1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

1. book
2. letter
3. document
4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

1. to put
2. to place
3. to release
4. to free
5. to let go
6. to let out
7. to set off (fireworks)

1. a surname, Fang
2. alternative form of 仿 (“to imitate; to resemble”)
3. to base on
4. to reach

1. to circle
2. to go back
3. to turn around
4. to answer
5. to return
6. to revolve
7. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
8. time
9. classifier for acts of a play
10. section or chapter (of a classic book)

1. to curve
2. to return
3. to revolve

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

1. original; former
2. originally; formerly; at first
3. so, actually, as it turns out

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. region
2. regional (away from the central administration)
3. local

1. area
2. place
3. space
4. room
5. territory

classifiers: 處, 個, 塊