1. surname Shi
2. abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄 Shíjiāzhuāng, the capital of Hebei

1. dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 dǒu; one hundred liters
2. ancient pr. shí

1. rock
2. stone
3. stone inscription
4. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn

1. Machilus nanmu
2. Chinese cedar
3. Chinese giant redwood

1. flower
2. blossom
3. fancy pattern
4. florid
5. to spend (money, time)
6. (coll.) lecherous
7. lustful

classifiers: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇

1. variant of 花 huā
2. flower
3. blossom
4. also pr. wěi

1. regular; usual; normal
2. usually; normally

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. insipid
2. diluted
3. weak
4. mild
5. light in color
6. tasteless
7. indifferent
8. (variant of 氮 dàn) nitrogen

1. purple
2. violet (color)

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs