1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)

1. (bound form) a general
2. (literary) to command; to lead
3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

1. to desire
2. to invite
3. to request

1. to slice
2. slice
3. thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)

1. to put in
2. to insert

1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron
2. pot-shaped thing

classifiers: 口, 隻

1. (bound form) China; Chinese
2. surname Zhong

1. within; among; in
2. middle; center
3. while (doing sth); during
4. (dialect) OK; all right

1. to hit (a target)
2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
3. to win (a prize or lottery)

1. to become a member
2. to join
3. to mix into
4. to participate in
5. to add in

classifiers: 瓣, 頭

classifier: 粒

1. (Ningbonese) to apply soap to; to dab or cover with soap
2. (Ningbonese, of one's body) to be drenched in sweat
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 豔 /艳 (yàn, “to envy”)
4. alternative form of 豔 /艳 (yàn, “to envy”)
5. to apply soap to; to dab or cover with soap
6. to be drenched in sweat

1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. (math.) sum
3. to make peace
4. (sports) to draw; to tie
5. (bound form) harmonious
6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
2. to join in the singing
3. to chime in with others

1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
2. Taiwan pr. huò

1. to mix (ingredients) together
2. to blend
3. classifier for rinses of clothes
4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
2. warm

1. to cook
2. to boil

1. to arrive
2. most
3. to
4. until

1. soft
2. flexible

1. young and tender
2. (of food) tender; lightly cooked
3. (of color) light
4. (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled