- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- teapot; CL:把[ba3]
- to get; to obtain
- washbowl; basin for washing hands and face; CL:個|个[ge4]
- towel; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- pot; classifier for bottled liquid
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
- swaggering; staggering; waddling
- to wave (one's hand)
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- 格 gé: 格 ge2: square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit格 gē: 格 ge1: used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- tile; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to crush to death
- in other words; that is
- to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp; claw (of a crab etc); CL:把[ba3]; (dialect) earring
- iron wire; CL:根[gen1]; subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]); railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
- to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
- iron hook
- to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- shoulder
- portable