1. to ask
2. to invite
3. please (do sth)
4. to treat (to a meal etc)
5. to request

1. everyone
2. influential family
3. great expert

1. (literary) alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
2. alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)

1. conscientious
2. earnest
3. serious
4. to take seriously
5. to take to heart

1. inspection
2. to examine
3. to inspect

classifier: 次

1. first
2. first time
3. once
4. (math.) linear (of degree one)

1. again; once more; re-
2. further; beyond this point of time
3. (before an adjective) more
4. then (after sth, and not until then)
5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 yě or 都 dōu for emphasis)
6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再则 zàizé, 再就是 zàijiùshì etc)
7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
2. to make friends
3. (of lines) to intersect
4. variant of 跤 jiāo

1. to come up
2. to approach
3. (verb complement indicating success)