- (name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam; Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]); see 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1 li3 Di4 qu1]
- 沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- corps; legion
- to build; to construct
- to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- type; style
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to construct; to build
- 那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)
- 幢 chuáng: 幢 chuang2: banner; pennant (in ancient China)幢 zhuàng: 幢 zhuang4: classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
- then; at that time; in those days
- used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[ma3 nao3]
- church; chapel; CL:座[zuo4],所[suo3],間|间[jian1]
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- just recently; just a moment ago
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- foundations (of a building); base
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
- before this; before then; previously
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to reflect on; to ponder over
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- ought to; should; must
- what's to be done
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 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
- determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to bring about; to create; to cause
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- to filter
- to bid; to make a tender
- plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- France
- to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association