1. whatever
2. no matter what (who, how etc)
3. regardless of
4. not to discuss

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. beard
2. mustache or whiskers
3. facial hair
4. (coll.) bandit

classifiers: 撮, 根

1. long
2. (bound form) length
3. (bound form) strong point; forte
4. (bound form) to be good at
5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)

1. chief
2. head
3. elder
4. to grow
5. to develop
6. to increase
7. to enhance

1. (archaic) length; measure of length
2. length; measure of length

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly

1. four
2. 4

classifier: 個

1. grain
2. harvest (old)
3. variant of 年 nián

1. still (as before)
2. had better
3. unexpectedly
4. or

1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
2. nevertheless; yet
3. or
4. still

1. seven
2. 7

classifier: 個

1. grain
2. harvest (old)
3. variant of 年 nián

1. to use; to make use of; to employ
2. (coverb) with; using
3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
4. usefulness; utility
5. (bound form) expense; outlay
6. (courteous) to eat; to drink
7. (literary) hence; therefore

classifier: 把

1. to scrape the meat from bones
2. to pick (teeth etc)
3. to weed out

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. (concept of) time
2. (duration of) time
3. (point in) time

1. all; both; entirely
2. (used for emphasis) even
3. already
4. (not) at all

1. capital city
2. metropolis

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. same
2. like
3. equal to
4. the same as
5. just like

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