classifiers: 個, 位

1. no
2. is not
3. not

1. as (in the capacity of)
2. to take sth as
3. to act as
4. to serve as
5. to behave as
6. to become
7. to be
8. to do
9. by (in the passive voice)

1. because of
2. for
3. to

1. to be defeated
2. to lose
3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
4. failure
5. defeat

classifier: 次

1. and
2. as well as
3. and so
4. but (not)
5. yet (not)
6. (indicates causal relation)
7. (indicates change of state)
8. (indicates contrast)

1. to be born
2. to give birth
3. life
4. to grow
5. raw
6. uncooked
7. student

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. by oneself (without assistance)
2. alone (without company)

1. can
2. may
3. possible
4. able to
5. not bad
6. pretty good

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 被旅遊 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. to perish
2. to ruin
3. to destroy

1. but; yet; however; still
2. merely; only; just

1. cannot
2. must not
3. should not

1. to
2. for
3. for the benefit of
4. to give
5. to allow
6. to do sth (for sb)
7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
9. (sentence intensifier)

1. to supply
2. to provide

1. to defeat
2. to overpower
3. to beat
4. to be defeated