1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

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

1. a; an; one
2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
2. same

classifiers: 個, 位

1. to warn
2. to admonish

1. student
2. schoolchild

1. disciple; follower (Classifier: 位 m)
2. student; pupil (Classifier: 位 m)

1. but; yet; however; still
2. merely; only; just

1. oneself
2. one's own

1. but
2. yet
3. however
4. while
5. to go back
6. to decline
7. to retreat
8. nevertheless
9. even though

1. to breathe
2. to suck in
3. to absorb
4. to inhale

1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
2. (bound form) individual

1. like that; in that way; to that extent
2. (before a number) ... or so; about ...
3. then; in that case

1. (pronoun) this
2. (adjective) this

1. to warn
2. to admonish

1. exactly; precisely
2. only; simply; just
3. (used correlatively with 也 yě) even; even if

1. to contradict oneself
2. self-contradictory
3. inconsistent

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. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly