- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle
- to preserve; to save
- rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
- husband and wife; married couple
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 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还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- to quarrel; dispute
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- to look after; to attend to; to have in care
- little brother; little boy; (coll.) penis
- main; principal; major; primary
- mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- child
- to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
- to be unavoidable (idiom)
- 可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- whenever; every time
- child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- a bunch; to tie together; bundle
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
- to fall asleep
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-