1. (onom.) dong
2. ding dong (bell)

1. to be
2. to act as
3. manage
4. withstand
5. when
6. during
7. ought
8. should
9. match equally
10. equal
11. same
12. obstruct
13. just at (a time or place)
14. on the spot
15. right
16. just at

1. at or in the very same...
2. suitable
3. adequate
4. fitting
5. proper
6. to replace
7. to regard as
8. to think
9. to pawn
10. (coll.) to fail (a student)

1. quilt
2. to cover (with)
3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)

1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)

1. to prolong
2. to extend
3. to delay

1. o'clock
2. time
3. when
4. hour
5. season
6. period

classifiers: 個, 名

1. cannot help
2. unable to bear

1. to be unable to bear
2. to be unable to help (from doing something)

1. to open one's mouth
2. to start to talk

1. to complain
2. to grumble
3. to harbor a complaint
4. to feel dissatisfied

1. to stand up; to get up
2. also pr. qǐlái

1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 zhàn)
3. indicating completion
4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看 kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
5. also pr. qǐlai

1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
3. to get up; to get out of bed
4. to rise up; to get up