- more (than sth else); even more
- politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- because; owing to; on account of
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- 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
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- hasty; hurried
- what?; something; anything
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- noon
- to advance; forward motion
- towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
- to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- now; this moment
- see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5]
- 李 lǐ: 李 li3: plum李 Lǐ: 李 Li3: surname Li
- (classical) barely; just; just now
- palace courtyard
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- to leaven dough; to make bread
- large flat bread
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- (refined) white sugar
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- on the road; on the way; en route
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- it could even be said
- lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need