- ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]
- bare feet
- to pant; to gasp for breath
- to express; to present; to extend; to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
- to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
- 叉 chā: 叉 cha1: fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"叉 chá: 叉 cha2: to cross; be stuck叉 chǎ: 叉 cha3: to diverge; to open (as legs)叉 chà: 叉 cha4: used in 劈叉[pi3 cha4]; used in 分叉[fen1 cha4]
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 说道 shūo dao: 说道 shuo1 dao5: to discuss; reason (behind sth)说道 shūo dào: 说道 shuo1 dao4: to state; to say (the quoted words)
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- car; automobile; bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 李 lǐ: 李 li3: plum李 Lǐ: 李 Li3: surname Li
- lame person (colloquial)
- village chief; village head
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- individual; personal; oneself
- to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
- lame
- to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
- half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]
- kid; youngster; (derog.) brat
- to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to bet; to gamble
- (coll.) if
- bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids
- stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
- how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- (dialect) contracted form of 不好[bu4 hao3]
- to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling
- perfume; fragrant
- to throw out; to get rid of
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- 叶 xié: 叶 xie2: to be in harmony叶 Yè: 叶 Ye4: surname Ye叶 yè: 叶 ye4: leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats