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. (literary) after all
2. after all

1. I
2. me
3. my

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. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典 cídiǎn, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
2. (coll.) dictionary

classifier: 本

1. inside
2. among
3. in the midst of (doing sth)
4. during

1. best
2. had better ...; it would be best to ...

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. (Mainland China, education) the first tier of universities
2. (judo) ippon
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 一, 本 (běn).
4. another version (terminology in collation)
5. entirely based on
6. having the same origin
7. ippon
8. the first tier of universities