- a son who is an only child
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- 从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong
- to pick up; to collect; to gather
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- not in the least; to completely lack
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- according to; basis; foundation
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- store; shop
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)
- thriving and prosperous business or trade
- manpower; staff; human hand
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
- 六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6
- around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
- to depart; to leave
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding
- to think to oneself; to think
- to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- 春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- 冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: winter冬 Dōng: 冬 Dong1: surname Dong冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- 季 Jì: 季 Ji4: surname Ji季 jì: 季 ji4: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
- 跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle
- conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)
- to get married