- to cater to; to pander to
- (gambling) to be the banker or dealer
- dice
- to choose; to select
- to pair up; to match up; to form a pair (e.g. to marry); to mate; matched pair
- to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
- (idiom) to feign ignorance or stupidity; to pretend to be clueless
- to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc; (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure
- street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (printing) woodblock
- all of a sudden; hurriedly
- to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
- form; shape
- rectangle
- triangle
- (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
- to wave; to flutter; to fly
- street
- farce; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1],幕[mu4]
- to sound a bell; to raise the alarm
- to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- outside the door
- to forecast; to predict; to estimate
- to show up; present (at the scene)
- famous actor
- on stage
- to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging
- court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads)
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- (bound form) Chinese-style unlined garment; gown
- to enter the venue for a meeting; to enter into an examination; to enter a stadium, arena etc
- to eat and drink; food and drink
- to attend an opera; to see an opera
- backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status