- a (medicine) pill or tablet; CL:片[pian4]
- (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
- dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
- to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- party; gathering; to meet; to get together
- to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
- ma; mom; mother
- bonfire
- (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of
- to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops
- face
- (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness
- interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive
- perfect
- intuition
- sickle
- a death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull
- to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- to express; to exhibit
- unpleasant smell; stink
- 臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- to drive away; to force out; to repel
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- one instant; very short time; the twinkle of an eye
- weight; CL:個|个[ge4]
- kerosene
- to catch fire; to cook; to get angry
- to level the land; level ground; plain
- conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous
- sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- to bring to the same level; to even up; to flare out; to flatten out
- spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry; well-off; affluent
- trousers
- (loanword) jacket; also pr. [jia2 ke4]