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. to follow
2. from
3. because of; due to
4. by; via; through
5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

1. eleven
2. 11

1. seed
2. species
3. kind
4. type
5. classifier for types, kinds, sorts

1. to plant
2. to grow
3. to cultivate

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
2. a surname
3. cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately

1. nature
2. the natural world

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

classifiers: 隻, 群, 個

1. namely
2. that is
3. i.e.
4. prompt
5. at once
6. at present
7. even if
8. prompted (by the occasion)
9. to approach
10. to come into contact
11. to assume (office)
12. to draw near

1. ox
2. cow
3. bull
4. newton (abbr. for 牛顿 niúdùn)
5. (slang) awesome

classifiers: 條, 頭

classifier: 隻

1. snake
2. serpent

classifier: 條

1. surname Ma
2. abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 Mǎláixīyà

1. horse
2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹

classifiers: 頭, 隻

classifier: 隻

1. fowl
2. chicken
3. (slang) prostitute

classifier: 隻

classifiers: 隻, 條

1. hog
2. pig
3. swine

classifiers: 口, 頭

1. legend; folk tale
2. to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

1. to hit the target
2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

1. Chinese dragon; loong
2. (fig.) emperor
3. dragon
4. (bound form) dinosaur

1. to form
2. to make up
3. to constitute

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. to number the years
2. calendar era
3. annals
4. chronicle