- half of a lifetime
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units
- outside; excluding
- each; every
- 扇 shàn: 扇 shan4: fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc扇 shān: 扇 shan1: to fan; to slap sb on the face
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
- to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- not in the least; to completely lack
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- it may be said
- to follow after; immediately afterwards
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- to correct; to make right
- to attempt; to try
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- scale; scope; extent
- underground railway; subway; subway train
- mini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper) (loanword)
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
- passenger
- carriage; CL:節|节[jie2]
- (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
- to tell; to instruct; to command