- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- to sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- book review; book notice
- a tiny bit
- to warn; to admonish
- (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)
- the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
- delicate; fine; exquisite; refined
- fascism
- dictatorship
- then; at that time; in those days
- to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream
- (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])
- Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- as early as possible
- to pay no heed to (idiom); to ignore; to brush aside
- to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
- girl; young lady
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to worship; adoration
- gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay
- adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content
- to have the final say; to be the one in charge
- fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- to hear
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- never
- example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- insignificant
- in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- grieved; sorrowful
- offal; cooked minced offal; chop suey (American Chinese dish); incoherent (information); (derog.) asshat; jerk
- (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; enthusiastic; warmhearted