邯鄲	capital of the state of Zhao	15	7, 14
han2	寒	winter, cold weather	19	12
han4 yin1	漢陰	south of Han river	19	14, 10
hao4	好	to be fond of	10	6
he2	何	how…? what; why	10, 13	7
he2 ku3	何苦	why bother, why not	19	7, 9
he2 you3	何有	what to have?	20	7, 6
he2 ru2	何如	how about?	4, 14	7, 6
he2	合	to close, shut	12	6
he2	河	Yellow River	18	8
he2 bo2	河伯	the god of the Yellow River	18	8, 7
he2 qu1	河曲	bend of a river	19	8, 6
he2 yang2	河陽	place name, north of the Yellow River	19	8, 11
he2	涸	dry up	13	11
he4	賀	to congratulate	10	12
he4 dan4	荷擔	carry two baskets on a shoulder pole	19	11, 16
hei1	黑	black	16	12
hong2	泓	a river name	20	8
hou2	侯	country magistrate (in ancient time)	13	9
hou4 zhi4	後至	be late, come late	17	9, 6
hu1	乎	an interrogative particle; = 嗎	3, 11, 14	5
hu1	乎	a prep. =於， by…	9	5
hu1	呼	to call	13	7
hu2	胡	a general name of the Northern tribes in ancient China	10	9
hu2 gou3	胡耇	very old man	20	9, 9
hu2	狐	a fox	14	8
hu3	虎	a tiger	14	8
hua4	畫	to draw	8	12
hua4	化	change, 化不可極 changing to the extent that it is impossible to reach the limit	10	4
huan2	還	to go around	7	16
hui3	毀	to damage, to destroy	19	13
hui4	喙	as in 白喙，bird’s bill, beak	2, 12	12
hui4	惠	smart and wise = 慧	19	12
hui4 wang2	惠王	King of Zhao (reigned 298-266 B.C.)	12	12
huo2	活	活我 make me live, can staty alive	13	9
huo4	惑	to be deluded	3	12
huo4	或	someone	4	8
huo4	獲	capture	20	17
huo4	禍	misfortune	10	13
ji1	擊	to attack	20	17
ji1 ben3	箕畚	basket	19	14, 10
ji1	激	to make water flow backwards	13	16
ji2	極	to get to the extreme	10	12
ji2	及	take advantage of	20	3
ji2	即	then	12	7
ji3 si4	己巳	a certain day in lunar calendar based on the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches	20	3, 3
ji4 liang2	季梁	person name of the state Wei	15	8, 11
ji4	濟	to cross the river	20	17
ji4	冀	to hope	6	16
ji4 zhou1	冀州	one of nine states in ancient times, current Hebei, Shangxi, Shaangxi, Henan area	19	16, 6
ji4	計	consider; consideration	12, 17	9
ji4	既	already; completely	20	9
jia1	家	in 家口 members of family; family living expenses (in this lesson)	11	10
jia1	加	to add, to increase	19	5
jia3	假	to borrow, make use of	14	11
jia4	賈	price = 價	7	13
jia3 bing1	甲兵	armed forces	14	5, 7
jia4	價	price	7	15
jia4	駕	horse-drawn carriage	15	14
jian1	堅	firm; strong	4	11
jian1	閒（間）	position word, place	18	12, (12)
jian1	殲	wipe out	20	21
jian4	見	to see	7, 9, 14, 18	7
jian4	見	grant an interview to	9	7
jian4 xiao4	見笑	to be laughed at	18	7, 10
jian4	劍	double-edged sword	3	15
jian4	監	監河 a place name	12	14
jian4	諫	advise (somebody) not to	20	16
jiang1	江	a river	3	6
jiang1 yi3	江乙	a person name	14	6, 1
jiang1	將	to bring, lead	10	11
jiang1	將	a conjunction, = 而、卻、可是 (but)	15	11
jiao1	焦	creasy (衣服上的皺紋)	15	12
jiao1	嬌	lovely and charming	19	15
jiao4	詨	to call	2	13
jiao4	教	to teach, learning	18, 20	11
jie1	皆	all, each and every	6, 10	9
jie2	節	season	19	13
jie3	解	to understand	11	13
