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

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 go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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 be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

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

finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result

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

cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL: 個｜个

only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless

after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis

replaces 啊 when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) / aubergine / brinjal / Guinea squash / phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) / equivalent of "say cheese"

in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk

(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事｜不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)

to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

used in 彷彿｜仿佛 / (Note: While 仿 is not officially designated as the simplified form of 彷, it serves as the de facto simplification when 彷 is pronounced fǎng.)

when

abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet

to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for

to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake

to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)

lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective

when the time comes / at the scheduled time

to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack

an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying

customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed

that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]

when things come to a head (idiom)

to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure

key money; takeover fee paid to a previous tenant when assuming their lease or business (originally Cantonese)

(of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)

thermal cleavage (i.e. sth splits when heated)

lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles

standard gold bar / deposit when submitting a tender

mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)

legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money

hello (when answering the phone)

(Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")

just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..

(idiom) (when followed by 不) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不｜无时无刻不 therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不) at all times; always

timely / just (when needed)

(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)

at one's convenience / when one has time

Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift

Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes

transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols

to make a counteroffer when haggling / to bargain

(neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank

to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity

voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)

the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there

to break into a home when no one is there (to steal)

lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese

the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group

when?

(rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...

to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)

double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女｜牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error

(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)

kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.)

lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved

when the moment comes / at that time

(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop

under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action

to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)

stroke order (when writing Chinese character)

lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him

(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)

(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]

(of a manuscript) to be completed / to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech)

when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)

half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory

on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion

to include as a bonus (when buying sth); to come with

early evening when lanterns are first lit

only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort

to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 媽媽｜妈妈)

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down

to be in love when one is too young; puppy love

dimple (on the cheek when smiling)

lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!

tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)

to reveal one's valuables inadvertently / to betray one's silver (money) when traveling

neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)

lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful

a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched

lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits

small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)

lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻｜荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent

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 / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天｜一人得道，鸡犬升天)