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

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的｜跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:樣｜样,道,盤｜盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type

to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)

coin / money / CL: 筆｜笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩｜两

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)

one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc)

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音

in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

all one's life; throughout one's life

that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典｜词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本

to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

leather / skin / fur / CL: 張｜张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty

parts of the country other than where one is

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

to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking

to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動｜被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)

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 receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb

life (one's time on earth)

age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個｜个

one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while

outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home

to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day

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

to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)

old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents

to brush one's teeth

on the one hand

to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall

the body / one's health

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後｜后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

oneself / one's own

one breath / in one breath / at a stretch

contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you

interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby / CL: 個｜个

central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory

(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

(facial) expression / to express one's feelings

in one's childhood

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

platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website

to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers

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

to return to one's home country

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子｜绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張｜张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc

before one's eyes / now / at present

other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

satisfied / pleased / to one's satisfaction

determination / resolution / determined / firm and resolute / to make up one's mind / CL: 個｜个

one's close relatives

exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)

to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗)

(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend

to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not

to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge

to register (one's name)

to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc

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

itself / oneself / one's own

building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: 幢, 座

to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously

one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be

alone / by oneself / on one's own

with one's own eyes / personally

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

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop

self-study / to study on one's own

book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: 本 / edition

parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear

well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)

room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head

to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut

at one's side / on hand

everywhere / all over / classifier for actions: one time

bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate

to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance

to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)

to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)

to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs

unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to