jie3	解	to remove	16	13
jin1	今	now; when...	6, 12, 14	4
jin1 gu3	金鼓	gongs and drums	20	8, 13
jin4	近	close to	10	7
jin4	盡	all = 都	18	14
jing1	精	as in 精衛, name of a legendary bird	2	14
jing1 rui4	精銳	crack (troops)	15	14, 14
jing1	荊	荊宣王=楚宣王 rigned 369-340 B.C.	14	10
jing1	京	capital	19	8
jing1 cheng2 shi4	京城氏	a person whose last name is Jingcheng	19	8, 9, 4
jing1 liu2	涇流	the racing current	18	10, 10
jing3	頸	neck	6	16
jing3	井	a well	18	4
jiu1	鳩	as in 發鳩, name of a mountain in Shangxi （山西）Province	2	12
jiu3	久	for a long time	12, 20	3
jiu3	九	nine	10, 19	2
jiu3	酒	wine	8, 17	10
jiu4	救	to save, rescue	20	11
jiu4	咎	lay the blame on	20	8
jiu4	就	undertake; go	9, 17	12
ju1	居	used before the time word indicating the passed time. 居一年：過了一年 after one year	10	8
ju1	拘	to be limited (by)	18	8
ju1	狙	monkey	11	8
ju3	舉	to mobilize, 大擧 carry out (a military operation) on a large scale	10	16
ju3	舉	act, 一舉一動 every act and every move	15	16
ju3	舉	to raise up	17	16
ju4	遽	hurriedly, immediately	3	16
ju4	遽	as in 何遽 how, afterall	10	16
ju4	聚	to call together	19	14
ju4	具	to prepare	17	7
ju4	懼	to fear	19, 20	21
jun1	軍	military force	20	9
jun1	君	you (honorific)	19	7
jun4	駿	a good fast horse as in 駿馬	7	17
ke3	可	as in常可, common practice; convention	6	5
ke3	可	justifiable; passable, = 可以	17	5
ke4	刻	to carve	3	8
ken3	肯	willing, to be willing to	9, 12	8
ken3	墾	to dig, excavate	19	16
kong3	恐	to fear	11	10
kou3	口	as in 家口 members of family; family living expenses (in this lesson)	11	3
kou4	叩	to knock	19	5
kou4 shi2 ken3 rang3	叩石墾壤	to dig and excavate	19
ku1	枯	dry	13	9
kua1 e2 zhi4 er4 zi3	夸娥氏二子	two legendary gods of unusual strength	19	6, 10, 4, 2, 3
kuang2	誑	to deceive, hoodwink	11	14
kui2 fu4	魁父	mountain name	19	14, 4
kui4	匱	be insufficient	11	14
lai2	來	addressing particle follows a greeting or form a address	13	8
lao3	老	old	1	6
le4	樂	as in 伯樂, a famous horse-trainer and rider	7	7
lei3	耒	a plough	6	6
lei4	類	type, as in 之類, be of a kind; of this kind	6	19
li3	李	a Chinese surname, as in 李白 Li3 Bo2	1	7
li3	里	a Chinese mile, =1.3 mile	9	7
li3	禮	etiquette	17	17
li4	利	sharp	4	7
li4	利	advantageous	20	7
li4	立	to stand; to exist	4	5
li4	力	strength, energy	19	2
liang2	良	good	10, 15	7
liang3	兩	two	12	8
lie4	列	line, array	20	6
lin2	臨	to approach; to come to	9	17
lin2	鄰	neighboring	19	14
ling4	令	to make, cause	9	5
liu2	留	to stay	9	10
liu2	流	(river) current	18	10
long3 duan4	隴斷	mountains	19	19, 18
lu4	路	road, way	15	13
lun4	論	to examine	6	15
ma3	馬	horse	7	10
mai4	賣	to sell	7	15
mang2	芒	as in芒芒, looking exhausted	5	7
mao2	矛	spear	4	5
mei3	美	beauty	18	9
men2 guan1	門官	imperial guards 禁衛軍	20	8, 8
mian4	面	to face	19	9
mian4 mu4	面目	appearance, look of the face	18	9, 5
miao2	苗	sprouts; shoots of crops	5	9
min2	民	people	6	5
min3	閔	feel concern for; worry	5	12
ming2	鳴	the cry of birds	2	15
ming2 chi3 jiao1 zhan4	明恥教戰	to teach people was of war to defend national honor	20	8, 10, 11, 16
