1. heel
2. to follow closely
3. to go with
4. (of a woman) to marry sb
5. with
6. compared with
7. to
8. towards
9. and (joining two nouns)

1. Mary or Marie (name)
2. Mali

1. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
5. for the past (amount of time)
6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
7. (between two verbs) in order to
8. (after a round number) approximately
9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

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)

classifier: 座

1. at least
2. (to say the) least

1. (Chinese astronomy, astrology) the twelve zones of the sky (astrologically associated with lands of China)
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 十二 (shí'èr), 次.
3. the twelve zones of the sky (astrologically associated with lands of China)
4. twelve times