- place to return to; home; final destination; ending
- how; what way; what
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- unsure; uncertain; unending
- head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching
- empress; imperial consort
- because; owing to; on account of
- now; at present; currently
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- chest; heart; mind
- to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
- so long as; provided; if
- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- cannot; must not; should not
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival
- sound of weeping
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- what?; something; anything
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to cry bitterly
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- 拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- a line of verse; a sentence
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- now; this moment
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- double
- mourning dress