| 万 | wàn | ten thousand; a great number; surname Wan |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件,桩 |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:个 |
| 头 | tou | suff. for nouns |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 难 | nàn | disaster; distress; to scold |
| 万事 | wàn shì | all things |
| 起头 | qǐ tóu | to start; at first; beginning |
