- outside of a city
- small town; village
- this lifetime
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- 抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe
- remnant; relic; residue; vestige; surplus; to remain; to leave surplus
- dining table
- to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- (math.) single-variable; univariate
- five; 5
- appetite; liking
- to eat till full; satisfied
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1]
- tenfold; ten times (sth)
- fifteen; 15
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- price
- disparity; gap
- funds; expenditure; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- adequate; sufficient; abundant
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do; When in Rome, do as the Romans do
- assistant; helper
- to whine on for days (idiom); to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 卷子 juǎn zi: 卷子 juan3 zi5: steamed roll; spring roll卷子 juàn zi: 卷子 juan4 zi5: test paper; examination paper
- to bite; to nip
- 炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency
- 好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]
- chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]
- knife and fork; CL:副[fu4]
- livelihood
- 卫 wèi: 卫 wei4: to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet卫 Wèi: 卫 Wei4: surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces