to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

illness / CL: 場｜场 / disease / to fall ill / defect

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

old variant of 幫｜帮

old variant of 幫｜帮

Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京)

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

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 help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn

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

schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint

house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟｜栋, 幢, 座, 套, 間｜间

need not

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

school building; academic building

to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)

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

to change into / to turn into / to become

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

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個｜个

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers

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

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

to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist

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

seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座｜师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River

won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable

not necessarily / maybe

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個｜个

actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个

to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of

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 bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation

to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個｜个, 家

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

to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

from beginning to end / all along

head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個｜个, 位, 名

to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個｜个

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

to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個｜个

heart; innermost being / (math.) incenter

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

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

to combine / to amalgamate

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個｜个,條｜条)

skill / ability / capability / CL: 項｜项, 個｜个

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")

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

broadcast / CL: 個｜个 / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize

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 replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個｜个

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

house / building / CL: 所, 套

to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known

big and strong; formidable; powerful

around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear

beginning of the year

variant of 並｜并

not the only one / not only

guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個｜个

to bring about; to create; to cause

wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss

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 reduce; to lower; to bring down

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)

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)

background; backdrop; context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL: 種｜种

(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)

after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

pocket / bag; sack

to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip

insect / bug / worm / CL: 條｜条, 隻｜只

ice / CL: 塊｜块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine

(facial) expression / to express one's feelings

blessings / to wish sb well

to praise / to commend

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個｜个

to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)

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

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

refrigerator / (old) icebox

building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: 幢, 座

since; as; this being the case

big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate

to go on foot / to walk

variant of 冰

pouch / bag / sack / pocket

plastic bag

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