1. from; through; via
2. (bound form) to follow
3. (bound form) to obey
4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
5. (used before a negative) ever
6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

1. on the ground
2. on the floor

1. to rise
2. to raise
3. to get up
4. to set out
5. to start
6. to appear
7. to launch
8. to initiate (action)
9. to draft
10. to establish
11. to get (from a depot or counter)
12. verb suffix, to start
13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
15. classifier for groups: batch, group

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 support
2. to sustain
3. to erect
4. to raise
5. branch
6. division
7. to draw money
8. classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

classifiers: 支, 枝, 桿