- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- former acquaintance; old friend
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- to match; to tally
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- final; ultimate
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- son
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- small; tiny; few; young
- by good fortune; luckily
- already
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 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
- cannot; to fail to; unable to
- 出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise
- everyone
- frequently; often
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to take up an official post
- cannot; must not; should not
- 地方 dì fang: 地方 di4 fang5: place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]地方 dì fāng: 地方 di4 fang1: region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- 宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su
- to guard; to defend
- to impeach (an official)
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- to exaggerate
- (a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to select the best
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- office; duty
- to remove sb from their post; to dismiss
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect