to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

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)

expert; specialist

surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must

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

nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL: 個｜个

(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間｜弹指之间)

to advertise / a commercial / advertisement / CL: 項｜项

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

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

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)

ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair

to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise / entrepreneurship

property / real estate / abbr. for 物業管理｜物业管理, property management

industry / estate / property / industrial

(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於｜安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培)

to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)

straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

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")

undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個｜个

(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 ...

(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however

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)

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

engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL: 個｜个, 項｜项

equivalent to / appropriate / considerably / to a certain extent / fairly / quite

calm; cool-headed; dispassionate / (of a place) deserted; quiet

accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-

open; overt; public / to make public; to release

to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個｜个, 項｜项 / certainly

related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation

to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

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

patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly

to work overtime

to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)

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

learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門｜门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)

everyone / influential family / great expert

but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though

characteristic / diagnostic property / distinctive feature / trait

child

nevertheless / actually / the fact is ...

vocal recital or concert

underground / subterranean / covert

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted

to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)

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

to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)

some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such

concert / CL: 場｜场

definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)

(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: 個｜个, 場｜场, 項｜项, 臺｜台, 套, 檔｜档

to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization

to exert all one's strength

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

fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure

to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner

inevitable / certain / necessity

classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross / ultra- / super-

proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個｜个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of

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

to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)

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

to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個｜个

amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola

to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)

(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)

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)

only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt

one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash

thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile

to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation

certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID

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

computers, communications, and consumer electronics / China Compulsory Certificate (CCC)

to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment

(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement

to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)

tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)

stealthily / secretly / covertly / furtively / on the sly

rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: 副, 幅

to deprive / to expropriate / to strip (sb of his property)

to convert / to exchange

mainland China's entertainment industry

to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場｜场, 次

to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert

to coordinate / to harmonize / to fit together / to match (colors etc) / harmonious / concerted

desert / CL: 個｜个

to contract / to undertake (a job)

transfer of property rights; (real estate) title transfer