1. to be employed
2. to be hired
3. hired
4. paid

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

classifiers: 項, 個

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. stump; stake; pile
2. classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc

1. strange
2. odd
3. to marvel
4. to be baffled

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. case
2. instance

classifiers: 宗, 樁, 起