men
wèi
shén
me
fàng
ǎn
lǎo
sūn
jìn
Why aren't they letting me in?
they
= t + a1
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other
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men = m + (e)n5
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
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why? / for what reason?
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
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wèi = w + ei4
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
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wèi = w + ei4
wéi = w + ei2
what? / something / anything
shén = sh + (e)n2
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shí = sh + Ø2
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
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= m + a2
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ma = m + a5
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suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
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yāo = y + ao1
yāo = y + ao1
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
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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fàng = f + ang4
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
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ǎn = Ø + an3
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lǎo = l + ao3
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
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to go in
jìn = ji + (e)n4
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
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= qu + Ø4
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)
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