a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
你
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
說
syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
年
nin4
year
以前
yi5 cin4
before
也不
jaa5 bat1
also not; neither
會
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
加
gaa3
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
息
sik1
breath
news
interest (on an investment or loan)
to cease
to stop
to rest
Taiwan pr. [xí]
rest
recess
to multiply
to grow
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