to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore

heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

car / vehicle / CL: 輛｜辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)

(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 ...

mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver

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

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

to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

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

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")

to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with

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

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

to play ball / to play with a ball

to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別｜性别, 派別｜派别)

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

(in) the same place / together; in company (with) / altogether; in total / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)

to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition

to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)

towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...

to touch / to meet with / to bump

face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

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 take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦｜招办, admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室｜办公室)

thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91

to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on

to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation

eye (CL:隻｜只,雙｜双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with

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

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)

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

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

garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants / CL: 座

to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)

to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb

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)

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects

to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact

matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine

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

to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb})

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根

beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out

relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個｜个

to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently

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

according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)

to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也, 都 etc) even / company (military)

full of / brimming with / very full / permeated

to continue; to proceed with; to go on with

(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure

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)

connection / contact / relation / to get in touch with / to integrate / to link / to touch

to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do

to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL: 次

to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on

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")

according to; in accordance with; on the basis of

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

only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈｜只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")

exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也) even; even if

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to

pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of

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)

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 put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract

in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence

to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with

regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to

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

to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)

to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder

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 sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan

to be in contact (with sb) / to associate / to interact / to get along (well, poorly)

proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent

to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again

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)

bustling with noise and excitement / lively

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

to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

to face sth; to be confronted with

to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about

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

to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish

to sympathize with / sympathy

to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view

to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature