- 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
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to worry; anxiety (about)
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to learn; to study
- skill; art
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- to receive
- everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- aforementioned; above-mentioned
- way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)
- to buy; to purchase
- 炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker
- to seek; to search for
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- skilled workman
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- (old) steamboat
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- then; at that time; in those days
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- to twirl (in the fingers)
- Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
- 勤 qín: 勤 qin2: diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance勤 qín: 勤 qin2: industrious; solicitous
- long-term strategy
- 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
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period