1. to select; to pick
2. choice; option; alternative

1. what?
2. something; anything

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. right; correct
2. towards; at; for
3. concerning; regarding
4. to treat (sb a certain way)
5. to face
6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
7. to match together; to adjust
8. to fit; to suit
9. to answer; to reply
10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
11. to check; to compare
12. classifier: couple; pair

1. maybe
2. perhaps
3. might
4. possibly
5. or

1. Original form of 國／国 (guó, “country”).
2. Original form of 域 (yù, “range; territory”).

1. mistake
2. wrong
3. bad
4. interlocking
5. complex
6. to grind
7. to polish
8. to alternate
9. to stagger
10. to miss
11. to let slip
12. to evade
13. to inlay with gold or silver

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. one
2. single
3. a (article)
4. as soon as
5. entire; whole; all; throughout
6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

1. back of neck
2. item
3. thing
4. term (in a mathematical formula)
5. sum (of money)
6. classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

1. difficult
2. hard
3. challenging

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 跑堂兒的 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: 項, 個

1. but
2. yet
3. however
4. while
5. to go back
6. to decline
7. to retreat
8. nevertheless
9. even though

1. to catch
2. to dispel
3. to hold up with both hands

1. to have to
2. must
3. compulsory
4. necessarily

1. to want; to need; to ask for
2. will; shall; about to
3. need to; should
4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
5. (bound form) important

1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
3. used in 要褭／要袅

1. alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)
2. used in 它它藉藉／它它借借