1. (pronoun) this; these
2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

1. item
2. component
3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc

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. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
5. for the past (amount of time)
6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
7. (between two verbs) in order to
8. (after a round number) approximately
9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

1. haven't
2. hasn't
3. doesn't exist
4. to not have
5. to not be

1. to listen to; to hear
2. to heed; to obey
3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
4. classifier for canned beverages
5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)

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. so much
2. this much
3. how much?
4. this way
5. like this

1. difficult (to...)
2. problem
3. difficulty
4. difficult
5. not good

1. disaster
2. distress
3. to scold