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?
2. what?
3. why?

1. to do
2. to make
3. to go in for
4. to set up
5. to get hold of
6. to take care of

1. to reach; to arrive
2. to leave for; to go to
3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough

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. brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
2. (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
3. (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
4. (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
5. (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

classifiers: 支, 枝

1. coin
2. money
3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng

classifier: 筆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
2. a kind of farm tool

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