1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

1. to resemble
2. to be like
3. to look as if
4. such as
5. appearance
6. image
7. portrait
8. image under a mapping (math.)

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 跑堂儿的 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. to conduct oneself
2. behavior; conduct; personal character

1. for sb
2. for others' interest

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. can
2. may
3. possible
4. able to
5. not bad
6. pretty good

1. to criticize
2. to find fault with
3. to denounce

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 跑堂儿的 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. leak
2. hole
3. gap
4. loophole

1. oneself
2. one's own

1. to eat; to consume
2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
3. to eradicate; to destroy
4. to absorb
5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
2. trick; tactic
3. (dialect) okay; all right
4. (dialect) to put in; to add

1. to touch
2. to come in contact with
3. to feel
4. to be affected by
5. to catch fire
6. to burn
7. (coll.) to fall asleep
8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
9. succeeding in

1. to wear (clothes)
2. to contact
3. to use
4. to apply

1. to make known
2. to show
3. to prove
4. to write
5. book
6. outstanding

1. humble
2. meager
3. thin
4. to despise

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 跑堂儿的 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. eating and drinking
2. food and drink; diet

1. and
2. as well as
3. and so
4. but (not)
5. yet (not)
6. (indicates causal relation)
7. (indicates change of state)
8. (indicates contrast)

1. but
2. yet
3. however
4. while
5. to go back
6. to decline
7. to retreat
8. nevertheless
9. even though

1. to use; to make use of; to employ
2. (coverb) with; using
3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
4. usefulness; utility
5. (bound form) expense; outlay
6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
7. (literary) hence; therefore

1. ancestors; forebears
2. (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

1. and
2. to give
3. together with

1. deities
2. gods

1. oneself
2. one's own

1. ordinarily
2. in normal times
3. in peacetime

1. to wear
2. to put on
3. to dress
4. to bore through
5. to pierce
6. to perforate
7. to penetrate
8. to pass through
9. to thread

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 跑堂儿的 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. and
2. as well as
3. and so
4. but (not)
5. yet (not)
6. (indicates causal relation)
7. (indicates change of state)
8. (indicates contrast)

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. o'clock
2. time
3. when
4. hour
5. season
6. period

1. to dress; to be dressed
2. clothing; apparel

1. Mount Hua 华山 Huà Shān in Shaanxi
2. surname Hua

1. old variant of 花 huā
2. flower

1. magnificent
2. splendid
3. flowery

1. (～山) Mount Hua (a mountain in Shaanxi)
2. Mount Hua (a mountain in Shaanxi)
3. Original form of 樺／桦 (huà, “birch”).
4. a surname

1. (archaic) intertwined; crisscrossing; irregular
2. intertwined; crisscrossing; irregular

1. clothes
2. dress
3. garment
4. to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
5. to obey
6. to be convinced (by an argument)
7. to convince
8. to admire
9. to acclimatize
10. to take (medicine)
11. mourning clothes
12. to wear mourning clothes

1. classifier for medicine: dose
2. Taiwan pr. fú

1. hat that goes with formal dress
2. top hat

1. oneself
2. one's own

1. to live
2. to dwell
3. to stay
4. to reside
5. to stop
6. (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

1. small
2. tiny
3. few
4. young

1. house
2. building (single- or two-story)
3. apartment
4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

1. but
2. yet
3. however
4. while
5. to go back
6. to decline
7. to retreat
8. nevertheless
9. even though

1. watercourse (river, canal, drain etc)
2. water route
3. lane (in a swimming pool)

1. channel
2. moat
3. irrigation canal

1. to resemble
2. to be like
3. to look as if
4. such as
5. appearance
6. image
7. portrait
8. image under a mapping (math.)

1. this kind of
2. so
3. this way
4. like this
5. such

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 跑堂儿的 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

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. really
2. actually
3. indeed
4. true
5. real
6. honest
7. dependable
8. (philosophy) reality

1. practical; dependable; honest
2. sturdy; firm; strong; solid (of an object)
3. well done; done carefully (of work)

1. can
2. may
3. possible
4. able to
5. not bad
6. pretty good

1. to criticize
2. to find fault with
3. to denounce

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 跑堂儿的 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. leak
2. hole
3. gap
4. loophole

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly