- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- truly; indeed; severely; harshly
- shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
- ascetic monk
- meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to hear
- deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- studio; workshop
- to fear; to dread; foreboding
- Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
- the wording and purport of what one writes
- that kind of
- poor; impoverished
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
- fate; destiny
- 同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- publishing house
- to reach agreement
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- taxation
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
- throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- allowance
- amount; sum of money; fixed number
- relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- small; tiny; few; young
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- motherland
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
- to worship; adoration