- oral; verbal
- to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- wave; tides
- to chat
- 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 rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
- 故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale
- to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- of short duration; brief; momentary
- business; trade; commerce
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
- capital (economics)
- restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
- because; owing to; on account of
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 冒 Mào: 冒 Mao4: surname Mao冒 mào: 冒 mao4: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- risk; hazard
- to spread; to circulate; to hand down
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- colleague; co-worker
- if; in case; in the event that
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- prison
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
- composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
- other; another; separate; separately
- a line of verse; a sentence
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- day; sky; heaven
- country; nation; state
- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- free (of charge)
- to contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)