(たま) (n) (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb; (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; (3) (esp. 球) ball (in sports); (4) pile (of noodles, etc.); (5) (esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸) bullet; (6) (esp. 球) bulb (i.e. a light bulb); (7) lens (of glasses, etc.); (8) (esp. 玉,珠) bead (of an abacus); (9) (sl) (abbr) (esp. 玉) (See 金玉・きんたま) ball (i.e. a testicle); (10) (esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); (12) (derog) person (when commenting on their nature); character; (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot; (n,n-suf) (14) (See 玉子・2) egg; (n-suf) (15) (usu. だま) coin; (16) precious; beautiful; excellent; (P) [EDICT]
(zhū, ㄓㄨ) bead; pearl [CE-DICT]
什
(じゅう) (n) (1) (See 十) 10; ten; (2) (arch) book containing a collection of poems [EDICT]
(shí, ㄕˊ) tenth (used in fractions) [CE-DICT]
(shén, ㄕㄣˊ) what [CE-DICT]
么
(ma, ㄇㄚ˙) interrogative final particle [CE-DICT]
(me, ㄇㄜ˙) suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc [CE-DICT]
哪
(nǎ, ㄋㄚˇ) how; which [CE-DICT]
(na, ㄋㄚ˙) (particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in -n) [CE-DICT]
(něi, ㄋㄟˇ) which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) [CE-DICT]
些
(いさら;いささ) (pref) (uk) (arch) (いさら usu. refers to water) small; little [EDICT]
(xiē, ㄒㄧㄝ) some; few; several; (a measure word) [CE-DICT]
