- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- 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
- brain; mind; head; essence
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- 泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- tangled and complicated (idiom)
- maze; labyrinth
- karma; cause and effect
- to turn back; to reverse
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces
- along with; in the wake of; following
- gradually
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 转 zhuǎi: 转 zhuai3: see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]转 zhuǎn: 转 zhuan3: to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)转 zhuàn: 转 zhuan4: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- every time
- to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- as if; to seem like
- mutual
- to be irrelevant; to have nothing to do with
- details; particulars
- drowsy; sleepy (idiom)
- time; length of time; moment; period
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely
- delight; pleasure; joy
- like; as
- printer
- one layer; one level
- to pile up; to heap; accumulation
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group