Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; a little; a bit; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:個|个[ge4]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:個|个[ge4]
to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to consider; to regard as; to view as; to treat as; to judge; (after repeated verb) to give it a try; depending on (how you're judging); to visit; to call on; to treat (an illness); to look after; Watch out! (for a danger)
lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱
zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
on; on top; upon; first (of multiple parts); previous; last; upper; higher; above; to climb; to go into; to go up; to attend (class or university)
water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
he or 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); other; another
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo