classifiers: 門, 種

1. (literary) to tell
2. to tell

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. humanity
2. human race
3. mankind

1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
2. (after 之 zhī) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 shìjièzhīzuì "the greatest in the world")

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. to invent
2. an invention

classifier: 個

1. one of (sth)
2. one out of a multitude
3. one (third, quarter, percent etc)