- 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
- (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- to go to school
- to disturb; to trouble; to bother
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- the fire of a stove
- always
- to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
- bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- evening; night; late
- it's just perfect; it's just right
- gradually
- land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]); (fig.) sore point; weak spot
- whole; full
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
- not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4]
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- annual report; yearbook; almanac
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- to sleep; to lie down
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- midnight
- window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]
- scale (of fish, reptiles etc)
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
- still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
- strange; weird
- dreamland