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. strip
2. item
3. article
4. clause (of law or treaty)
5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

1. (bound form) the Yellow River
2. (bound form) the Milky Way
3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道

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. water
2. (after a name) ... River
3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
6. classifier for washings of a garment

1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing heaven
2. male principle
3. ☰
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

1. dry
2. dried food
3. empty; hollow
4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
5. futile; in vain
6. (dialect) rude; blunt
7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder

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