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. (Mainland China, Taiwan) first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
2. (Singapore) first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
3. first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
4. first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America

1. a Chinese foot
2. one-third of a meter
3. a ruler
4. a tape-measure
5. one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

classifiers: 支, 把

1. (bound form) evil spirit; devil
2. (prefix) supernatural; magical

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America
2. (Singapore) first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
3. first year in junior college, equivalent to eleventh grade in North America
4. first year in senior high school, equivalent to tenth grade in North America

1. measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
2. to measure
3. husband
4. polite appellation for an older male