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. throughout the United States
2. the whole of America

1. country; nation; state
2. (bound form) national

1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
2. (after 之 zhī) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 shìjièzhīzuì "the greatest in the world")

1. long
2. (bound form) length
3. (bound form) strong point; forte
4. (bound form) to be good at
5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)

1. chief
2. head
3. elder
4. to grow
5. to develop
6. to increase
7. to enhance

1. (archaic) length; measure of length
2. length; measure of length

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. (bound form) the Yellow River
2. (bound form) the Milky Way
3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道