main; principal; major; primary

within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right

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

the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime

(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

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})

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation

manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL: 個｜个

(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條｜条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp; soggy / (coll.) naughty; mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)

straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive

to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation

Putonghua; standard Mandarin

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

strict; stringent; tight; rigorous

accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個｜个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about

to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce

(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 create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)

newspaper / newsprint / CL: 份, 期, 張｜张

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

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

root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條｜条 / radical (chemistry)

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

spring (season) / CL: 個｜个

usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about

a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)

to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup

to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture

to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

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

can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])

during the night / at night / nighttime

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

Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

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

principle / doctrine / CL: 個｜个

synopsis / outline / program / leading principles

to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)

ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in

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)

road; path (CL:條｜条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個｜个

tint; coloring; coloration / (fig.) flavor; character

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

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop

plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

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

inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during

to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)

bright / shining / glittering / to become clear

to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute

inner / internal / intrinsic / innate

intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing)

to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)

to reduce; to lower; to bring down

to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

to print / printing

drink / beverage

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

overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia

to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)

brazen / audacious / outrageous / bold / daring / fearless

texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

sweet / (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely

principle / theory

echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises

(drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL: 支

springtime

album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material

to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth

say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject

saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on

soda pop; carbonated soft drink

to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items

(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

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

bar (place to buy drinks) / CL: 家

hearing / listening ability

party / gathering / to meet / to get together

nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood

to infringe on / to encroach on / to violate / to assault

a series of / a string of

reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個｜个

to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering

to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play

a register / block of printing / edition / version / page

host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director

circle; ring; loop / (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom / classifier for loops, orbits, laps / to surround; to encircle / to circle (sth); to mark with a circle

(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

chicken breast / (medicine) pigeon chest (pectus carinatum)

to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about

untiring / unremitting / indefatigable

four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬

to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)