- 提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:點|点[dian3])
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- to banish; to deport; to send into exile; to be marooned
- main; principal; major; primary
- to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- now; at present; currently
- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- can't say for sure; maybe
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to settle accounts; to clear accounts; to liquidate; to expose and criticize
- old in years
- (coll.) even if
- to die
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- political; politics; government
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- time; length of time; moment; period
- if
- alive
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- even if; even though
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- unavoidable; can't be avoided
- 戮 lù: 戮 lu4: to peel with a knife戮 lù: 戮 lu4: (bound form) to kill
- 尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (bound form) corpse
- to apologize for an offense; to offer one's apology for a fault
- comprehensive; composite; synthesized; mixed; to sum up; to integrate; to synthesize
- to think over; to consider; consideration
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- immediately; at once; right away
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
- (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
- to depose (a king)
- among; in; included among these
- she