- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
- rifle; CL:把[ba3],枝[zhi1]
- magazine (for ammunition)
- 空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 卡 qiǎ: 卡 qia3: to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]卡 kǎ: 卡 ka3: to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette
- bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1]
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- to fix; to settle; to wangle
- brainless
- to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- sky
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- pottery and porcelain; ceramics
- protective layer; coating
- to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 涂 tú: 涂 tu2: to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street涂 Tú: 涂 Tu2: surname Tu
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- 不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not
- Jack (name)
- 萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration
- 利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit
- weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- absolute; unconditional
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- to touch; to meet with; to bump
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt; pernicious influence
- (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc)
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- 吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- now; at present; currently
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- mood; frame of mind
- grieved; sorrowful
- ought to; should; must
- to accompany
- family member; (old) servant