1. beforehand; first; earlier
2. at first; originally
3. for the time being; for now
4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

1. investigation
2. inquiry
3. to investigate
4. to survey
5. survey
6. (opinion) poll

classifiers: 項, 個

1. again; once more; re-
2. further; beyond this point of time
3. (before an adjective) more
4. then (after sth, and not until then)
5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 yě or 都 dōu for emphasis)
6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 zàizé, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur