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

1. book
2. letter
3. document
4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

1. to hit the target
2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

1. person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
2. character (in a play, novel etc)
3. (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

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. 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. 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. complete; whole
2. totally; entirely

1. imaginary
2. virtual
3. to imagine
4. hypothesis

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. can
2. to be able to
3. might possibly
4. ability
5. (physics) energy

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
2. alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
2. alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)

1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
2. alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)

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. partner
2. companion
3. comrade

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

classifiers: 個, 位

1. (archaic) large number of retainers
2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
4. large number of retainers