1. today
2. the present time; now

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. cedar tree
2. cedarwood

1. quantitative
2. (math.) scalar quantity

classifier: 個

1. very; really
2. unusual; extraordinary

1. high
2. tall
3. above average
4. loud
5. your (honorific)

1. therefore
2. as a result
3. so
4. the reason why

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. might (happen)
2. possible
3. probable
4. possibility
5. probability
6. maybe
7. perhaps

classifier: 個

1. to obtain
2. to get
3. to gain
4. to catch (a disease)
5. proper
6. suitable
7. proud
8. contented
9. to allow
10. to permit
11. ready
12. finished

1. to have to
2. must
3. ought to
4. to need to

1. to
2. for
3. for the benefit of
4. to give
5. to allow
6. to do sth (for sb)
7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
9. (sentence intensifier)

1. to supply
2. to provide

1. unit (of measure)
2. unit (group of people as a whole)
3. work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

classifier: 個

1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. illness
2. disease
3. to fall ill
4. defect

classifier: 場

1. to obtain
2. to get
3. to gain
4. to catch (a disease)
5. proper
6. suitable
7. proud
8. contented
9. to allow
10. to permit
11. ready
12. finished

1. to have to
2. must
3. ought to
4. to need to

1. highest
2. greatest
3. too (much)
4. very
5. extremely

1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
3. only used in 太末
4. soybean

1. (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding
2. (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough
3. (of an animal) fierce
4. (of a resemblance) striking
5. (of liquor or chili pepper) strong
6. (of bacteria) virulent

1. (informal) excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive
2. (of a wild animal, a person's temper, words, etc.) fierce
3. (of illness, heat, cold, etc.) intense; severe; serious
4. excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive
5. fierce
6. intense; severe; serious
7. strict; stern; severe

1. cannot
2. must not
3. should not

1. to go
2. to go to (a place)
3. (of a time etc) last
4. just passed
5. to send
6. to remove
7. to get rid of
8. to reduce
9. to be apart from in space or time
10. to die (euphemism)
11. to play (a part)
12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

1. to go to work
2. to be on duty
3. to start work
4. to go to the office

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly