1. to use; to make use of; to employ
2. (coverb) with; using
3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
4. usefulness; utility
5. (bound form) expense; outlay
6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
7. (literary) hence; therefore

1. (raw) material
2. data
3. (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

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

classifiers: 件, 套

1. to sell
2. to betray
3. to spare no effort
4. to show off or flaunt

1. (historical dictionaries only) to hawk; to peddle in the street
2. Original form of 鬻 (yù, “to sell”).
3. alternative form of 儥 /𰂏 (yù, “to sell”)
4. to hawk; to peddle in the street

1. good
2. appropriate; proper
3. all right!
4. (before a verb) easy to
5. (before a verb) good to
6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
7. (verb complement indicating completion)
8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
9. (after a personal pronoun) hello