ming2	名	name	2, 15	6
ming4	命	order	9, 14, 19	8
mo4	莫	none; nothing	4, 14	11
mo4	磨	to grind	1	16
mou2	謀	do discuss, talk over	19	16
mu4	暮	evening	11	15
mu4	木	tree, wood	2	4
nai3	乃	however; therefore	8, 12	2
nai3	乃	until, still	9	2
nan2	南	south, as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	15	9
nan2	男	male	19	7
nan4	難	difficult	9	19
neng2	能	to be able, can	4, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19	10
ni4	溺	drown	2	13
ni4	逆	to go against	14	9
nian2	年	year, age	10, 19	6
niao3	鳥	bird	2	11
niu2	牛	cow, ox	18	4
nu4	怒	angry	11, 16	9
nuo4	諾	answer of assent in response to a request	13	16
nv3	女	daughter	2	3
pin2	貧	poor	13	11
ping2	平	level the ground, remove the two mountains	19	5
pu1	撲	to hit	16	15
pu4	曝	to bask in the sun	12	19
qi1	期	to expect; to seek	6	12
qi1	期	to set a time	17	12
qi1	七	seven	19	2
qi2 huan2 gong1	齊桓公	Duke Huan of Qi (685-643 B.C.)	17	15, 10, 4
qi2	騎	to ride	10	17
qi2	其	a pronoun, his, her, its	1, 2, 3, 4, 6	8
qi3	豈	how	16	10
qi3	起	stand up	11	10
qi4	棄	to give up, to abandon	1, 20	11
qi4	棄	to spill	17	11
qi4	契	to make a notch	3	9
qi4	妻	wife	19	8
qi4	氣	raise the morale (of the troops)	20	10
qian1	千	thousand	9, 14	3
qian2	拑	to clamp	12	8
qiang2	強	powerful	12	12
qie3	且	to be about to; to be going to	8, 12	5
qie3	且	close to	19	5
qie3	且	conj. = 再説 what's more	19	5
qie3 fu1	且夫	conj. = 而且、況且	18	5, 4
qin2	秦	as in 蘇秦, a strategist in the Age of Warring States	9	10
qin2	擒	to catch	12	15
qin2	禽	caputre; seize 擒	20	13
qing1	輕	light; to feel that … is too light	18	14
qing2	勍	strong and powerful	20	10
qing3	請	please (honorific adverb)	8	15
qiong2	窮	to exhaust, as in 難窮 unfathomable vastness	18	15
qiong2	窮匱	limit, end	19	15, 14
qiu1	丘	small mound	19	5
qiu1	秋	autumn, fall season	18	9
qiu2	求	to seek	3	7
qu1	趨	to hasten to	5	15
qu1 shi4	曲士	cramped scholar 鄉曲讀書人	18	6, 3
qu3	取	to capture	20	8
qu4	去	to leave	1,7	5
qun2	群	group, horde; 成群 up to a horde	11	13
ran2	然	a suffix	5	12
ran2	然	to be right	14	12
rang3	壤	soil	19	20
ren2	人	a person	3	2
ren4	仞	an ancient measure of length equal to seven or eight 尺 (尺=1/3 meter)	19	5
ri4	日	day	5	4
ri4 zhong1	日中	noon	17	4, 4
rou4	肉	meat, flesh	12	6
ru2	如	like	2	6
ru2	如	as in 何如, how about…?	4	6
ru2…he2…	如...何	how to deal with…	19	6, 7
ru3	汝	you, your, you (pl.)	16, 19	6
ru4	入	to enter	3, 10, 17	2
rui4	銳	as in 精銳 crack (troops)	15	15
ruo4	若	like; as in 若此 like this, in such a manner	3	9
ruo4	若	you	11	9
ruo4	若	name of the god of the sea	18	9
ruo4	若	prep. can compare with	18	9
ruo4	弱	weak	19	10
sai4	塞	border, frontier	10	13
san1	三	three	7, 19	3
san1 jun1	三軍	military force, the ancient army was divided into upper, mid and lower divisions	20	3, 9
se4	塞	block, obstruct	19	13
sha1	殺	to kill, to destroy	20	10
shan1	山	mountain	19	3
shan4	善	to be good at, good	10, 12, 15	12
shang1	傷	to wound, to hurt	20
