(coll.) all right? / OK?

no good

if / in case / in the event that

they; them

surname Du

all; both; entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

capital city / metropolis

frequently; constantly; regularly; often / day-to-day; everyday; daily

to persuade

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

variant of 說｜说

English (language)

surname Na

surname Nuo

variant of 哪

(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)

(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪

(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 ...

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門｜门

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])

(bound form) to reckon accounts

more and more

good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

but; however

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

hearing / listening ability

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

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])

(bound form) to reckon accounts

more and more

difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]

to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post

used in 參差｜参差

I; me; my

to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison

to like; to be fond of

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

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

that kind / that sort

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

person; people / CL: 個｜个, 位

to persuade

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

variant of 說｜说