| 400 |
以前 |
| 1. n. earlier times; formerly; previously | yǐqián |
| 401 |
何 |
| 1. (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc. of something) what; which | hé |
| 何處 - héchù - where lit. what place | |
| 何日 - hérì - what day; when | |
| 2. (literary) where; what place | |
| 何去何從 - what course to follow or take - | |
| 3. (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for reason, manner, etc. of an action) why; how | |
| 何必 - hébì - why must you | |
| 402 |
疯 |
| 1. Simplified form of 瘋 | |
| 403 |
护 |
| 1. Simplified form of 護 | |
| 404 |
受 |
| 1. to receive; to accept | shòu |
| 受訪 - to participate in a survey | |
| 收受 - to receive | |
| 2. to suffer; to be met with | |
| 受 驚嚇 - to be frightened | |
| 受 人 煽動 - to be incited by others | |
| 3. to bear; to stand | |
| 405 |
接 |
| 1. to come near to; to be close to; to come into contact | jiē |
| 接觸 - to touch; to come into contact | |
| 2. to receive | |
| 接受 - to accept; to receive | |
| 交接 - to transfer; to hand over | |
| 3. to host; to receive or admit someone | |
| 接待 - to host (visitors) | |
| 406 |
信 |
| 1. true; accurate; verifiable | xìn |
| 2. truly; indeed | |
| 3. trustworthy | |
| 4. to believe; to trust in something | |
| 我 才 不 信 呢。 - I don't believe it/you. | |
| 信任 - to trust - | |
| 5. to believe in (a faith); to be religious in | |
| 407 |
之前 |
| 1. n. before; in front of; ahead of | zhīqián |
| 你 之前 的 工作 經驗 - your previous job experience | |
| 你 走 之前，我 去 看 你，好 嗎？ - Can I see you before you leave? | |
| 在 沒有 開會 之前，我 想 請教 幾個 問題。 - I would like to ask a few questions before the meeting begins. | |
| 2. n. (placed sentence-initially) before; previously | |
| 之前，我 沒 學 過 寫 ^中文。 - I haven't learned to write Chinese before. | |
| 408 |
不好 |
| 1. adj. bad; not good; poor | 不hǎo |
| 連接 不好。 - The connection is poor. | |
| 我 的 ^日語 不好。 - My Japanese is not good. | |
| 脾氣qi 不好 的 人 很 難處chǔ。 - People with bad tempers are hard to get along with. | |
| 2. adj. unsuitable or inappropriate (to do something) | |
| 3. adj. (regional) not allowed to; not supposed to | |
| 這 東西 不好 吃 的。 - You are not supposed to eat that. (It's not edible) | |
| 409 |
哥 |
| 1. older brother; elder brother | gē |
| 2. older male relative of the same generation | |
| 3. (honorific) (term of address for a male person of the same age or older) | |
| 4. Short for 哥斯達黎加, Costa Rica | |
| 410 |
光 |
| 1. light; beam; ray | guāng, guǎngtandard Chinese; Beijing dialect, 2n=Beijing dialect |
| 燈光 - lamplight | |
| 聚光燈 - spotlight | |
| 一 束 光 透過 門縫 射 進來。 - A beam of light shone through the door. | |
| 2. glory; pride | |
| 臺灣 之 光 - the pride of Taiwan; someone who has brought glory to Taiwan | |
| 3. bright | |
| 411 |
而且 |
| 1. conj. furthermore; in addition; moreover | érqiě |
| 我 很 喜歡 這 個 女人，因為 她 很 聰明，而且 身材 凹凸有致。 - I like this woman very much because she's smart and voluptuous. | |
| 你 要 去 參加，而且 你 還 要 敢於 發言，敢於 辯論。 - You are going to participate – and you will dare to speak and debate. | |
| 2. usage. Often found in the form not only ... but. | |
| 412 |
应 |
| 1. Variant of 應 | |
| 413 |
合 |
| 1. to close; to shut | hé |
| 合上 - close | |
| 2. to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together | |
| 組合 - to assemble | |
| 集合 - to gather, to assemble | |
| 3. to suit; to fit | |
| 適合 - to fit, to suit | |
| 414 |
船 |
| 1. watercraft; vessel (including ships, boats, sailing ships, hovercrafts; sometimes including submarines) | chuán |
| 2. an object with a shape or function similar to watercraft | |
| 太空船 - spaceship | |
| 3. (obsolete) alcohol cup | |
| 4. (obsolete) to carry by watercraft | |
| 5. (obsolete, dialectal) button | |
| Chuan | |
| 415 |
照 |
| 1. to shine upon; to illuminate | zhào |
| 2. to reflect; to look (in the mirror) | |
| 3. to contrast; to compare | |
| 4. to notify; to inform | |
| 5. to take care of | |
| 6. to take a photo | |
| 7. sunshine; sunlight | |
| 416 |
击 |
| 1. Simplified form of 擊 | |
| 417 |
派 |
| 1. tributary of a river | pài |
| 2. school of thought; sect; branch; camp | |
| 本土 派paai3-1 - localist groups | |
| 3. style; air; manner | |
| 4. to send; to dispatch | |
| 5. to hand out; to distribute | |
| 派 畀 人 嘅 嘢 - things handed out to people | |
| 418 |
到底 |
| 1. adv. actually; exactly; are or are not | dàodǐ |
| 到底 出 什麼 事 了？ - What happened? | |
| 你 到底 愛 不 愛 我？ - Do you love me or not? | |
| 我 想 看看 真正 的 ^中國 到底 是 個 什麼 樣子。 - I want to see what the real China is like. | |
| 2. adv. after all; in the end; all in all | |
| 3. adv. finally; in the end; when all is said and done | |
| 離異 家庭 到底 還是 會 影響 到 孩子zi。 - Children from divorced families will be affected in the end. | |
| 419 |
写 |
| 1. Simplified form of 寫 | |
