- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- 麻 Má: 麻 Ma2: surname Ma麻 má: 麻 ma2: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]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]
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to accept; to take; next; following
- nature; natural; naturally
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- now; this moment
- for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- purple; violet
- to gather one's spirits; to pull oneself together
- to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- comb; CL:把[ba3]
- rare perfume
- to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
- 花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- to adopt; to employ; to use
- gesture; sign; signal
- 左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit
- (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
- lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
- hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
- mutual respect in marriage; abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉[ju3 an4 qi2 mei2]
- 穗 sùi: 穗 sui4: ear of grain; fringe; tassel穗 Sùi: 穗 Sui4: abbr. for Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1]
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- either side; both sides
- temples; hair on the temples
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
- to show forth; to appear as a vivid image; to stand out markedly