another name for 西王母[Xi1 wang2 mu3], Queen Mother of the West

(literary) paternal grandmother

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

variant of 叫[jiao4]

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

see 的士[di1 shi4]

really and truly

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母

to coil

peach

can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting

to balance an account / accounting / accountant

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

again; once more; re- / second; another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)

bustling with noise and excitement / lively

to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]

noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several