- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 血 xuè: 血 xue4: blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]血 xiě: 血 xie3: see 血[xue4]
- (bound form) tears; teardrops
- hard; solid
- (geology) rock
- if; in case; in the event that
- silly; stupid
- resident; inhabitant
- to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
- here; this place
- torch; CL:把[ba3]
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 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 illuminate; to light up; lighting
- all around
- (bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- 着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- to die; death
- breath; smell; odor; flavor
- gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
- visitor; caller
- most; mostly; most likely
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- (not) ever again; (not) any longer
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to see
- extremely few; a small minority
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- this place; here (literary)
- to return to
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- to become
- originally; original; former
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- because; owing to; on account of
- to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
- (literary) (of light, shadows) flickering; dancing
- to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- unable to; incapable of