yuán
lái
shì
 
 
yòu
lái
gàn
shén
me
Oh, it's you. What are you doing here again?
original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out
yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
Loading mnemonics…
yuán = yu + an2
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
Loading mnemonics…
lái = l + ai2
Loading mnemonics…
shì = sh + Ø4
shì = sh + Ø4
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
Loading mnemonics…
= ni + Ø3
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
Loading mnemonics…
yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
Loading mnemonics…
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
gān = g + an1
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
Loading mnemonics…
gān = g + an1
gān = g + an1
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
Loading mnemonics…
gàn = g + an4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
Loading mnemonics…
gān = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
Loading mnemonics…
what? / something / anything
shén = sh + (e)n2
Loading mnemonics…
shí = sh + Ø2
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
Loading mnemonics…
= m + a2
Loading mnemonics…
ma = m + a5
Loading mnemonics…
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
Loading mnemonics…
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
Loading mnemonics…
Comments
There aren't any comments yet.