you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

(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)

monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

courage / nerve / guts

gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

used in 可汗[ke4 han2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

small / tiny / few / young