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叫
- 1 to shout
- 2 to call
- 3 to order
- 4 to ask
- 5 to be called
- 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
水
- 1 water
- 2 river
- 3 liquid
- 4 beverage
- 5 additional charges or income
- 6 (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
点 | 點
- 1 point
- 2 dot
- 3 drop
- 4 speck
- 5 o'clock
- 6 point (in space or time)
- 7 to draw a dot
- 8 to check on a list
- 9 to choose
- 10 to order (food in a restaurant)
- 11 to touch briefly
- 12 to hint
- 13 to light
- 14 to ignite
- 15 to pour a liquid drop by drop
- 16 (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[gēng]
- 17 dot stroke in Chinese characters
- 18 classifier for items
在
- 1 (located) at
- 2 (to be) in
- 3 to exist
- 4 in the middle of doing sth
- 5 (indicating an action in progress)
吃
- 1 to eat
- 2 to consume
- 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- 4 to eradicate
- 5 to destroy
- 6 to absorb
- 7 to suffer
- 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
先生
- 1 teacher
- 2 husband
- 3 doctor (dialect)
- 4 classifier: 位 wèi
些
- 1 classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
读 | 讀
- 1 to read
- 2 to study
- 3 reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pīn yīn]
本
- 1 root
- 2 stem
- 3 origin
- 4 source
- 5 this
- 6 the current
- 7 original
- 8 inherent
- 9 originally
- 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
二
- 1 two
- 2 2
- 3 (Beijing dialect) stupid
打电话 | 打電話
- 1 to make a telephone call
哪
- 1 which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
个 | 個
- 1 individual
- 2 this
- 3 that
- 4 size
- 5 classifier for people or objects in general
去
- 1 to go
- 2 to go to (a place)
- 3 (of a time etc) last
- 4 just passed
- 5 to send
- 6 to remove
- 7 to get rid of
- 8 to reduce
- 9 to be apart from in space or time
- 10 to die (euphemism)
- 11 to play (a part)
- 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
住
- 1 to live
- 2 to dwell
- 3 to stay
- 4 to reside
- 5 to stop
- 6 (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
字
- 1 letter
- 2 symbol
- 3 character
- 4 word
- 5 classifier: 个 gè
- 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
呢
- 1 particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
- 2 particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")
- 3 particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")
- 4 (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action
- 5 particle indicating strong affirmation
猫 | 貓
- 1 cat
- 2 classifier: 只 zhī
- 3 (dialect) to hide oneself
- 4 (coll.) modem