he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

old variant of 和

old variant of 和 / harmonious

to drink / variant of 嗬

to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)

expel breath / my goodness

surname He

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

to shout

surname He

what / how / why / which / carry

he or she

(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / that (preceding a noun)

small box / case

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify

river / CL: 條｜条, 道

cereal / grain

(Cantonese) he, she, it

other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]

Holland / the Netherlands / abbr. for 荷蘭｜荷兰

lotus

to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒

variant of 合

crane

surname He

awe-inspiring / abbr. for 赫茲｜赫兹, hertz (Hz)

surname He

to congratulate

Yellow River or Huang He

did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)

to dry / to dry up

variant of 核 / to investigate

(onom.) he he / mischievous laughter

see 餄餎｜饸饹

Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning

(interjection expressing surprise) oh! / wow!

(literary) to gnaw; to bite

vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine

lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful

to impeach

frightened / terrified

door / to close / whole

why / how / when / what / where

lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2]

obstruct

each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down

glistening plumage of birds

name of a person

each takes what he needs (idiom)

He river in Shandong

He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom)

dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert

(literary) (of soil) dry and hard / (used in place names)

not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / frank / outspoken

lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down

quill

tassels

buskin / name of a tribe / turban

why not

he / she / (courteous, as opposed to 他)

small bell

spoiled / sour / moldy

fiery / bright

scold with severity

hot

to sting

harmonious (variant of 和) / (used in given names and as a surname)

to allow (sb to do as he pleases)

lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用｜卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)

lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)

with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

variant of 盍

maxilla and mandible

old variant of 鶴｜鹤

old variant of 和

variant of 喝

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

crossbill / long-tailed pheasant

Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom

to beat / to hit

Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)

surname He

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down

He county in Guangxi

Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer

Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦｜刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭｜楚汉战争

He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution

He Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet