1. to close; to shut (a window etc)
2. (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

1. all
2. to have; to possess; to own

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 跑堂儿的 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. gate
2. door
3. gateway
4. doorway
5. opening
6. valve
7. switch
8. way to do something
9. knack
10. family
11. house
12. (religious) sect
13. school (of thought)
14. class
15. category
16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
17. classifier for large guns
18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個

1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. (math.) sum
3. to make peace
4. (sports) to draw; to tie
5. (bound form) harmonious
6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
2. to join in the singing
3. to chime in with others

1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
2. Taiwan pr. huò

1. to mix (ingredients) together
2. to blend
3. classifier for rinses of clothes
4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
2. warm

classifiers: 個, 扇