- to occupy; to hold
- neighbor; adjacent; close to
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to make better; to improve
- the male sex; a male
- woman; the female sex
- total; sum; aggregate
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- neatly; tidy
- village
- food
- physical strength; physical power
- limit; extreme boundary
- head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- low ranking; low level; underclass; subordinate
- foreman
- to receive (letter etc)
- to order; to command; an order; a command; an instruction
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- just; fair; equitable
- to treat well
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- (of a period of time) long
- corporal punishment; to inflict physical punishment on (sb)
- forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- to like; to be fond of
- to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- about to; on the point of; soon
- to put out; to issue
- ruling; adjudication
- (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
- staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- cozy; snug
- clean; neat
- shack; shed; CL:間|间[jian1]