- why?; for what reason?
- 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])
- here
- 咳 hāi: 咳 hai1: sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow咳 ké: 咳 ke2: cough
- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- rapid; speedy; fast
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 红 gōng: 红 gong1: used in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]红 hóng: 红 hong2: red; popular; revolutionary; bonus红 Hóng: 红 Hong2: surname Hong
- responsible and diligent (idiom)
- question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- blank space
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 格 gé: 格 ge2: square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit格 gē: 格 ge1: used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
- to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- clear; distinct; obvious
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- to loathe; to despise; contempt
- tone; manner of speaking; mood; CL:個|个[ge4]
- gesture; sign; signal
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold; classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects); classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
- letter (sent by mail)
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- Lawrence (person name)
- dear; beloved; darling
- we; us; ourselves; our
- to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
- 纳 Nà: 纳 Na4: surname Na纳 nà: 纳 na4: to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- to write a letter
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4]
- recently; soon; nearest
- to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to refuse; to decline; to reject