1. (grammar) present tense
2. present tense

1. between
2. among
3. within a definite time or space
4. room
5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
6. classifier for rooms

1. gap
2. to separate
3. to thin out (seedlings)
4. to sow discontent

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

1. to pay back
2. to return

1. early
2. morning
3. Good morning!
4. long ago
5. prematurely

1. comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree
2. quite
3. rather

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

1. to speak
2. to talk
3. to converse
4. to chat
5. to discuss

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. good
2. appropriate; proper
3. all right!
4. (before a verb) easy to
5. (before a verb) good to
6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
7. (verb complement indicating completion)
8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
9. (after a personal pronoun) hello