一 yī 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 syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 会 會 huì 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. [hui3]) syn 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 成 chéng to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth syn 都 dōu all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all syn 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 知 zhī to know / to be aware syn 全 quán all / whole / entire / every / complete syn 老 lǎo 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 解 jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn 认 認 rèn to recognize / to know / to admit syn 总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 识 識 shí to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] syn 百 bǎi hundred / numerous / all kinds of syn 所有 suǒ yǒu all / to have / to possess / to own syn 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 知道 zhī dào to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5] syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 一切 yī qiè everything / every / all syn 全部 quán bù whole / all syn 全面 quán miàn all-around / comprehensive / total / overall syn 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 认识 認識 rèn shi to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition syn 告诉 告訴 gào su to tell / to inform / to let know syn 首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn 到底 dào dǐ finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last syn 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn 毕竟 畢竟 bì jìng after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis syn 而已 ér yǐ that's all / nothing more syn 忽然 hū rán suddenly / all of a sudden syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 始终 始終 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end / all along syn 熟悉 shú xī to be familiar with / to know well syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 体会 體會 tǐ huì to know from experience / to learn through experience / to realize / understanding / experience syn 得了 dé le all right! / that's enough! syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn 浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it syn 一律 yī lǜ same / identical / uniformly / all / without exception syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 绝望 絕望 jué wàng to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation syn 从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 凡是 fán shì each and every / every / all / any syn 一贯 一貫 yī guàn consistent / constant / from start to finish / all along / persistent syn 总共 總共 zǒng gòng altogether / in sum / in all / in total syn 终究 終究 zhōng jiū in the end / after all is said and done syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly syn 不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 重来 重來 chóng lái to start over / to do sth all over again 全力以赴 quán lì yǐ fù to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort syn 大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas 各色 gè sè all kinds / of every description 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill / to be savvy / to know how to do sth 唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn 仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden / hurriedly syn 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 窍门 竅門 qiào mén a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth) syn 四溢 sì yì (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place / (of grease etc) dripping everywhere / flowing all over the place 东张西望 東張西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around syn 大干 大幹 dà gàn to go all out / to work energetically 决绝 決絕 jué jué to sever all relations with sb / determined / decisive 归根到底 歸根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ after all / in the final analysis / ultimately syn 一场空 一場空 yī cháng kōng all in vain / futile syn 相认 相認 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 一览无余 一覽無餘 yī lǎn wú yú to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view syn 合着 合著 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 过关斩将 過關斬將 guò guān zhǎn jiàng to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4]) 统筹兼顾 統籌兼顧 tǒng chóu jiān gù an overall plan taking into account all factors syn 阳光普照 陽光普照 yáng guāng pǔ zhào (idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight 上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 交底 jiāo dǐ to fill sb in (on the details of sth) / to put all one's cards on the table 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 暴殄天物 bào tiǎn tiān wù to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly syn 月光族 yuè guāng zú people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday 响遍 響遍 xiǎng biàn to resound (all over the place) 过五关斩六将 過五關斬六將 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) 三百六十行 sān bǎi liù shí háng all walks of life (idiom) / every trade syn 天下乌鸦一般黑 天下烏鴉一般黑 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world syn 卖力气 賣力氣 mài lì qi to make a living doing manual labor / to give sth all one's got 恩断义绝 恩斷義絕 ēn duàn yì jué to split up / to break all ties 成败在此一举 成敗在此一舉 chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine 遍 biàn everywhere / all over / classifier for actions: one time syn 皆 jiē all / each and every / in all cases syn 心里有数 心裡有數 xīn lǐ yǒu shù to know the score (idiom) / to be well aware of the situation 不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn 以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. syn 那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn 各种 各種 gè zhǒng every kind of / all kinds of / various