| 干 | gān | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / (archaic) shield |
| 本 | běn | (bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 乙 | yǐ | second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° |
| 出于 | chū yú | due to / to stem from |
| 丁 | dīng | male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl |
| 甲 | jiǎ | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 丁是丁，卯是卯 | dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo | lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous |
| 豆 | dòu | legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl |
| 梗 | gěng | branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) |
| 丙 | bǐng | third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl |
| 干细胞 | gàn xì bāo | stem cell |
| 蒂 | dì | stem (of fruit) |
| 下体 | xià tǐ | lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants |
| 出乎 | chū hū | due to / to stem from / to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc) / to go against (expectations) |
| 疑冰 | yí bīng | ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 菜心 | cài xīn | choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage |
| 干支 | gān zhī | the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle |
| 茎 | jīng | stalk / stem / CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 天干 | tiān gān | the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc |
| 嗜 | shì | addicted to / fond of / stem corresponding to -phil or -phile |
| 投鞭断流 | tóu biān duàn liú | arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army |
| 壬 | rén | ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona |
| 茎干 | jīng gàn | stem / stalk |
| 甲子 | jiǎ zǐ | first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle |
| 抗日救亡运动 | Kàng Rì Jiù wáng Yùn dòng | the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 |