1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
2. clique; school; group; faction
3. (bound form) style; manner
4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
5. classifier for factions, groups etc
6. (preceded by 一 yī) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
8. (loanword) pie

classifiers: 個, 位

1. to go
2. to go to (a place)
3. (of a time etc) last
4. just passed
5. to send
6. to remove
7. to get rid of
8. to reduce
9. to be apart from in space or time
10. to die (euphemism)
11. to play (a part)
12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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

classifiers: 個, 位, 名

1. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
5. for the past (amount of time)
6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
7. (between two verbs) in order to
8. (after a round number) approximately
9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)