qǐ
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
zhě
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
dào
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
xìng
nature
character
property
quality
attribute
sexuality
sex
gender
suffix forming adjective from verb
suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
essence
CL:個|个[ge4]
yóu
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
de
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
jiā
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)
qù
to go
to go to (a place)
(of a time etc) last
just passed
to send
to remove
to get rid of
to reduce
to be apart from in space or time
to die (euphemism)
to play (a part)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
jiāng
will
shall
to use
to take
to checkmate
just a short while ago
(introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
kàn
to see
to look at
to read
to watch
to visit
to call on
to consider
to regard as
to look after
to treat (an illness)
to depend on
to feel (that)
(after verb) to give it a try
Watch out! (for a danger)
zháo
to touch
to come in contact with
to feel
to be affected by
to catch fire
to burn
(coll.) to fall asleep
(after a verb) hitting the mark
succeeding in
yī xià
(used after a verb) give it a go
to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
one time
once
in a while
all of a sudden
all at once
qi lai
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾[shou1 shi5])
(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgement
céng
once
already
ever (in the past)
former
previously
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
jiāng huì
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)
will (cause)
should (enable)
going to
dòng
(of sth) to move
to set in movement
to displace
to touch
to make use of
to stir (emotions)
to alter
abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
xià lai
to come down
(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
(indicates continuation from the past towards us)
to be harvested (of crops)
to be over (of a period of time)
to go among the masses (said of leaders)
shā
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
pǎo
to run
to run away
to escape
to run around (on errands etc)
(of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate
(verb complement) away
off
céng jīng
once
already
former
previously
ever
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)
bù dǒng
not to understand
cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement)
incomprehension
shàng lái
to come up
to approach
(verb complement indicating success)
jiā yǐ
in addition
moreover
(used 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)
jì lù
variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
cí xìng
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc)
lexical category
zài na r
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)
just ...ing (and nothing else)
cái guài
it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
lián dòng
to link
to peg (currency)
gang (gears)
continuously
serial verb construction
zhù dòng cí
auxiliary verb
modal verb
zhǔ wèi bīn
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
shòu shì
object (of a transitive verb)
to receive a task
zhǔ bīn wèi
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
yǒu jiā
extremely (placed after verb or adjective)
fēi děi
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
wèi guǒ
to fail to eventuate
(verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
chu lai
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
zhuàng tài dòng cí
(linguistics) stative verb
lüè zuò
to be abbreviated to
(followed by a verb) slightly
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