1. to be at home
2. (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 chūchāi)
3. (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 chūjiā)

1. main hall
2. front courtyard
3. law court

1. photograph
2. picture

classifiers: 張, 套, 幅

1. (bound form) China; Chinese
2. surname Zhong

1. within; among; in
2. middle; center
3. while (doing sth); during
4. (dialect) OK; all right

1. to hit (a target)
2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
3. to win (a prize or lottery)

1. the West
2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 Xībānyá
3. Spanish

1. abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦 Hāsàkèsītǎn, Kazakhstan
2. abbr. for 哈尔滨 Hāěrbīn, Harbin

1. (interj.) ha!
2. (onom. for laughter)
3. (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
4. (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇 hāshìqí)

1. a Pekinese; a pug
2. (dialect) to scold

1. (old) female tutor
2. used in 保姆 bǎomǔ

1. to look and perceive
2. to seem; to look as if

1. right; correct
2. towards; at; for
3. concerning; regarding
4. to treat (sb a certain way)
5. to face
6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
7. to match together; to adjust
8. to fit; to suit
9. to answer; to reply
10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
11. to check; to compare
12. classifier: couple; pair

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. camera lens
2. camera shot (in a movie etc)
3. scene

1. to assume
2. to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc)
3. to bring out for display

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. secondary
2. auxiliary
3. deputy
4. assistant
5. vice-
6. abbr. for 副词 adverb
7. classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions

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. posture
2. position

1. to tie
2. bind or fasten together
3. to kidnap

1. (dialectal Mandarin, following adjectives or verbs) very
2. very

1. tail
2. remainder
3. remnant
4. extremity
5. sixth of the 28 constellations
6. classifier for fish

1. horse's tail
2. pointed posterior section of a locust etc