1. significant other; partner
2. that person

classifiers: 個, 位

1. to use; to make use of; to employ
2. (coverb) with; using
3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
4. usefulness; utility
5. (bound form) expense; outlay
6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
7. (literary) hence; therefore

1. to cross
2. to go over
3. to pass (time)
4. to celebrate (a holiday)
5. to live
6. to get along
7. excessively
8. too-

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 跑堂兒的 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. all
2. without exception

1. to deposit
2. to store
3. to leave in sb's care

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. (pronoun) this; these
2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

1. between
2. among
3. within a definite time or space
4. room
5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
6. classifier for rooms

1. gap
2. to separate
3. to thin out (seedlings)
4. to sow discontent

1. (obsolete) Used in place names.
2. (obsolete) Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.
3. Used in place names.
4. Variant pronunciation of the classifier sense.