玉
yù
帝
dì
老
lǎo
儿
ér
 
 
这
zhè
一
yī
回
huí
你
nǐ
可
kě
吃
chī
不
bù
成
chéng
金
jīn
丹
dān
了
le
Jade Emperor, there's no Golden Elixir Pill for you this time.
the Jade Emperor
玉
yù = yu + Ø4
jade
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帝
dì = di + Ø4
emperor
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father / husband / old man
老
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
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儿
rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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zhè = zh + e4
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
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一
yī = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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回
huí = hu + ei2
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)
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huí = hu + ei2
to curve / to return / to revolve
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huí = hu + ei2
variant of 迴|回[hui2]
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你
nǐ = ni + Ø3
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
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可
kě = k + e3
can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very
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可
kè = k + e4
used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
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吃
chī = ch + Ø1
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])
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chī = ch + Ø1
variant of 吃[chi1]
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won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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surname Cheng
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to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
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金
jīn = ji + (e)n1
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
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金
jīn = ji + (e)n1
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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丹
dān = d + an1
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
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了
le = l + e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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了
liǎo = li + ao3
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
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liǎo = li + ao3
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
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liào = li + ao4
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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