- civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察
- to wear (a garment)
- to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]
- exploratory; tentative
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
- lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing; through and through; out and out; from top to bottom
- good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
- (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
- an answering voice; to answer a voice; to respond; to copy a voice; to parrot
- lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom); fig. cautious; with great preoccupation; with strict precaution
- to show; to reveal (one's feelings etc)
- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- to grip; to hold
- comrade; (slang) homosexual; CL:位[wei4]
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- to have time (to do sth)
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark
- bright
- 晃 huǎng: 晃 huang3: to dazzle; to flash past晃 huàng: 晃 huang4: to sway; to shake; to wander about
- urgent matter
- 派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie
- elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise
- to flee in defeat; to bolt
- to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
- together
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1 hua2 wen2 hua4] "Chinese culture"); used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1 hua2 Min2 guo2]
- to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
- 散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine
- working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth