surname Na

surname Nuo

variant of 哪[na3]

that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2]

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

when? / at what time?

what? / something / anything

what

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

variant of 麼|么[me5]

surname Yao

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

time / length of time / moment / period

old variant of 時|时[shi2]

surname Shi

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation

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