shang1	商	Shang dynasty	20	11
shang1	觴	wine cup	17	18
shang4	上	top, position word	2, 10	3
shao3	少	to feel that … too little; Lesson 18: 少仲尼之聞 to feel that Confucius is not that knowledgeable	18	4
shao4	少	young	1	4
she2	蛇	snake	19	11
she2	舌	tongue	17	6
she3	舍	捨； to give up; leave alone	5, 12	8
she4 ren2	舍人	retainers	8	8, 2
she4	涉	to ford, cross	3	10
she4	赦	remit (a punishment)	20	11
shen1	身	himself	6	7
shen1	申	neat; smooth	15	5
shen1	深	deep, 深不可測 too deep to be fathomed	10	11
shen2	神	god	19	9
shen4	甚	too extreme	19	9
sheng1	聲	impetus 聲威	20	17
sheng1	生	as in 先生, master (honorific)	9	5
sheng1	升	a measure of volume: one pint	13	4
sheng4	聖	as in 聖人，sage; wise man	6	13
sheng4	盛	loud and widespread	20	11
shi1	師	military force, army	20	10
shi1	失	to lose; to make mistakes	10, 17	5
shi2	石	stone, rock	19	5
shi2	時	seasonal	18	10
shi2	十	ten	20	2
shi2	食	food	11	9
shi2	實	actually, truly	14	14
shi3	使	if	16	8
shi3	始	to begin	19	8
shi4	釋	to abandon; to put down	6	20
shi4	是	pron. this	2, 3, 14, 16	9
shi4	是	pron. this situation	18	9
shi4	世	generation; existence; society	4, 6	5
shi4	士	person, scholar	18	3
shi4	事	affairs	6	8
shi4	氏	a person	19	4
shi4	市	market	7	5
shi4	恃	rely on, depend on	15	9
shi4	室	all family	19	9
shi4	視	to look at	7, 13, 18	11
shi4	置	to put, to place	19	12
shou3	首	as in 文首, head	2	9
shou3	守	to watch	6	6
shou3	手	hand	8	4
shou4	獸	animal	14	19
shu1	書	a book	1	10
shu2	熟	carefully	12	15
shu3	暑	summer	19	12
shu4	術	art of prognostication	10	11
shu4	束	to be shackled by	18	7
shu4	數	several	8	15
shuai4	率	to lead	19	11
shuang1 qi1	孀妻	widow	19	20, 8
shui3	水	water	3	4
shun4	順	follow	18	12
shuo1	說	explanation	9	14
shuo4	數	屢次 lü3ci4, 頻繁 pin2fan2, repeatedly; frequently	15	15
shuo4	朔	the first day of the month according to the lunar calendar	20	10
shuo4 dong1	朔東	the eastern part of Shanxi, 朔方東部	19	10, 8
da4 si1 ma3	大司馬	grand minister of war	19	3, 5, 10
si3	死	to die	6	6
si4	肆	a shop	13	13
si4	涘	river bank	18	10
si4	四	four	11	5
song4	宋	a state during the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 B.B.), located in present day Henan Province	5, 6	7
song4 gong1	宋公	宋襄公 Duke Xiang of of Song	20	7, 4
sou3	叟	old man	19	9
su1	蘇	as in 蘇秦, a strategist in the Age of Warring States	9	20
su1	蘇	as in 蘇代, a schemer in the Age of Warring States	12	20
su4	素	white	16	10
su4	粟	millet	13	12
sui1	雖	although	15, 19, 20	17
sui2	隨	to follow	14	14
sui4	遂	then, thereupon	1, 8, 14, 19	12
sun1	孫	grandchild	19	10
sun3	損	to decrease, deprive; to level	11, 19	13
suo3	所	a structural pron. (see textbook page 27-28)	3	8
suo3	索	to look for	13	10
tai4 hang2	太行	mountain name, between Shangxi and Hebei	19	4, 6
tan2	談	to talk	9	15
tan4	歎	heave a sigh	18	15
tian1	天	heaven	5, 19	4
tian1di4	天帝	the Supreme (in heaven)	9, 14	4, 9
tian1 xia4	天下	as in 天下 the whole China in ancient time	5, 15, 18
tian1	添	to add	8	11
tian2	填	to fill up	2	13
tian2	田	field	6	5
tiao4	跳	jump, hurry to	19	13
tong1	通	to get through	19	10
tong2	同	at the same time	4	6
tou2	投	put, throw	19	7
tou2 chen2	頭塵	dust, dirt on head	15	14, 16
tu2	徒	as in 非徒 not only	5	8
tu4	兔	hare	6	8
wa1	娃	as in 女娃 nǚwā, name of Emperor Yan’s daughter	2	9
wa1	蛙	frog	18	12
wan4	萬	ten thousand	19	13
wang2	王	king, as in 先王 ancient kings	6	4
wang2	王	the way to rule over the empire	15	4
wang2 wu1	王屋	mountain name, in Shangxi	19	4, 9
wang2	亡	to lose; to run away	8, 10	3
wang3	往	to go to	5	7
wang4	望	gaze into the distance	18	11
wang4 yang2 xing1 tan4	望洋興歎	lament one's littleness before the vast ocean	18	11, 9, 13, 15
wei1	威	power and influence	14	9
wei2	為	to turn into, to become	2, 8, 12	9
wei2	為	to act; do; 何為者 'What are you doing there?'	13	9
wei2	為	to be…, consider … as…	14	9
wei2 jun1	為軍	to direct military affairs	20	9, 9
wei4	未	have not, did not	1, 8	5
wei4	衛	as in 精衛, name of a legendary bird	2	15
wei4	謂	to say; to tell	5, 8, 12	16
wei4	為	for; used to form a passive voice	6	9
wei4	為	prep. For, in behalf of	17	9
wei4	畏	to fear	14	9
wei4	魏	country or person name; 魏王 King of Wei	15	18
wen2	文	as in 文首，colorful pattern	2	4
wen2	聞	obey; comply with	9	14
wen2	聞	be told, hear	17	4
wen2	聞	knowledge	18	4
wen4	問	to ask	1	11
weng1	翁	old man, as in 塞翁, the old man on the frontier	10	10
wo3	我	I, me	13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20	7
wu1	烏	crow	2	10
wu2	吳	吳越之王 the Kings of Wu and Yue	13	7
wu2	吾	pron. I, my	3	7
wu2	無	not ; as in 無不 all without exception; do not	4, 16	12
wu3	五	five	14	4
wu4	物	things	4	8
wu4	勿	do not	20	4
xi1	奚	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
xi1 wei4	奚為	why	15	9, 10
xi1	西	west	2, 13	6
xi1	息	to sigh	19	10
xi3	喜	happy	11	12
xi4n	信	believe	4, 18	9
xi4n	信	trust, reputation	15	9
xia4	夏	summer	18
xian1	先	first	8	6
xian1 sheng1	先生	master (honorific)	9	6
xian1 wang2	先王	ancient kings	6	6
xian2	弦	bowstring	10	8
xian2	銜	to hold in the mouth	2	14
xian3	險	dangerous and difficult	19	15
xian4	陷	to fall into; to enter	4	10
xian4	獻	to put forward	19	20
xian4	限	to limit	11	8
xiang1	相	each other; mutually	4, 12	9
xiang1 xu3	相許	to agree with … opinions	19	9, 11
xiang4 zhe3	嚮者	previously, a moment ago	16	17, 8
xiao4	笑	to laugh	6	10
xie4	薪	firewood	9	17
xin1	心	feelings	11	4
xin1 ran2	欣然	be immensely proud	18	8, 12
xin4	信	trustworthy; confidence, credibility; (取)信於天下 to win confidence of all the people	14, 15	9
xing1	興
xing2	行	to go; to happen; to resotre	3, 18, 20	16
xiu1	脩	to study, to follow	6	12
xu1	虛	to study; to follow	6	11
xu3	許	to agree	19	11
xu4	恤	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
xuan1	芧	acorn	11	8
xuan2	旋	turn around	18	11
xun4	馴	accord with; agree to	11	12
ya2	崖	cliff	18	11
ya4	揠	to pull up	5	13
yan1	焉	pron. here, there, the place that was refereed to	2, 13	11
yan1	焉	adv. how	10	11
yan1	焉	to indicate a pause	18	11
yan1	焉	where	19	11
