- earl; count; earldom or countship (old)
- to hear
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- letter (sent by mail)
- 阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- Italy
- affairs of state
- to be afraid
- influence; impact
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- 召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- often; frequently
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to see
- prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 露 Lù: 露 Lu4: surname Lu露 lòu: 露 lou4: to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose露 lù: 露 lu4: dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
- face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- since (a time); ever since
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
- 塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- to mail; to send by post
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 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 know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- why?; for what reason?
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- to write a letter
- then; at that time; in those days
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily