1 to hold

2 to contain

3 to grasp

4 to take hold of

5 handle

6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object

7 classifier for objects with handle

8 classifier for small objects: handful

1 younger sister

1 younger sister

2 young woman

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 (dialect) younger sister

2 girl

1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])

1 to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)

1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)

1 One key opens one lock.

2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)

1 What brings you here? (idiom)

1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)

2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off

3 to go for wool and come back shorn