1. (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏)
2. tinkling of gem-pendants

1. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
2. (respectful) mistress of the house
3. (coll.) boobies
4. breasts

classifier: 位

1. (dialectal) breast
2. breast

1. to die
2. impassable
3. uncrossable
4. inflexible
5. rigid
6. extremely
7. damned

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. no; not so
2. (bound form) not; un-

1. to close one's eyes
2. (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)

1. to spread
2. to circulate
3. to hand down

1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
3. then (in that case)

1. (archaic) many
2. beautiful
3. how
4. old variant of 挪 nuó

1. classifier for houses or buildings
2. ridgepole (old)

1. house
2. building (single- or two-story)
3. apartment
4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

1. so far
2. to this day
3. until now

1. not yet
2. did not
3. have not
4. not
5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

classifiers: 個, 位

1. to dare
2. daring
3. (polite) may I venture