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)

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)

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

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

(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

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

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

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 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

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

(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 ...

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

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

he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other

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

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)

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)

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

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

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

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

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)

to count / to count as; to regard as / to enumerate; to list

therefore / as a result / so / the reason why

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

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

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個｜个

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

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

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

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

outcome / result / conclusion / in the end / as a result / to kill / to dispatch

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

to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true

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

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

for example / for instance / such as

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

if only / so long as

as if / to seem like

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 etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

for example; for instance; such as

to send / to give as a present

as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton

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

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

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

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

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")

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

as much as possible / to the greatest extent

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

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

opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely

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

local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL: 個｜个

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

according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before

really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed

a (large) bell (CL:架) / clock (CL:座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點｜点,分,秒) (as in 三點鐘｜三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘｜五分钟 "five minutes" etc)

still; as before; yet

only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt

whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole

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

thus; consequently; as a result

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

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

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

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

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

eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss

natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)

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

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

identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank

regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to

as well as / too / and

as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

it seems; seemingly; as if

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

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

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

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

weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

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

still; as before

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

(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)

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

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

unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to

to be classified as

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

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

character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)