- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- cornflakes; tortilla chips
- side; adjacent place
- to pile up
- ashtray
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- to get out of bed; to get up
- to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
- lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- listless; dispirited; washed out; also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩[mei2 jing1 da3 cai3]
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- to guess
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- house door; family clan
- furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- to set up; to arrange; to lay out
- it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
- called; named
- lotus
- maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
- to divorce
- game of chance; gambling party; gambling joint
- illegal; to break the law
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- to make a living
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- ordinary; mediocre; nothing special
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- to extend; to expand; extension; expansion
- either side; both sides
- to gather together
- 众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- gambler
- every time
- to gather; to meet
- to bet; to gamble
- scanty; meager
- salary; wage
- government; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]