1. I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
2. to let (sb) down; to disappoint

1. sorry; excuse me
2. to cause someone embarrassment; to screw someone over; to do something to a person that would demand an apology later on; to let down

1. son
2. child
3. seed
4. egg
5. small thing
6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

1. whether (or not)
2. if
3. is or isn't

1. quilt
2. to cover (with)
3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)

1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)

1. household
2. dwelling
3. family
4. sb else's house
5. household business
6. house of woman's husband-to-be

classifiers: 戶, 家

1. other people
2. sb else
3. he, she or they
4. I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

1. to observe
2. to divine

1. to take possession of
2. to occupy
3. to take up

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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

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