1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. broken
2. damaged
3. worn out
4. lousy
5. rotten
6. to break, split or cleave
7. to get rid of
8. to destroy
9. to break with
10. to defeat
11. to capture (a city etc)
12. to expose the truth of