- psychology; mentality
- to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
- individual; personal; oneself
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after
- little brother; I, your little brother (humble)
- spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]
- to have lost both one's parents
- (onom.) to sigh; to sob
- especially; particularly
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
- pah!; bah!; pooh!; to spit (in contempt)
- my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife
- to exert all one's strength
- to spit; (onom.) pshaw!; (old) to sip
- (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]; (literary) literary writings; poetry; (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- repeatedly; again and again
- to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
- to request sb to do sth; please!
- inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
- (coll.) all right?; OK?
- now; at present; currently
- 口音 kǒu yīn: 口音 kou3 yin1: (linguistics) oral speech sounds口音 kǒu yin: 口音 kou3 yin5: voice; accent
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
- at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
- 清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- to clear one's throat
- in common usage
- to begin; to open; to start; beginning of an event
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- life (one's time on earth)
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- night
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River