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

from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

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

(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則｜再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

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

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

to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

(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 / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention

as follows

to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn

unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是) in particular

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

(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

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 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 track; to trace; to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)

to go along / to follow

consciousness; awareness / (usu. followed by 到) to be aware of; to realize

(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases

(typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat

along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge

to follow the crowd / to conform

to obey / to follow / to arrange / to make reasonable / along / favorable

hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity / absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)

follow-up / (dialect) to remarry

to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)

to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking

to accompany / to follow / to occur together with / concomitant

(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable

to follow

there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望) / (literary) bumper harvest; abundance

to follow / following / along

to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards

to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd

to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注｜互相关注)

without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course

grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)

in accordance with / to follow (the rules)

to follow; to abide by; to comply with

(telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them

model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model

follow-up report

to follow after / immediately afterwards

to follow precisely / to comply with

friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern

separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)

to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request

not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative

to follow

to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention

lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / to follow the same plan

to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant

to follow / to obey / compliance

to follow / to accompany

to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門｜∼的大门) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~

to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy

one climax follows another (of thrilling story)

to follow good examples

(usually followed by 於｜于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on

to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy

lit. when you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

(idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在 and followed by 之下)

lit. Xiao's 蕭何｜萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參｜曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent

to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of

lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter

clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:)

to follow each other's accounts (on Weibo etc)

heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")

to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples

lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail

to follow / to continue

to follow a bad example

to follow immediately afterwards / immediately adjacent

to follow up a study / to investigate

lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues

to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to

to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.

to devote oneself to; to work toward (often followed by 於｜于)

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker

to follow suit / to imitate sb's example

broad classification / (when followed by 為｜为) to roughly divide (into category A, category B, ...)

villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave

fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony

to pull sb close to oneself / (fig.) (typically followed by 距離｜距离) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)

fame follows merit (idiom)