| 士 | shì | member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; first class military rank; specialist worker; surname Shi |
| 为 | wéi | s (i.e. in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; as (in the capacity of) |
| 为 | wèi | or; to; because of; for |
| 知 | zhī | to know; to be aware |
| 己 | jǐ | self; oneself; sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; sixth in order; letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this |
| 死 | sǐ | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely |
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman; daughter |
| 悦 | yuè | pleased |
| 容 | róng | to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance |
| 知己 | zhī jǐ | to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend |
