1. no matter what or how
2. regardless of whether...

1. to pass through; to get through
2. to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
3. to pass (a test)
4. by means of; through; via

1. (bound form) row; line
2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
3. (bound form) commercial firm
4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
6. classifier for rows or lines

1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
4. (bound form) current; in circulation
5. (bound form) to do; to perform
6. capable; competent
7. all right; OK!; will do
8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
9. (literary) about to; soon

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
2. order; rank
3. used in 樹行子／树行子 (“row of trees”)
4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)

1. still (as before)
2. had better
3. unexpectedly
4. or

1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
2. nevertheless; yet
3. or
4. still

1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)

1. (bound form) a general
2. (literary) to command; to lead
3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

1. to desire
2. to invite
3. to request

1. hand
2. (formal) to hold
3. person engaged in certain types of work
4. person skilled in certain types of work
5. personal(ly)
6. convenient
7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻

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 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. (on the) chest
2. bosom

1. I
2. me
3. my

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. to show
2. to show off
3. to display
4. to manifest
5. expression
6. manifestation
7. show
8. display
9. performance (at work etc)
10. behavior

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. illness
2. disease
3. to fall ill
4. defect

classifier: 場

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. 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. cause of disease
2. pathogen

1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. (math.) sum
3. to make peace
4. (sports) to draw; to tie
5. (bound form) harmonious
6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
2. to join in the singing
3. to chime in with others

1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
2. Taiwan pr. huò

1. to mix (ingredients) together
2. to blend
3. classifier for rinses of clothes
4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
2. warm

1. to treat (an illness)
2. medical treatment
3. therapy

classifier: 個

1. not yet (done)
2. pending

1. to go a step further
2. (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further

1. research
2. a study
3. to research
4. to look into

classifier: 項