1. straight (in a straight line)
2. continuously; always; all the way through

1. to wait for; to await
2. by the time; when; till
3. and so on; etc.; et al.
4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
5. (bound form) equal to; same as
6. (used to end an enumeration)
7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

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

1. several
2. quite a few

1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
2. (bound form) individual

classifier: 個

1. ability; talent
2. sb of a certain type
3. a capable individual
4. then and only then
5. just now
6. (before an expression of quantity) only

1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only

1. someone
2. people
3. anyone
4. there is someone there
5. occupied (as in restroom)

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. to save
2. to assist
3. to rescue