1. to ask
2. to invite
3. please (do sth)
4. to treat (to a meal etc)
5. to request

1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)

1. (bound form) a general
2. (literary) to command; to lead
3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

1. to desire
2. to invite
3. to request

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. one
2. single
3. a (article)
4. as soon as
5. entire; whole; all; throughout
6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

1. position
2. location
3. place
4. seat
5. classifier for people (honorific)
6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
7. (physics) potential

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