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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
亻丨一矢 hòu 1. to reconnoitre; to scout
2. to observe; to survey
3. to wait for; to await
4. to respectfully await
5. to visit; to send one's respects to
6. to wait on; to attend to; to take care of
7. to forecast; to predict (by divination)
8. (historical) scout; lookout; vanguard
9. (historical) Alternative form of 堠 (fortress)
10. (historical) official
11. (historical) posthouse; station
12. (historical) pentad (ancient time unit composed of five days)
13. climate; season
14. omen; sign; portent
15. (TCM) to examine (pulse)
16. (TCM) medical sign and symptom
17. (dialectal) to pay for (a bill)
匚矢 1. Simplified form of 醫
彑匕矢匕 zhì 1. (literary) wild boar; swine; pig
矢口 zhī 1. to know; to understand; to comprehend
     ...... - One may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature
      。 - I don't know.
     通知 - to inform
     知縣 - governor of a county
     知客 - receptionist at a ceremony
     知己 - close friend
     知友 - close friend
2. (dialectal Hakka, including, Changting, Xiaosanjiang, Shicheng) to hear; to listen
     求知 - to seek knowledge
     無知 - ignorant
3. (zh-div, 母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of ltc-l, 知
方矢 1. clan; family clan; tribe
     (zh-co, 宗族, clan)
2. ethnic group; nationality
     (zh-co, 民族, ethnicity)
     zh-co, Zàng, Tibetans
3. group or class of things with common features
     (zh-co, 啃老族, boomerang kids, lit=people relying on elderly parents)
     (zh-co, 低頭族, smartphone zombie, lit=people with heads lowered)
4. (historical) to impose a death penalty on an offender and his entire family, and even on the families of his mother and wife
5. (Taiwan, specifically) the Taiwanese indigenous peoples
     (zh-co, 族語, tribal languages, specifically Taiwanese indigenous languages)
矢巨 1. (zh-o) carpenter's square
2. square (shape)
3. rule; law
4. (physics) moment (from 1904)
     力矩 - torque
     磁矩 - magnetic moment
     (syn, zh, 能率)
5. (zh-div, 州) (historical) zh-old-name, 貴州, Guizhou (during the Yuan dynasty.)
矢豆 duǎn 1. short (q, of distance)
     (ant, zh, )
2. short (q, of time); brief
3. (literary or Wu) short (q, in stature)
4. deficient; lacking
5. weakness; shortcoming; mistake
疒矢 1. (literary or in compounds) swift; quick; hasty
2. (literary or in compounds) strong; forceful
3. (literary or in compounds) illness; disease; sickness
4. (obsolete or dialectal Hakka) to ache; to be painful
5. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 嫉) to hate; to loathe
6. Alternative form of 嫉 (to envy)
亻一矢 hóu 1. marquis; lord
2. (obsolete) target
3. (obsolete) to be, to have
      - - Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwanese film director)
hòu 4. (zh-only, 閩侯)
矢委 ǎi 1. (of stature) short
     (ant, zh, )
      zi 。 - He is short.
2. low (of less than normal height)
     (zh-co, , low wall)
      。 - The chair is too low.
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else)
厶矢 1. (literary) (Particle expressing completion, similar to 了 in Standard Mandarin.)
2. (literary) (Particle expressing exclamation, similar to 啦 in Standard Mandarin.)
3. (Hokkien, dialectal Hakka) (Sentence-final particle expressing completion, similar to 了 in Standard Mandarin.)
      食飽 %ah - I've eaten already. / I am now full., TW