的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 吗 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions) syn 吧 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. syn 那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 也 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn 啊 a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent syn 得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn 呢 ne 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 syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 么 麼 má exclamatory final particle syn 么 麼 ma interrogative final particle syn 几 幾 jǐ how much / how many / several / a few syn 所 suǒ actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地 de -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct syn 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 多谢 多謝 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot syn 许多 許多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much syn 不少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 罢了 罷了 bà liǎo a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) syn 好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn 夫 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 电子 電子 diàn zǐ electronic / electron (particle physics) 价 價 jie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element syn 着 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state syn 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn 多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn 大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly syn 多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn 千真万确 千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view syn 多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- syn 微粒 wēi lì speck / particle syn 俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn 若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn 加速器 jiā sù qì accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many syn 却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞) 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 过多 過多 guò duō too many / excessive syn 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 光子 guāng zǐ photon (particle physics) 繁琐 繁瑣 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details syn 数不胜数 數不勝數 shǔ bù shèng shǔ (idiom) too many to count / innumerable syn 质子 質子 zhì zǐ proton (positively charged nuclear particle) / a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China syn 倍增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 繁杂 繁雜 fán zá many / diverse syn 多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types syn 何其 hé qí (literary) (similar to 多麼|多么[duo1 me5], used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc) / so (many etc) syn 大杂院 大雜院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 寡不敌众 寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 多姿 duō zī many postures syn 百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn 走穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues 类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China) 质点 質點 zhì diǎn point mass / particle 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 云云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused syn 几许 幾許 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many / quite a few syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 硕果累累 碩果累累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements syn 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description syn 门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn 纷纭 紛紜 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused syn 万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn 自旋 zì xuán (physics) spin (of a particle) 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 多个 多個 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) 这么多 這麼多 zhè me duō so many / so much 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) syn 多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 