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

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. how (wonderful etc)
2. what (a great idea etc)
3. however (difficult it may be etc)
4. (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
5. to what extent

1. no; not so
2. (bound form) not; un-

1. to harmonize
2. harmony
3. cooperation
4. (music) consonant

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 跑堂兒的 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. two
2. both
3. some
4. a few
5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)

1. seed
2. species
3. kind
4. type
5. classifier for types, kinds, sorts

1. to plant
2. to grow
3. to cultivate

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately
2. a surname
3. cereal that is to plant early and to harvest lately

1. color
2. countenance
3. appearance
4. facial expression
5. pigment
6. dyestuff

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)

classifiers: 門, 種, 項

1. excellent
2. superlative

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 跑堂兒的 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. designer
2. architect

1. hand
2. (formal) to hold
3. person engaged in certain types of work
4. person skilled in certain types of work
5. personal(ly)
6. convenient
7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻

1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a

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. (Classical) to civilize successfully
2. (～郡) Former name of Myonggan, a county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
3. Former name of Myonggan, a county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
4. to civilize successfully
5. to transform; to turn into

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 跑堂兒的 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. to collocate; to arrange in groups or pairs
2. to match; to accompany