- arms; both arms; two arms
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- to stretch; to extend
- elbow
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- (on the) chest; bosom
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- sign language
- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- detailed; in detail; minute
- to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xie4lou4]
- heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
- nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob
- to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense
- nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- second son
- gesture; sign; signal
- 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.)
- 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})
- reward
- to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 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)
- to compensate; to make up
- to emphasize (a statement); to stress
- anger
- with great difficulty; very difficult
- to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
- to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- 马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
- to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- to apologize
- 单 chán: 单 chan2: used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]单 dān: 单 dan1: bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]单 Shàn: 单 Shan4: surname Shan