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: 條

1. labor contractor
2. gangmaster

1. hair
2. Taiwan pr. fǎ

1. to smear
2. to wipe
3. to erase
4. classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

1. to plaster
2. to go around
3. to skirt

1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing heaven
2. male principle
3. ☰
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

1. dry
2. dried food
3. empty; hollow
4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
5. futile; in vain
6. (dialect) rude; blunt
7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder

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