- to exercise (a right etc)
- function; capability
- fine; slim; tender
- to stretch; to extend
- to classify
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- 属 shǔ: 属 shu3: category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute属 zhǔ: 属 zhu3: to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
- the latter
- house mouse
- to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
- to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- party; delegation
- similar; alike
- method; way; technique; procedure
- first of all; in the first place
- 哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- to give it a try
- lip; CL:片[pian4]
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- to understand; to comprehend
- whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive
- eyebrow; upper margin
- 尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
- 撇 piē: 撇 pie1: to cast away; to fling aside撇 piě: 撇 pie3: to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos
- to eliminate
- to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- to go in
- embryo
- illegal; to break the law
- to violate (a law)
- ethics
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
- to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
- to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to; to match; to balance; to offset; to mortgage; to make up for; to compensate for; to arrive at; to reach; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to respond; response
- very fast; at lightning speed; (coll.) razor-sharp
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- cannot; should not; must not