1. (bound form) the Yellow River
2. (bound form) the Milky Way
3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道

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. 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. another
2. the other

1. (bound form) tip; end; extremity
2. (bound form) aspect; facet
3. (bound form) upright; proper
4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry
5. to eliminate; to wipe out

1. old variant of 端 duān
2. start
3. origin