- (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- 襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
- to mean; meaning
- unmarried
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- to wait; to wait for
- nanny; babysitter; housekeeper
- married
- woman
- 应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
- see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear; to use one's discretion
- nine; 9
- lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- daughter
- rules; regulations
- 不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not
- 媳妇 xí fu: 媳妇 xi2 fu5: (dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman媳妇 xí fù: 媳妇 xi2 fu4: daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
- specially; intentionally
- to act with diligent care
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- to compare notes; to learn from one another
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- ivory; elephant tusk
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
- fine jade
- amiable; easygoing
- each; respective; apiece
- etiquette; ceremony
- generally; in general