1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. final; last; ultimate
2. finally; in the end

1. handleless cup; goblet
2. (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
3. variant of 鐘 zhōng

1. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 鍾 /钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
4. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
5. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
6. metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
7. time measured in hours and minutes

classifiers: 架, 座, 點, 分, 秒

1. surname Ma
2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 Mǎláixīyà

1. horse
2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹

1. to plug; to stop up; to stuff in
2. (bound form) a stopper; a cork

1. surname Luo
2. old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)

1. to shoot
2. to launch
3. to allude to
4. radio- (chemistry)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hit with bow and arrow
2. to hit with bow and arrow

1. used in 僕射／仆射 (púyè)
2. used in 姑射
3. used in 射干 (yègān)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
2. alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
3. used in 無射／无射

1. to go forward
2. to advance
3. to go in
4. to enter
5. to put in
6. to submit
7. to take in
8. to admit
9. (math.) base of a number system
10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

1. one
2. single
3. a (article)
4. as soon as
5. entire; whole; all; throughout
6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

1. ball
2. sphere
3. globe
4. ball game
5. match

classifiers: 個, 場

1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)

1. (bound form) a general
2. (literary) to command; to lead
3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

1. to desire
2. to invite
3. to request

1. competition (sports etc)
2. match
3. to compete

classifiers: 場, 次

1. to beat (sb or sth) into (a certain condition)
2. to denounce (sb) as (sth contemptible)

1. a draw (in competition)
2. a tie