- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- like; as
- air; atmosphere
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- not in the least; to completely lack
- tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- mysterious; mystery
- huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- desire; longing; appetite; craving
- mode; pattern; model
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- scene; scenario; situation; setting
- (of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified
- comfort; soft and fragrant; warm
- almost; nearly; practically
- one's close relatives
- spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC); CL:個|个[ge4]
- elementary school; primary school
- heartbeat; pulse
- to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
- dining table; dinner table; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- tablecloth; (Tw) (computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
- chair; CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
- 比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily
- five; 5
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- will; shall; to be going to
- to be full of; to flood; to congest
- mother's mother; maternal grandmother
- imperious; peremptory
- borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
- to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- stranger
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items