| | how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? | HSK 1 |
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| | many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- | HSK 1 |
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| | how / what kind | HSK 2 |
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| | to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet | HSK 2 |
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| | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss | HSK 3 |
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| | 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) | HSK 3 |
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| | how? / what? / why? | HSK 1 |
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| | what? / something; anything | HSK 1 |
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| | to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| | dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種｜种, 席, 句, 口, 番 | HSK 1 |
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| | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent | HSK 2 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| | how / what way / what | HSK 3 |
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| | it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately | HSK 5 |
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| | which ones? / who? / what? | HSK 1 |
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| | what kind?; what sort? | HSK 2 |
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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | HSK 1 |
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| | why? / for what reason? | HSK 2 |
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| | what's to be done | HSK 2 |
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| | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what? | |
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| | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad | HSK 5 |
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| | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... | HSK 4 |
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| | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項｜项, 個｜个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (saying) you reap what you sow | |
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| | not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss | |
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| | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
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| | to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) | |
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| | to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof | HSK 5 |
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| | where? / what place? | |
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| | who would believe it! / what rubbish! | |
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| | you get what you pay for | |
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| | who? / what (kind of) person? | |
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| | what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about? | |
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| | what kind? / how, what / somewhat | |
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| | to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides | HSK 6 |
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| | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do what one is told / obedient | HSK 7-9 |
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| | words / expression / what one says | HSK 7-9 |
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| | What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關｜关 + {person} + 什麼事｜什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?") | |
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| | what one acquires / one's gains | |
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| | in any case; no matter what | |
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| | to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd | |
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| | (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | |
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| | how about / what kind of | |
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| | to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | words and actions / what one says and what one does | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom) / fig. to look for what one already has | |
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| | to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
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| | to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes | |
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| | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) | |
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| | what / how / why / which / carry | |
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| | lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing | |
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| | when?; at what time? | |
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| | hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? | |
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| | (dialect) what | |
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| | lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily | |
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| | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
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| | (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | each takes what he needs (idiom) | |
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| | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice | |
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| | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant | HSK 7-9 |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | to visit / to go to see what's going on | |
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| | to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom) | |
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| | to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible | |
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| | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to understand (on hearing) / to catch (what is spoken) | |
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| | lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts | |
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| | what | |
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| | what for / why / how | |
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| | (slang) what the ...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和) | |
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| | to know what's going on | |
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| | no matter what may happen (idiom) | |
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| | what course to follow / what path to take | |
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| | lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity | |
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| | not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say | |
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| | what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? | |
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| | to understand what one is reading or watching | |
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| | to do what needs to be done, without delay | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale | |
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| | height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about | |
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| | to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has | |
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| | what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use | |
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| | not knowing what to do next / at a loose end | |
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| | to resign oneself to part with what one treasures | |
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| | to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) | |
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| | who cares / no matter what / regardless of the consequences | |
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| | roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking; a mind reader | |
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| | what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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