1. (pronoun) this; these
2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

1. Taiwan (abbr.)
2. surname Tai

1. (classical) you (in letters)
2. variant of 臺 tái

1. platform
2. stage
3. terrace
4. stand
5. support
6. station
7. broadcasting station
8. classifier for vehicles or machines

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”).
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
5. I, me
6. Original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”).
7. Used in place names.
8. a surname
9. historical placename in modern Shandong
10. used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
11. used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
12. what

classifier: 臺

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. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

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

1. haven't
2. hasn't
3. doesn't exist
4. to not have
5. to not be

1. part
2. component

1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
2. to approve; to permit
3. to suit
4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
5. but; however

1. to exchange
2. to change (clothes etc)
3. to substitute
4. to switch
5. to convert (currency)

1. therefore
2. as a result
3. so
4. the reason why

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. to repair
2. to fix
3. to prune
4. to trim
5. (coll.) to sort sb out
6. to fix sb

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

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. impossible
2. cannot
3. not able

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

1. matter
2. thing
3. item
4. work
5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)

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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)

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