1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

1. to inform
2. to report
3. to make known
4. report
5. speech
6. talk
7. lecture

classifiers: 篇, 份, 個, 通

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. impossible
2. cannot
3. not able

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