1 name (of a person or thing)

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 letter

2 symbol

3 character

4 word

5 classifier: 个 gè

6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

1 to wish for

2 to desire

3 hope

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 father and mother

2 parents

1 wife's mother

2 mother-in-law

3 same as: 丈母

1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)

2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect

3 each word is highly valued

1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)

2 concise and powerful style

1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)

2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape

3 no sign of success yet