- official's salary (in feudal times)
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- they; them
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- to grow up
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- to return sth to sb
- to praise; to commend; to compliment
- country; nation; state
- fate; destiny
- young; immature
- orphan
- matter of life and death
- juncture; moment
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- each other; mutual
- to show great affection and care
- 都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- proverb
- hoary head; old age
- similar to; like
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- to meet together; to assemble
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- to repay; to requite
- the other person; the other side; the other party
- 哪 nǎ: 哪 na3: how; which哪 na: 哪 na5: (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪 né: 哪 ne2: used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]哪 něi: 哪 nei3: which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
- to participate; to take part; to join
- worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- alive
- sincere; sincerity
- friendship; camaraderie
- to pass away; to die
- (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- hunger; starvation; famine
- cold (climate); frigid; very cold