one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的｜跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

same / like / equal to / the same as / just like

noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"

to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)

(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個｜个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个

still; as before; yet

again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則｜再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個｜个,條｜条)

to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for

to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course

to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)

original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座｜师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]

and; as well as

to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true

to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦｜招办, admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室｜办公室)

not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於｜安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培)

to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important

to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)

in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice

the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下｜举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")

to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來｜回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來｜自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世｜来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 談得來｜谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來｜吃不来)

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")

land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園｜园, such as a botanical garden 植物園｜植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園｜幼儿园 etc

therefore / as a result / so / the reason why

camera (abbr. for 照相機｜照相机) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow

to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition

face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy

really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed

to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent

someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom)

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "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

so long as; provided; if

thus; consequently; as a result

collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group

as before; still / to remain the same

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)

due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because

seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of

to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as

other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")

as if / to seem like

to send / to give as a present

road; path (CL:條｜条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

that's fine / may as well / (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...

as follows

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as

still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or

opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely

money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe

one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be

prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward

so as not to; so as to avoid

doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician

to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail

to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with

to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar

to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時｜入时) / abbr. for 入聲｜入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")

to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar

Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化｜中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國｜中华民国

to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child

for example; for instance; such as

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)