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. big; large; great
2. older (than another person)
3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
4. greatly; freely; fully
5. (dialect) father
6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

1. games (such as chess, dice etc)
2. gambling
3. contest

1. period of time
2. time
3. time period
4. period

classifier: 個

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. 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

1. (geopolitics) buffer state
2. buffer state