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. to leave
2. to part from
3. to be away from
4. (in giving distances) from
5. without (sth)
6. independent of
7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing fire
8. ☲

1. (obsolete) to reject; to discard
2. alternative form of 麗 /丽 (“to adhere; to attach to”)
3. to reject; to discard
4. used in 離支／离支 (lìzhī, “lychee”)

1. alternative form of 离 (“a kind of legendary beast”)
2. alternative form of 螭 (chī, “a kind of dragon”)

1. lunch
2. luncheon

classifiers: 份, 頓, 次

1. at least
2. (to say the) least

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

1. to pay back
2. to return

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
4. alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
5. immediately
6. nimble; agile

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. a; an; one
2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
2. same

classifier: 個

1. before
2. prior to
3. ago
4. previously
5. beforehand

1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
4. only; as little as
5. as much as; as many as
6. to approach; to move towards
7. to undertake; to engage in
8. (often followed by 着 zhe) taking advantage of
9. (of food) to go with
10. with regard to; concerning
11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...

1. hungry
2. to starve (sb)

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