1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

1. as if
2. to seem like

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

1. excessive; undue
2. to exceed; to be more than
3. very; extremely
4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)

1. tiny
2. insignificant

1. one's employment
2. business
3. matter that needs to be settled
4. (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
5. trying
6. troublesome
7. erhua variant of 事 shì

classifiers: 件, 樁

1. all; both; entirely
2. (used for emphasis) even
3. already
4. (not) at all

1. capital city
2. metropolis

1. very; quite
2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)