- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- 奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: breast; milk; to breastfeed奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: mother
- 加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]
- to wake up
- to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to
- nowadays; now
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- to pass a university entrance exam
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- don't!; must not
- (idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics
- to learn; to study
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
- to go abroad; to leave the country
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)
- next month
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 托福 tūo fú: 托福 tuo1 fu2: (old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)托福 Tūo fú: 托福 Tuo1 fu2: TOEFL; Test of English as a Foreign Language
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- forever; eternal
- last year
- in time with (i.e. same rhythm); to keep in step with; fig. to cooperate
- to select a scene (for filming, sketching etc)
- an extra (in a movie)
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- filming location; film set
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- 班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- smiles of exultation; radiant with delight
- intentionally or otherwise
- parking lot; car park
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet