1

消防隊員

xiāofángduìyuán

fireman

2

很

hěn

very; quite (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

3

快

kuài

rapid quick speed rate soon almost to make haste clever sharp (of knives or wits) forthright plainspoken gratified pleased pleasant

4

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly only; as little as as much as; as many as to approach; to move towards to undertake; to engage in (often followed by 着 zhe) taking advantage of (of food) to go with with regard to; concerning (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ... (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...

=5

把

bǎ

to hold; to grasp to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate handlebar classifier: handful, bundle, bunch classifier for things with handles (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

=5

把

bà

handle

=5

把

pá

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”) a surname alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

=6

火

Huǒ

surname Huo

=6

火

huǒ

fire urgent ammunition fiery or flaming internal heat (Chinese medicine) hot (popular) classifier for military units (old) Kangxi radical 86

7

撲滅

pūmiè

to eradicate to extinguish

=8

了

le

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

=8

了

liǎo

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

=8

了

liǎo

(of eyes) bright clear-sighted to understand clearly

=8

了

liào

unofficial variant of 瞭 liào