1. why?
2. for what reason?

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

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

1. pew
2. bench

classifier: 張

1. paint
2. lacquer
3. to paint (furniture, walls etc)

classifier: 道

1. surname Cheng
2. short name for Chengdu 成都 Chéngdū

1. to succeed
2. to finish
3. to complete
4. to accomplish
5. to become
6. to turn into
7. to be all right
8. OK!
9. one tenth

1. red (color)
2. revolutionary

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