- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- thus; thereby
- to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- they; them
- secrets; private business; privacy
- 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")
- small number; few; minority
- public
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- surname and given name; full name
- 都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to amend; to alter; to modify
- to adopt; to employ; to use
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- method; way; technique; procedure
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request
- to establish; to set up; to found
- participant
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]
- base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
- above
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- detailed; in detail; minute
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
- many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
- to cut; to reduce
- to exaggerate
- on the contrary; instead
- sometimes; now and then
- to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- suitable; fitting; appropriate