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. (bound form) the Yellow River
2. (bound form) the Milky Way
3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道

1. to row
2. to paddle
3. profitable
4. worth (the effort)
5. it pays (to do sth)

1. to cut
2. to slash
3. to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)
4. to strike (a match)

1. to delimit
2. to transfer
3. to assign
4. to plan
5. to draw (a line)
6. stroke of a Chinese character

1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
2. trick; tactic
3. (dialect) okay; all right
4. (dialect) to put in; to add

1. to touch
2. to come in contact with
3. to feel
4. to be affected by
5. to catch fire
6. to burn
7. (coll.) to fall asleep
8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
9. succeeding in

1. to wear (clothes)
2. to contact
3. to use
4. to apply

1. to make known
2. to show
3. to prove
4. to write
5. book
6. outstanding

1. boat
2. vessel
3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻

1. to sail against the current
2. (fig.) to go against the flow

1. (figurative) to face difficulties
2. (literal) to go against the current
3. to face difficulties
4. to go against the current