prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
先生
sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
就是
zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
武
mou5
martial
military
a footstep
a surname
chivalrous
autocratic
powerful
soldier
trail
footprint
successor
a metal percussion instrument
unit of length equal to half a pace
the strings tie of a hat
dance
道
dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
推拿
teoi1 naa4
Tuina (Chinese therapeutic massage)
始創
ci2 cong1
originator
人
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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