one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

(in the) past; former; previous / to go over; to pass by

child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個｜个

to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that

specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic

again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則｜再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

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

to handle; to deal with / to punish / to treat sth by a special process; to process / to sell at reduced prices

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare

to quarrel / to make a noise / noisy / to disturb by making a noise

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

to wait until / by the time when (sth is ready etc)

(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear

to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")

to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)

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

valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by

to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via

to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie

to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality

father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older

patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly

to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)

brothers / younger brother / CL: 個｜个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal

to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)

enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out

Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊｜腾讯)

to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications

at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)

one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell

alone / by oneself / on one's own

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor

to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail

government / official (approved or issued by an authority)

disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: 根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷｜缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是) in particular

every / various / separately, one by one

to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year

fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure

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

scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view

fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains

incidentally / occasional / occasionally / by chance / randomly

Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)

race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines

to borrow / (used in combination with 給｜给 or 出 etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著｜着) by; with

to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize

to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart

to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by

to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)

(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)

a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help

to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)

curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble

to walk past / to pass by

not paying attention; carelessly; by accident

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable

in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit

to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly

lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless

roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name

to not understand / to be puzzled by / indissoluble

to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically

ten million / countless / many / one must by all means

progressively / step by step

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains

as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right

to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement

to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無｜无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭｜了)

clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes

letter (sent by mail)

namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near

to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)

to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means