1. to despair
2. to give up all hope
3. desperate
4. desperation

1. -ly
2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

1. earth
2. ground
3. field
4. place
5. land

classifier: 片

1. to look after
2. to take care of
3. to watch
4. to guard

1. to see; to look at
2. to read
3. to watch
4. to visit; to call on
5. to consider; to regard as
6. to look after
7. to treat (a patient or illness)
8. to depend on
9. to feel (that)
10. (after a verb) to give it a try
11. to watch out for

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

classifier: 座

1. lining
2. interior
3. inside
4. internal
5. also written 裏 lǐ

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

1. plant
2. vegetation

classifier: 種