1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. (math.) sum
3. to make peace
4. (sports) to draw; to tie
5. (bound form) harmonious
6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
2. to join in the singing
3. to chime in with others

1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
2. Taiwan pr. huò

1. to mix (ingredients) together
2. to blend
3. classifier for rinses of clothes
4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
2. warm

1. Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn during the Three Kingdoms period
2. the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 Sānguó Yǎnyì, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
3. (fig.) a mastermind

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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. 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

1. to prevail over
2. to defeat
3. to surmount

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 跑堂儿的 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. ranks
2. troops
3. queue
4. line
5. procession

classifiers: 個, 支, 條