- last time
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 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
- recently; soon; nearest
- 哪 né: 哪 ne2: used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]哪 něi: 哪 nei3: which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)哪 na: 哪 na5: (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪 nǎ: 哪 na3: how; which
- the flowering season
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- barley
- to attempt; to try
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
- attention
- who would have thought that; who would have expected that
- out of step with current thinking; outmoded; inappropriate for the occasion
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- tone of voice; topic; subject under discussion
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); 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; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- soybean
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- sun visor; sunshade; sunshading board
- to cover
- at the present time; currently
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
- to enter; to join; to go into
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- any; whatever; whichever
- feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- unable to; incapable of
- to comprehend; to understand
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- cannot; must not; should not
- 别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- without permission
- a line of verse; a sentence
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- to retreat in defeat
- silhouette; figure