- as a rule; as usual; usually
- home
- to drink (alcohol)
- to chat; to gossip
- rich; sumptuous
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- China Construction Bank (abbr.)
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- 呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- sales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
- to pile up; to stack; a pile; a stack
- to remain; to be left over
- to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
- 呗 bài: 呗 bai4: (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")呗 bei: 呗 bei5: modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm; modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- gradually
- to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
- if only it were so; I hope so (idiom)
- to be called; to be known as
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly
- to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
- war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
- savings rate
- land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]); (fig.) sore point; weak spot
- what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
- to save money (in a bank); savings
- social insurance (abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险[she4 hui4 bao3 xian3])
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 戚 qī: 戚 qi1: grief; sorrow戚 qī: 戚 qi1: (bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe戚 Qī: 戚 Qi1: surname Qi