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Pronunciation
為 ( wéi ) 什麼 ( shén me ) 許 ( Xǔ ) 多 ( duō ) 人 ( rén ) 現在 ( xiàn zài ) 的 ( de ) 父母 ( fù mǔ ) 工資 ( gōng zī ) 之 ( zhī ) 少 ( shǎo ) 直到 ( zhí dào ) 退休 ( tuì xiū ) 仍然 ( réng rán ) 很少 ( hěn shǎo )
為 (す) (vs-c) (uk) (See 為る・1) to do (literary form of suru) [EDICT] (ため) (n) (1) (See 為に・1) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) consequence; result; effect; (4) affecting; regarding; concerning; (P) [EDICT] (wéi, ㄨㄟˊ ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT] (wèi, ㄨㄟˋ ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT] 什 (じゅう) (n) (1) (See 十) 10; ten; (2) (arch) book containing a collection of poems [EDICT] (shí, ㄕˊ ) tenth (used in fractions) [CE-DICT] (shén, ㄕㄣˊ ) what [CE-DICT] 麼 (me, ㄇㄜ˙ ) suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus etc [CE-DICT] 現 (げん) (pref) present; current [EDICT] (うつつ) (n) reality; consciousness [EDICT] (xiàn, ㄒㄧㄢˋ ) appear; present; now; existing; current [CE-DICT] 在 (ざい) (n) (1) country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (pref) (3) situated in; resident in [EDICT] (zài, ㄗㄞˋ ) (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) [CE-DICT] 工 (こう) (n-suf) (factory) worker [EDICT] (たくみ(P);しょう(匠)) (n,adj-na) (1) workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter; (2) craft; skill; (3) means; idea; (P) [EDICT] (gōng, ㄍㄨㄥ ) work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor [CE-DICT] 資 (zī, ㄗ ) resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense [CE-DICT] 直 (じか) (n-pref,adj-no,n) (See 直に・じかに) direct [EDICT] (じき) (adj-na,adv,n) (1) soon; in a moment; before long; shortly; (2) nearby; close; (adj-no,n) (3) direct; (4) (See 直取引) spot transaction; cash transaction; (P) [EDICT] (ただ) (adj-na,n,adv) (arch) straight; direct [EDICT] (ちょく) (adj-na,adv,n) (1) direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight; (2) (See 当直) night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory); (P) [EDICT] (なお) (adj-na) (1) (arch) (See 真直・まなお,直直・なおなお) straight; (2) ordinary; common; (3) doing nothing [EDICT] (ひた) (pref) (uk) earnestly; immediately; exactly [EDICT] (あたい;あたえ(直;費);あたいえ(直)(ok)) (n) (See 国造,姓・かばね) Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators) [EDICT] (zhí, ㄓˊ ) straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright [CE-DICT] 到 (dào, ㄉㄠˋ ) to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive [CE-DICT]
