- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- association; club; society; party; get-together
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- other people; others; other person
- to judge (a competition); to appraise
- need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- list of names
- to remember
- smoothly; without a hitch
- Caribbean
- theme; subject
- floor; ground; surface
- to set up; to arrange; to lay out
- man-made; artificial; synthetic
- palm tree
- sand; grit; CL:粒[li4],把[ba3]
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- to return to
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- simple; not complicated
- amiable; easygoing
- short period of time; a moment
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- one by one; one after another
- (of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge
- to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- (loanword) reggae
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
- steel
- sound of a drum; drumbeat
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- clear; bright
- 姆 mǔ: 姆 mu3: (old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]姆 m: 姆 m1: used in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1]
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech)
- flowers and plants
- design; pattern
- (loanword) bikini