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

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. to enter
2. to join
3. to go into

1. before
2. prior to
3. ago
4. previously
5. beforehand

1. beforehand; first; earlier
2. at first; originally
3. for the time being; for now
4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
2. smoke
3. mist
4. vapour
5. tobacco plant
6. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

classifiers: 根, 縷

1. lane
2. alley

1. to do
2. to manage
3. to handle
4. to play with
5. to fool with
6. to mess with
7. to fix
8. to toy with

1. to extinguish
2. to put out (fire)
3. to quench
4. to stop burning
5. to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
6. to come to an end
7. to wither away
8. to die out
9. Taiwan pr. xí