- 少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
- often; frequently
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- didn't expect
- now; at present; currently
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- to encourage
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- to combine; to link; to integrate; binding; CL:次[ci4]
- to comb; fig. to sort out
- one time (all the way through); once through
- sometimes; now and then
- at one's side; on hand
- member
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- all-around; comprehensive; total; overall
- to understand; to realize; to find out
- extremely; exceedingly
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- how?; what?; why?
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- how; what kind
- to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
- the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- early years
- to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- to look upon; to regard
- especially; particularly
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- to treat as; to regard as
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to give a lecture; to teach a class
- teaching material; CL:本[ben3]
- to become rigid
- knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- online
- to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
- to consider as; to take to be