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evening; night; late

surname Nian

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just

friend

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

surname Guo

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

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

elder brother

surname Bai

country; nation; state

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional)

used in 自个儿

one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

surname Lu

right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair

dozen (loanword)

class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once

outside; in addition; foreign; external

(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

used in 上声

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])

matter; thing; item; work; affair

to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)

to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer

old variant of 和

surname Nan

to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

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

next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time

moon; month; monthly

abbr. for 本, Japan

between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms

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