- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- humanity; human race; mankind
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- to personalize; to customize; customization
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- manufacturing industry
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- consumer
- custom-made; made-to-order; to have sth custom made
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- society
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to establish; to set up; to found
- 时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 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 bring about; to create; to cause
- to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- rival; competitor
- just recently; just a moment ago
- to be born
- calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns
- because; owing to; on account of
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
- atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
- epidemic situation
- half of sth
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- see 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4]
- trade fair
- to go on an official or business trip
- to return; to come back
- to carry; to take away
- to separate; to isolate
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- each; respective; apiece
- to return home
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- normal; regular