- business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc
- we; us; ourselves; our
- amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- if; in case; in the event that
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- evening; night; late
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- clear; distinct
- to describe; description
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
- to raise; to collect
- like this; so; such
- funds; capital
- quota; (credit) limit
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to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)
- the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website (abbr. for 淘寶網|淘宝网[Tao2 bao3 Wang3])
- 和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- (name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam; Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]); see 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1 li3 Di4 qu1]
- to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme
- to dispose; to deploy; deployment
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- great; important; major; significant
- to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
- creator; founder; initiator
- working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])
- as; as if; such as
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- captain (of a boat); skipper
- ahead; the front
- the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- when
- storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- to avoid; to evade; to keep away from
- heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment
- to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding
- skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- many times; on more than one occasion
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)