yan2	言	word, speech	1	7
yan2	炎	as in 炎帝 yándì, Emperor Yan, a legendary king	2	8
yan4	燕	a state during the period of Warring States	12	16
yang2 bu4	楊布	person name	16	13, 5
yang2 zhu1	楊朱	person name	16	13, 6
yang2	洋	ocean	18	9
yang3	養	to raise, nourish	11	14
ye1	邪	interrogative particle =啊,呢	13	7
ye3	也	a final particle to indicate a mood of resolution, judgement	4, 6, 12	3
ye3 yi3	也已	particle, =了;	20	3, 3
ye3 yu3	野語	common saying	18	11, 14
ye4	業	studies, scholarship	1	13
ye4	謁	call on (a superior or an elder person)	9	16
ye4zhe3	謁者	the official in charge of visitors	9	16, 8
yi1 fan3	一反	go and return once	19	1, 4
yi2 nan2	遺男	posthumous child	19	15, 7
yi2	疑	doubts	19	14
yi2	移	to remove	19	11
yi3	以	in order to	2, 15	4
yi3	以	to use, take	4, 6	4
yi3	以	to indicate a result	12	4
yi3	以	to think, to consider	14	4
yi3	以	prep. =於、在 to be at…	17	4
yi3	以	conj. =來	17	4
yi3 wei2	以為	to think, to consider	14	4, 9
yi3	已	already	3	3
yi3	已	stop	19	3
yi3	矣	particle, =了; 啦 (or to show a new development)	3, 5	7
yi4	易	to change	19	8
yi4	易	as in 易水, name of a river	12	8
yi4	邑	邑金 city money; local taxes	13	7
yi4	亦	also, indeed	3	6
yi4	益	advantage	5	10
yi4	衣	to wear	16	6
yi4	意	thought	11	13
yi4	義	virture	18	13
yin1	因	according to; in line with; therefore	6	6
yin1	因	prep. ask approval of, because of…	9	6
yin1	堙	to fill up	2	12
yin3	飲	to make (a person) drink	8, 17	12
yin3	引	to draw, to pull; two draw (a bow)	8, 10	4
yin3 tu3	隱土	a legendary place name	19	16, 3
ying2	迎	go to meet; head-on, in one's face	13, 16	7
ying4	應	to reply; answer	4	17
yong1	雍	Shaanxi and Ganxu, 雍州南部	19	13
yong4	用	to use	20	5
yong4	用	travelling expenses	15	5
you2	游	travel for pleasure, to swim	2	12
you2	猶	be just like	14, 16	12
you3	有	to have	2, 3, 4, ...	6
you4	又	also	5	2
you4	右	right	8	5
yu1	迂	curcuitous; winding	19	6
yu2	於	prep. as to; attitude towards	4	8
yu2	於	prep. at, in	2, 3, 7, 18	8
yu2	於	prep. =比	9	8
yu2	愚	foolish	19	13
yu2 gong1	愚公	the foolish old man	19	13, 4
yu2	魚	fish	13	11
yu2	漁	to fish, 漁者 fisherman; 漁父 an old fisherman	12	14
yu2	予	I	5	4
yu2	餘	excessive	8	15
yu2 shi4 yan1	於是焉	under such circumstances	18
yu3	與	to give	11	13
yu3	與	and ; with	4, 7, 14	13
yu3	雨	rain, it is pronunced as yu4 when is is used as a verb 'to rain'	12	8
yu3	語	to talk about	18	14
yu4	嫗	an old lady	1	15
yu4	譽	to praise	4	20
yu4	鬻	to sell	4	22
yu4	欲	want to	6	11
yu4	欲	desire	11	11
yu4	玉	jade	9	5
yu4	愈	the more…the more	15	13
yu4	豫	Henan Province	19	16
yu4	鷸	snipe	12	23
yu4 zhe3	御者	carriage driver	15	11, 8
yuan2	轅	shafts, as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	15	17
yuan3	遠	take as distant	9	13
yuan4	願	to wish	7, 11	19
yue1	曰	to say, to answer	1, 3	4
yue1	曰	to be called	2, 7, 16	4
yue4	越	the state of Yue	13	12
yue4	月	month	20	4
yun2	耘	to weed	5	10
yun4	運	to carry to	19	12
za2 ran2	雜然	one after another,	19	18, 12
zai1	哉	an interrogative particle; = 吧, 呢	13, 16	9
