Abbreviations
| Word Classes* | |
| A | Adverb |
| AT | Attributive |
| AV | Auxiliary Verb |
| BF | Bound Form |
| CJ | Conjunction |
| CV | Coverb |
| EV | Equative Verb |
| EX | Expression |
| I | Interjection |
| IE | Idiomatic Expression |
| L | Localizer |
| M | Measure |
| MA | Moveable Adverb |
| N | Noun |
| NU | Number |
| P | Particle |
| PH | Phrase |
| PR | Pronoun |
| PT | Pattern |
| PV | Postverb |
| PW | Place Word |
| QW | Question Word |
| RC | Resultative Compound |
| RE | Resultative Ending |
| SN | Surname |
| SP | Specifier |
| SV | Stative Verb |
| TW | Time Word |
| V | Verb |
| VO | Verb-Object Compound |
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Other Abbreviations and Symbols |
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| (B) | Beijing |
| (T) | Taipei |
| lit. | literally |
| SV | Supplementary Vocabulary |
| AV | Additional Vocabulary |
| * | (indicates that what follows is incorrect) |
| / | (separates alternate forms) |
* For explanations of the word classes, see the section “Word Classes of Spoken Chinese” in Basic Mandarin Chinese—Speaking & Listening.