1. to weave
2. to plait
3. to organize
4. to group
5. to arrange
6. to edit
7. to compile
8. to write
9. to compose
10. to fabricate
11. to make up

1. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典 cídiǎn, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
2. (coll.) dictionary

classifier: 本

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. back of neck
2. item
3. thing
4. term (in a mathematical formula)
5. sum (of money)
6. classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

1. extremely
2. pole (geography, physics)
3. utmost
4. top

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 亟 (“repeatedly”)
2. alternative form of 亟 (“repeatedly”)

1. to take up time
2. to spend time

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

1. to work
2. (of a machine) to operate
3. job
4. work
5. task

classifiers: 個, 份, 項