1. if
2. in case
3. in the event that

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. culture
2. civilization
3. cultural

classifiers: 個, 種

1. can
2. may
3. possible
4. able to
5. not bad
6. pretty good

1. comma
2. phrase marked by pause

1. to read out; to read aloud
2. to read
3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
4. to pronounce

1. Archaic Chinese
2. spoken forms of archaic Chinese: Middle Chinese, Old Chinese, etc.
3. written forms of archaic Chinese: Classical Chinese

1. tone
2. note
3. a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

classifier: 個

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. origin
2. to originate
3. to come from

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. sheet
2. piece of writing
3. bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
4. classifier for written items: chapter, article

1. article
2. essay
3. literary works
4. writings
5. hidden meaning

classifiers: 篇, 段, 頁