zai4	在	to be at	18, 19	6
zan4	贊	to help	20	19
zao3	早	early	13	6
ze2	則	yet; however	5	9
zeng1	增	to increase	19	15
zhan4	戰	to fight	10	16
zhang3	長	to grow	5	8
zhang3	長	to be the leader of…, as in 長百獸 be king of beasts	14	8
zhao1	朝	morning	7, 11	12
zhao1	昭	as in 昭奚恤, a person name, a ranking official of Chu Kingdom	14	9
zhao4	趙	an ancient feudal state (fl. 326-229 B.C.)	12	14
zhe2	折	to break	6	7
zhe2	轍	the track of a wheel; rut; also in as in 南轅北轍 lit. while the carriage shafts point to the south, the tracks of the carriage lead to the north -- act in a way that defeats one's purpose	13, 15	19
zhe3	者	pron. one who does…, or is…	3, 4, 6, 9	8
zhe3	者	a structural pron.	12	8
zhe4 mu4	柘	a thorny tree, three-bristle cudrania	2	9
zhen1	鍼（針）	a needle	1	17 (10)
zhen4	陳（陣）	to form a battle position	20	10
zheng1	爭	fight; struggle (for)	12	8
zheng4	鄭	the state of Zheng	20	14
zheng4	政	the ways to govern a country	6	9
zhi1	支	as in 相支, neither side was ready to yield	12	4
zhi1	之	serves as a structural maker (see notes in the textbook)	3	3
zhi1	之	used between pronouns and nouns indicating the relationship of possessor and possessed	4	3
zhi1	之	used to combine subject and predicate making the as a subject-predicate noun phrase	5	3
zhi1	之	pron. this, it	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14	3
zhi1	之	to go to	9, 15	3
zhi1	知	to know	7, 10, 16	8
zhi1	卮	a goblet; wine vessel	8	5
zhi1 jiu3	卮酒	a gblet of wine	8	5, 10
zhi3	止	to stop	3, 12	4
zhi3 tong1	指通	lead directly to = 直通	19	9, 10
zhi4	治	to rule; to govern	6	8
zhi4	置	to put	19	12
zhi4	志	spirit	20	7
zhi4	至	go to	15	6
zhi4	至	to arrive	17, 18	6
zhi4	致	to read	20	10
zhi4	智	wise	19	12
zhi4 sou3	智叟	Wise Old Man	19	12, 9
zhong1	終	finally, to the end	8	11
zhong1	中	middle	15	4
zhong1 dao4	中道	halfway	15	4, 12
zhong4	眾	everbody; crowd; as in 大眾 people	11, 12	11
zhong4 fu3	仲父	a respectful term given to Guan Zhong 管仲 by Qi Huan Gong 齊桓公	17	5, 4
zhong4 ni2	仲尼	Confucius' style name	18	5, 5
zhou1	舟	ship, boat	3	6
zhou1	州	an ancient administrative area, state	19	6
zhu1	諸	fusion of two words 之 and 於, it in	19	15
zhu1	株	tree stumps	6	10
zhu3	渚	small piece of land surrounded by water	18	11
zhu3	屬	entrust	14	21
zhu4	助	to aid; to help	5	7
zhuan1	專	only	14	11
zhuang1	莊	莊周， 莊子(?-ca 275 B.C.)	13	10
zhuang4	壯	adult male, 丁壯 able-bodied men	10	2
zhuang4	狀	form, appearance	2	8
zhui4	墜	to fall	3	14
zhuo2	啄	to peek	12	11
zi1	緇	black silk	16	14
zi3	子	you (to address somebody respectfully)	4, 7, 14	3
zi4	自	from	3	6
zi4	自	self	4	6
zi4 xi3	自喜	think no end of oneself	18	6, 12
zou3	走	to run	6, 14	7
zu2	卒	to finish	1, 9	8
zu2	足	claws; foot	2, 8	7
zu2	足	be enough	8, 11	7
zu3 ai4	阻隘	strategic pass; defile	20	7, 12
zun1	尊	honoroble, respectful	15	12
zuo2	昨	yesterday	13	9
zuo3	左	left	8	5
zuo4	坐	seat	17	7
zuo4	作	to make	1	7
zuo4 se4	作色	show signs of anger	13	7