- to complete; to accomplish
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- to repay; to requite
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living
- pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- 吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- young people; youngster
- to insult; to humiliate; dishonor
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 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
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- pretty; beautiful
- to like; to be fond of
- to wear (as accessories); carry at the waist
- but; however
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- (coll.) if
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- to be scared of dying
- (of a period of time) long
- the body; one's health
- 钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
- 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-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- on the ground; on the floor
- whole; entire; total
- downtown area; city center
- joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- to assist (usually a ruler)