to love; to be fond of; to like ; affection ; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

eight; 8

(coll.) father; dad

cup ; glass

Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

root ; stem ; origin ; source ; this ; the current ; original ; inherent ; originally ; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

no; not so ; (bound form) not; un-

you're welcome ; don't mention it ; impolite ; rude ; blunt

dish (type of food) ; vegetable ; cuisine ; (coll.) (one's) type ; (of one's skills etc) weak ; poor

tea ; tea plant

to eat; to consume ; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) ; to eradicate; to destroy ; to absorb ; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

taxi ; (Tw) rental car

to make a telephone call

big; large; great ; older (than another person) ; eldest (as in 姐) ; greatly; freely; fully ; (dialect) father ; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

of; ~'s (possessive particle) ; (used after an attribute) ; (used to form a nominal expression) ; (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) ; also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

point ; dot ; drop ; speck ; o'clock ; point (in space or time) ; to draw a dot ; to check on a list ; to choose ; to order (food in a restaurant) ; to touch briefly ; to hint ; to light ; to ignite ; to pour a liquid drop by drop ; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更 ; dot stroke in Chinese characters ; classifier for items

computer

television; TV

movie; film

east and west

surname Du

comma ; phrase marked by pause

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon ; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

many; much ; too many; in excess ; (after a numeral) ... odd ; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) ; (bound form) multi-; poly-

number ; amount ; somewhat

son

two ; 2 ; (Beijing dialect) stupid

restaurant

airplane

minute

happy ; glad ; willing (to do sth) ; in a cheerful mood

used in 自个儿

to work ; (of a machine) to operate ; job ; work ; task

dog

Chinese language

good ; appropriate; proper ; all right! ; (before a verb) easy to ; (before a verb) good to ; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so ; (verb complement indicating completion) ; (of two people) close; on intimate terms ; (after a personal pronoun) hello

to drink ; variant of 嗬

old variant of 和

(adverb of degree) ; quite ; very ; awfully

the back; the rear; the last bit ; behind; near the end; at the back ; later; afterwards

to circle ; to go back ; to turn around ; to answer ; to return ; to revolve ; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) ; time ; classifier for acts of a play ; section or chapter (of a classic book)

can; to have the skill; to know how to ; to be likely to; to be sure to ; to meet; to get together ; meeting; gathering ; (suffix) union; group; association ; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])

train station

small table

used in 家伙 and 家俱

to shout ; to call ; to order ; to ask ; to be called ; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

today ; at the present ; now

nine ; 9

to open (transitive or intransitive) ; (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start ; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run ; to boil ; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) ; (directional complement) away; off ; carat (gold) ; abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 ; abbr. for 开本, book format

to look after ; to take care of ; to watch ; to guard