1. to speak
2. to explain
3. to negotiate
4. to emphasize
5. to be particular about
6. as far as sth is concerned
7. speech
8. lecture

1. to rise
2. to raise
3. to get up
4. to set out
5. to start
6. to appear
7. to launch
8. to initiate (action)
9. to draft
10. to establish
11. to get (from a depot or counter)
12. verb suffix, to start
13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
15. classifier for groups: batch, group

1. dialect
2. language
3. spoken words
4. speech
5. talk
6. words
7. conversation
8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番

1. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
5. for the past (amount of time)
6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
7. (between two verbs) in order to
8. (after a round number) approximately
9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

1. as if
2. to seem like

1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

1. what?
2. something; anything

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

1. capital city
2. metropolis

1. to know; to become aware of
2. also pr. zhīdao