- to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
- to continue; to go on; to last
- to belittle; to look down upon; to despise
- things; affairs; decorum
- utility
- exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet; (coll.) to concentrate one's strength
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- son
- to arrive; to come
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- likeness of a god or Buddha; (old) portrait of the deceased
- to kneel down
- 孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong
- 发蒙 fā mēng: 发蒙 fa1 meng1: to be confused; to be at a loss; Taiwan pr. [fa1 meng2]发蒙 fā méng: 发蒙 fa1 meng2: (old) to instruct the young; to teach a child to read and write; as easy as ABC
- excessively; too
- lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- natural gift; talent
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- famous master; great teacher
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- teacher
- to ask; to inquire
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 答 dá: 答 da2: to answer; to reply; to respond答 dā: 答 da1: bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
- 号 hào: 号 hao4: (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl
- roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 俩 liǎ: 俩 lia3: two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; some俩 liǎng: 俩 liang3: used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]
- countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ancient book; old book
- to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste); (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods); (dialect) naughty; mischievous
- (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
- to find
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- warm; to warm