1. why?
2. for what reason?

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. comma
2. phrase marked by pause

1. to read out; to read aloud
2. to read
3. to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
4. to pronounce

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. sentence
2. clause
3. phrase
4. classifier for phrases or lines of verse

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
2. a surname
3. alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
4. used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當 /勾当

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)
2. alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)

1. dialect
2. language
3. spoken words
4. speech
5. talk
6. words
7. conversation
8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番

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. time
2. length of time
3. moment
4. period

1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
2. to be likely to; to be sure to
3. to meet; to get together
4. meeting; gathering
5. (suffix) union; group; association
6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)

1. to think of
2. to call to mind
3. to anticipate