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. culture
2. civilization
3. cultural

classifiers: 個, 種

1. lining
2. interior
3. inside
4. internal
5. also written 里 lǐ

1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
2. neighborhood
3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 zhèn and neighborhood 邻 lín levels

1. habit
2. custom
3. usual practice
4. to be used to

classifier: 個

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. to go forward
2. to advance
3. to go in
4. to enter
5. to put in
6. to submit
7. to take in
8. to admit
9. (math.) base of a number system
10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

1. a; an; one
2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
2. same

1. house
2. building (single- or two-story)
3. apartment
4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

1. maybe
2. perhaps
3. might
4. possibly
5. or

1. Original form of 國／国 (guó, “country”).
2. Original form of 域 (yù, “range; territory”).

1. one
2. single
3. a (article)
4. as soon as
5. entire; whole; all; throughout
6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

1. seat
2. base; stand
3. (bound form) constellation
4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 shīzuò)
5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

1. temple
2. monastery
3. shrine

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

1. beforehand; first; earlier
2. at first; originally
3. for the time being; for now
4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

1. son
2. child
3. seed
4. egg
5. small thing
6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-