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outdated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
夫婦
fu1 fu5
husband and wife
要
jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
去
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
醫院
ji1 jyun2
hospital
但
daan6
but
坐
zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
巴士
baa1 si2
bus
和
wo4
and
進
zeon3
to advance
to enter
to come (or go) into
to receive or admit
to eat or drink
to submit or present
(used after a verb) into, in
to score a goal
to make progress
to purchase
to recruit
都
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
需要
seoi1 jiu3
need
查驗
cha4 yim6
inspect
健康
gin6 hong1
health
碼
maa5
weight
number
code
to pile
to stack
classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
numerals
symbol
yard
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