classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
庸人
jung4 jan4
mediocre person
如今
jyu4 gam1
nowadays
才
coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
知道
zi1 dou3
know
乃
oi2
the creak of an oar
天下
tin1 haa6
under heaven
之
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
賢士
jin4 si6
wise man
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