- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- foot of a wall
- to walk
- 提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]
- flame; blaze
- twilight
- 白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- lantern
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- Kimura (Japanese surname)
- grand; vast (water)
- (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household
- here
- to be witness to; witness; evidence
- prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
- predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- to direct; director (film etc)
- each; every
- weekend
- to conduct; to hold (an event)
- luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
- (loanword) party
- strong alcoholic drink
- fireworks
- helicopter; CL:架[jia4]
- airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship; CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4]
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- to be embarrassingly short of money
- 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
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 喝 hè: 喝 he4: to shout喝 hē: 喝 he1: to drink
- rather
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished