1. all
2. to have; to possess; to own

1. to have to
2. must
3. compulsory
4. necessarily

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 make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

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. exactly; precisely
2. only; simply; just
3. (used correlatively with 也 yě) even; even if

1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
2. hard-working; conscientious

1. good
2. appropriate; proper
3. all right!
4. (before a verb) easy to
5. (before a verb) good to
6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
7. (verb complement indicating completion)
8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
9. (after a personal pronoun) hello