(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

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

how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡｜哪里

where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment

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

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide 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" / (coll.) from; since

(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號｜起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號｜国号, 年號｜年号, 遼寧號｜辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間｜237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號｜七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池｜五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈｜号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items

ten thousand / a great number

half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

small number / few / minority

to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個｜个

dissatisfied; discontented; resentful / (before a number) to be less than

number of people

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

Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)

general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL: 個｜个, 屆｜届

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

like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case

many; quite a few; a good number of

the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下｜举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")

to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來｜回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來｜自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世｜来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 談得來｜谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來｜吃不来)

to embody / to reflect / to incarnate

intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)

symbol; mark; sign

member

(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

cucumber / CL: 條｜条

nausea / to feel sick / disgust / nauseating / to embarrass (deliberately)

environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL: 個｜个 / ambient

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

to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know

number / CL: 堆, 個｜个

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just

to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)

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

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

to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

meteorological condition; weather / meteorology / atmosphere; ambience; scene

telephone / CL: 部 / phone call / CL: 通 / phone number

embassy / CL: 座, 個｜个

family member / (old) servant

(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

to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up

umbrella / parasol / CL: 把

family member / (family) dependent

to contain / to embody / to include

letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個｜个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

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

good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation

to combine / to link / to integrate / binding / CL: 次

compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: 片 / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)

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

steamship; steamer; steamboat / CL: 艘

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

to combine / to amalgamate

team member

steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)

two / double / pair / both / even (number)

to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in

to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時｜入时) / abbr. for 入聲｜入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")

to combine / to join / unite / alliance

to remember

to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more

kind; type; class; category / (classifier) kind; type / (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to

large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams

(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 場｜场, 項｜项, 臺｜台, 套, 檔｜档

number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code

ocean / sea / CL: 個｜个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous

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")

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)

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

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess

element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)

employee; staff member; worker

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

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

(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

to assemble; to combine; to compose / combination; association; set; compilation / (math.) combinatorial

student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet

symbol; emblem / to symbolize; to signify; to represent

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

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

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 remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart

working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)

sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article

to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場｜场, 次

to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder

to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied

combat / to fight

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

ambassador / envoy / CL: 名, 位

the emergency number for firefighting services in Mainland China

the emergency number for medical assistance and first aid in Mainland China