- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- convent
- the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
- cramped; ill at ease
- wooden
- Jesus
- to suffer a calamity; to suffer (e.g. under torture); distress
- air; atmosphere
- attire; clothes; dress
- flash
- overhead; above
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- to sweat profusely (idiom); drenched in sweat
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- palm
- ability to write; writing skill; written; in written form
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- each minding his own business
- dear; beloved; darling
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- the body; one's health
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- nail; snag; saboteur
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- blood
- (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- prayer beads; rosary; rosary beads; CL:串[chuan4]
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- faith; belief; conviction
- essential
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- Holy Communion; Eucharist
- to repent; (religion) to confess
- to strengthen; to intensify
- to comb; fig. to sort out
- ceremony