big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest

this / these / (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect)

home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter

actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个

that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge

to combine / to amalgamate

variant of 並｜并

band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條｜条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個｜个

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層｜层, 座, 棟｜栋

content / calm / still / quiet / safe / secure / in good health / to find a place for / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to pacify / security / safety / peace / ampere

to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個｜个

cannot / must not / should not

to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個｜个

straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along

(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站) / bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾) / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看) expressing preliminary judgement

old variant of 幫｜帮

old variant of 幫｜帮

to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

blog (loanword) / weblog / blogger

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / desk / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

to broadcast / to transmit

seat / base / stand / CL: 個｜个 / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

layer / stratum / laminated / floor (of a building) / storey / classifier for layers / repeated / sheaf (math.)

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個｜个

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻｜只, 雙｜双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

to ensure / to guarantee / to safeguard

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

platform / terrace / flat-roofed building

to fall / to collapse / to topple / to fail / to go bankrupt / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to sell / to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗｜捣) / profiteer

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

notice or announcement / list of names / public roll of successful examinees

illness / CL: 場｜场 / disease / to fall ill / defect

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate / to appear / appearance / emergence / generation / production / yield

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

banking / finance / financial

building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL: 家

ice / CL: 塊｜块 / methamphetamine (slang)

variant of 冰

group buying / collective buying / buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group

(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat

abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority

capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)

to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office)

to construct / building / CL: 個｜个

to achieve / to implement / to realize / to bring about

a pouch / bag / sack / pocket

stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race

wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / by turn / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊｜石家庄

prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring

see 屏營｜屏营

to get rid of / to put aside / to reject / to keep control / to hold (one's breath)

need not

place / location / whereabouts / domicile / to be located / to belong to (organization etc)

to bring / to bring about / to produce

to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of

to bring about / to create / to cause

one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command

to pack / to package / to wrap / packaging

(facial) expression / to express one's feelings / expression

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

impossible / cannot / not able

bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather

to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

to lead to / to create / to cause / to bring about

category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute

unexpectedly

to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

to combine / to link / to integrate / binding / CL: 次

not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension

innovation / to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails

Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇 or 雲｜云, capital Kunming 昆明

background / backdrop / context / CL: 種｜种

manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL: 個｜个

to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

temporary / provisional / for the time being

Beijing / capital of People's Republic of China / one of the four municipalities 直轄市｜直辖市

to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個｜个

large building / edifice / mansion / CL: 座

to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist

full of / brimming with / very full / permeated

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個｜个

blessings / to wish sb well

to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn

building materials

to change into / to turn into / to become

soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled

to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)

major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: 件, 樁｜桩

buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL: 樁｜桩, 次

apartment building / block of flats / CL: 套