1. I
2. me
3. my

1. to hear (sth said)
2. one hears (that)
3. hearsay
4. listening and speaking

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

1. drowned
2. to end
3. to die
4. to inundate

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. twelve
2. 12

1. classifier for years (of age)
2. year
3. year (of crop harvests)

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 begin
2. beginning
3. to start
4. initial

classifier: 個

1. to learn
2. to study
3. to imitate
4. science
5. -ology

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: 門, 種

1. (literary) to tell
2. to tell

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. native language
2. mother tongue
3. (linguistics) parent language

1. grade
2. rank
3. status

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