1. to begin
2. beginning
3. to start
4. initial

classifier: 個

1. towards
2. to face
3. to turn towards
4. direction
5. to support
6. to side with
7. shortly before
8. formerly
9. always
10. all along
11. (suffix) suitable for ...
12. oriented to ...

1. to tend toward
2. to guide
3. variant of 向 xiàng

1. variant of 向 xiàng
2. direction
3. orientation
4. to face
5. to turn toward
6. to
7. towards
8. shortly before
9. formerly

1. house
2. building (single- or two-story)
3. apartment
4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

1. to run
2. to run away
3. to escape
4. to run around (on errands etc)
5. (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
6. (verb complement) away
7. off

1. to go
2. to go to (a place)
3. (of a time etc) last
4. just passed
5. to send
6. to remove
7. to get rid of
8. to reduce
9. to be apart from in space or time
10. to die (euphemism)
11. to play (a part)
12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)