1. teacher
2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
3. husband
4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位

1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
3. (literary) Taoist priest
4. (literary) ancestor
5. (literary) father and elder brother
6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
7. Taoist priest
8. ancestor
9. father and elder brother
10. husband
11. one who was born earlier
12. traditional Chinese medicine physician

1. before
2. formerly
3. previous
4. ago

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

1. to pay back
2. to return

1. to suggest
2. to initiate
3. proposal
4. initiative

1. to prohibit
2. to forbid
3. to ban

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)

classifier: 個

1. public transportation
2. mass transit
3. abbr. for 公共交通 gōnggòngjiāotōng

1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
2. first (of multiple parts)
3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
4. to attend (class or university)
5. (directional complement) up
6. (noun suffix) on; above

1. someone
2. people
3. anyone
4. there is someone there
5. occupied (as in restroom)

1. (pronoun) this
2. (adjective) this

1. to suggest
2. to initiate
3. proposal
4. initiative

1. effective
2. in effect
3. valid

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly

classifiers: 列, 節, 班, 趟

1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. (math.) sum
3. to make peace
4. (sports) to draw; to tie
5. (bound form) harmonious
6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
2. to join in the singing
3. to chime in with others

1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
2. Taiwan pr. huò

1. to mix (ingredients) together
2. to blend
3. classifier for rinses of clothes
4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
2. warm

1. bus
2. abbr. for 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē
3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
4. abbr. for 公务用车 gōngwùyòngchē

1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
2. first (of multiple parts)
3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
4. to attend (class or university)
5. (directional complement) up
6. (noun suffix) on; above

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