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. (dialectal) continuously; constantly
2. (literary) a door
3. (literary) a single source; a single origin
4. (literary) a way; a means
5. a cannon
6. a door
7. a family; a clan
8. a kind; the same kind
9. a single source; a single origin
10. a skill
11. a style; a faction; a denomination
12. a subject of study
13. a way; a means
14. an event or occurrence
15. continuously; constantly
16. the same school or teacher

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 跑堂兒的 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

classifiers: 門, 種

1. (literary) to tell
2. to tell