the color between black and white; ash-colored

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

(bound form) used in words borrowed from other languages based on their sound, such as 喇叭 lǎ​ba or 喇嘛 lǎ​ma

Describes low sounds such as chirping, sighing, or whispering; now usually written as 叽 jī