(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
會
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
很
han2
very
慢
maan6
slow
discourteous
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