- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 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
- left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- to welcome; to greet
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- to kneel
- slowly; gradually
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- at once; on the spot
- to sit down
- words; expression; what one says
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- to depart; to leave
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- what?; something; anything
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- reason; cause
- 啊 ā: 啊 a1: interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!啊 á: 啊 a2: interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?啊 ǎ: 啊 a3: interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?啊 à: 啊 a4: interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!啊 a: 啊 a5: modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 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")
- 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
- 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)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- to get angry
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil