- 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)
- to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
- this; these
- course of events; process
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- already
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to depart; to leave
- classroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- 局 jú: 局 ju2: narrow局 jú: 局 ju2: office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc局 jú: 局 ju2: cramped; narrow
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- email; CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- infatuated; obsessed
- a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
- not very; not particularly
- interesting; to interest
- (HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- from time to time
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- 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]
- telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- experience; to go through; to experience
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- child
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- dormitory building; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- whole; entire; total
- school; CL:所[suo3]