(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)

to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

person; people / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙｜双, 隻｜只

thing / stuff / person / CL: 個｜个, 件

ethnic Chinese person or people

name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個｜个

stature; height; size (of a person or object) / (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together

emotion; sentiment / affection; feelings between two persons

to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)

we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]

(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

other people; others; other person

in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager

sick person / patient / invalid / CL: 個｜个

(a person's) age / CL: 把, 個｜个

flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless

(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

platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly endorse or campaign for (a candidate) / (Tw) (dated) website

good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle

I or me / we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)

person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

(bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理｜总经理 or 總編｜总编 etc

ticket / ballot / banknote / CL: 張｜张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

ice / CL: 塊｜块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine

ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個｜个

(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent

the other person; the other side; the other party

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

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

wounded person

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

bad person / villain

track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital

doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician

whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes

(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry

(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job

to visit; to call on (a person or place) / (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc) / (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story) / CL: 次

to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)

person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating

to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)

to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration

to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)

I; me; myself / oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned

person in charge

meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)

(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals

character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

youth / youthful years / young person / the young

(a person's) height

person / figure / public figure

to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person

to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry

"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" (鬼)

hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial

extremely thin person / (ACG) 2D character (from anime, manga etc)

fat person / fatty

talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks

personally / in person / oneself

people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person

bachelor's degree / person holding a university degree

a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else

master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person

layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing

per capita; averaged per person

online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level

(coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese)

blind person

(of a person) lean, tough and capable / (of expression, style etc) concise and effective

useless person; good-for-nothing

(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship; an older partner

employee / person employed in a trade or profession

(euphemism) (of an emperor or other highly respected person) to pass away

antique; old relic / (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey

a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor

gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL: 支, 把, 桿｜杆, 條｜条, 枝 / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots

to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption

to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)

(literary) commoner; unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an official degree) / (old) temporary conscript

person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character

(derog.) (slang) Muslim person

(mild insult) fool; idiot / (playful) silly person

(used in overseas Cantonese communities) Chinese person

situation (of a person)

to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies

historical person

kindhearted person / good Samaritan

lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit

Chinese person

adult person

to grow into one's looks; (of a young person) to develop more attractive facial features as one grows older

varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual

second best person / second-rate person

monster / freak / eccentric person