1. to hold; to grasp
2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
3. handlebar
4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
5. classifier for things with handles
6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)

1. boat
2. vessel
3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻

1. to give a name to
2. to dub
3. to christen
4. to designate
5. named after
6. naming

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. May
2. fifth month (of the lunar year)

1. May
2. modern name for the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar

1. flower
2. blossom
3. fancy pattern
4. florid
5. to spend (money, time)
6. (coll.) lecherous
7. lustful

classifiers: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇

1. variant of 花 huā
2. flower
3. blossom
4. also pr. wěi

1. roar
2. cry

classifier: 個

1. ordinal number
2. day of a month
3. mark
4. sign
5. business establishment
6. size
7. ship suffix
8. horn (wind instrument)
9. bugle call
10. assumed name
11. to take a pulse
12. classifier used to indicate number of people