- to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- smiling; with a smile
- to extend
- hollow of the palm
- down; downward
- 拉手 lā shǒu: 拉手 la1 shou3: to hold hands; to shake hands拉手 lā shou: 拉手 la1 shou5: a handle; to pull on a handle
- goodwill; benevolence; kindness
- merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- to exert oneself physically
- to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- to let go of sth; to give up
- to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
- to puncture; to pierce
- muscle; flesh
- to lead directly to
- to go in
- in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
- to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- steel
- to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- highly toxic; extremely poisonous
- time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
- to lose one's life; to get killed
- 戴 Dài: 戴 Dai4: surname Dai戴 dài: 戴 dai4: to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support
- to raise; to increase
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle