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. grain
2. harvest (old)
3. variant of 年 nián

1. quilt
2. to cover (with)
3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)

1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)

1. Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
2. Columbus, capital of Ohio

1. to notice; to become aware of
2. to discover; to find; to detect
3. a discovery