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. book
2. letter
3. document
4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部

1. to hold
2. to seize
3. to catch
4. to apprehend
5. to take
6. (used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

1. contrary
2. in reverse
3. inside out or upside down
4. to reverse
5. to return
6. to oppose
7. opposite
8. against
9. anti-
10. to rebel
11. to use analogy
12. instead
13. abbr. for 反切 fǎnqiè phonetic system

1. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
2. Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note fa (4).
3. alternative form of 販 /贩 (fàn)
4. used in 反反

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

1. (pronoun) this; these
2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. reverse side
2. backside
3. the other side (of a problem etc)
4. negative
5. bad

1. (pronoun) this; these
2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

1. ability; talent
2. sb of a certain type
3. a capable individual
4. then and only then
5. just now
6. (before an expression of quantity) only

1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only

1. (literary) to correct; to revise; to proofread
2. to correct; to revise; to proofread

1. face
2. side
3. surface
4. aspect
5. top
6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

1. flour
2. noodles
3. (of food) soft (not crunchy)
4. (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
5. spineless