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one, 1, single, a (article), as soon as, entire, whole, all, throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

(negative prefix), not, no

individual, this, that, size, classifier for people or objects in general

to hold, to contain, to grasp, to take hold of, handle, particle marking the following noun as a direct object, classifier for objects with handle, classifier for small objects: handful

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

(located) at, (to be) in, to exist, in the middle of doing sth, (indicating an action in progress)

to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be

(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

I, me, my

(negative prefix for verbs), have not, not

is, are, am, yes, to be

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

big, huge, large, major, great, wide, deep, older (than), oldest, eldest, greatly, very much, (dialect) father, father's elder or younger brother

-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid

on top, upon, above, upper, previous, first (of multiple parts), to climb, to get onto, to go up, to attend (class or university)

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it

earth, ground, field, place, land, CL:片[pian4]

to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

man, person, people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

to (a place), until (a time), up to, to go, to arrive, (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

he or him, (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant), (used before sb's name for emphasis), (used as a meaningless mock object), other, another

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"), particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"), particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"), (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action, particle indicating strong affirmation

to, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb), (grammatical equivalent of 被), (grammatical equivalent of 把), (sentence intensifier)

at once, right away, only, just (emphasis), as early as, already, as soon as, then, in that case, as many as, even if, to approach, to move towards, to undertake, to engage in, to suffer, subjected to, to accomplish, to take advantage of, to go with (of foods), with regard to, concerning

two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

because of, for, to

this, these, (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

even, so much so that

down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action

and, together with, with, sum, union, peace, harmony, Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"

China

(experienced action marker)

haven't, hasn't, doesn't exist, to not have, to not be

(adverb of degree), quite, very, awfully

(noun suffix)

to come, to arrive, to come round, ever since, next

can, to be possible, to be able to, will, to be likely to, to be sure to, to assemble, to meet, to gather, to see, union, group, association, CL:個|个[ge4], a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc), order, (old) rank in the imperial examinations, mansion, (literary) but, just

only, merely, just, but

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise), ...right?, ...OK?, ...I presume.

to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to want, to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)

from, through, via, to follow, to obey, to engage in (an activity), never (in negative sentence), (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer, assistant, auxiliary, subordinate, related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

what?, something, anything

that, those, then (in that case), commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

only, merely, no more than, but, however, anyway (to get back to a previous topic), cannot be more (after adjectival)

we, us, ourselves, our