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