engine (loanword); CL:臺|台[tai2]

to ignite; to detonate

to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)

to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer

to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters