classifiers: 條, 尾

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)

1. therefore
2. thus
3. so

1. scale (instrument for weighing)
2. to weigh
3. (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
4. (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type)
5. (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)

1. used in 磅礴 pángbó
2. Taiwan pr. pāng

1. as (in the capacity of)
2. to take sth as
3. to act as
4. to serve as
5. to behave as
6. to become
7. to be
8. to do
9. by (in the passive voice)

1. because of
2. for
3. to

1. unit (of measure)
2. unit (group of people as a whole)
3. work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

classifier: 個

1. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
5. for the past (amount of time)
6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
7. (between two verbs) in order to
8. (after a round number) approximately
9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

1. to sell
2. to offer for sale
3. to put on the market