- to study diligently; to train assiduously
- to draw a circle
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- American (i.e. of US nationality)
- Indian (person); CL:個|个[ge4]; Indian people
- art; fine arts; painting; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- prize; award
- 差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- pedigree
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- to teach as substitute for absent teacher
- professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to give a lecture; to teach a class
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom); (of language) simple and easy to understand
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- fully; no less than; as much as; extremely
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- common; ordinary; general; average
- cipher; secret code; password; PIN
- 史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- Zorro
- ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually
- each; every
- have plenty of; there's no lack of
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- artist; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- special duty; assigned full time to a task
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across