1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
2. used in transliteration
3. also pr. à

1. to not be; not
2. wrong; incorrect
3. non-; un-; in-; de-
4. to reproach; to blame
5. (coll.) to insist on; simply must

1. sharp
2. favorable
3. advantage
4. benefit
5. profit
6. interest
7. to do good to
8. to benefit

1. healthy
2. peaceful
3. abundant

1. race
2. nationality
3. ethnicity
4. clan
5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 奏 (zòu)
2. alternative form of 奏 (zòu)

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. root
2. source
3. origin

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. South Africa
2. Southern Africa

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

classifier: 個