- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to weaken; to go soft (at the knees)
- (onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- bustling with noise and excitement; lively
- to handle; to take care of; to punish
- hurriedly; without delay
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
- afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- to tell; to instruct; to command
- imperial physician
- to diagnose
- to take medicine
- pulse (both medical and figurative)
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- symptom (of an illness)
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- 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
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- tonic
- serious illness
- to serve; to wait upon
- then; after that; afterwards
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- can't thank sb enough (idiom)
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- to double; to redouble
- politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- to handle (affairs); to work
- diligent; hardworking
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
- to feign illness; to malinger
- to make oneself presentable; to freshen up
- massage; to massage
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]