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. now
2. nowadays
3. modern

1. optimal
2. optimum

1. (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
2. (bound form) superior; excellent
3. (loanword) show
4. (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

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: 個, 位, 名

1. one of (sth)
2. one out of a multitude
3. one (third, quarter, percent etc)