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. who
2. also pr. shuí

1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

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. strip
2. item
3. article
4. clause (of law or treaty)
5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

classifiers: 隻, 條

1. to name
2. to be named
3. to christen
4. to seek fame

1. to shout
2. to call
3. to order
4. to ask
5. to be called
6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

1. (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭 Bōlán)
2. surname Bo

1. wave
2. ripple
3. storm
4. surge

1. strange
2. odd
3. weird
4. wonderful
5. surprisingly
6. unusually

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 矮 (ǎi, “short”)
2. alternative form of 矮 (ǎi, “short”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倚 (yǐ, “to lean on”)
2. alternative form of 倚 (yǐ, “to lean on”)

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