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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
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  *代* | 代* | *代
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
HSK 3
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  *信* | 信* | *信
letter / mail / CL: / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
HSK 2
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  *张* | 张* | *张
surname Zhang
 
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  *张* | 张* | *张
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
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  *班* | 班* | *班
surname Ban
 
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  *班* | 班* | *班
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 1
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  *虽* | 虽* | *虽
although / even though
HSK 6
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  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
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  *各* | 各* | *各
each / every
HSK 3
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  *种* | 种* | *种
seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts
HSK 3
 
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  *种* | 种* | *种
to plant / to grow / to cultivate
HSK 4
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  *但* | 但* | *但
but; yet; however; still / merely; only; just
HSK 2
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  *让* | 让* | *让
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
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  *自* | 自* | *自
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course
HSK 4
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  *己* | 己* | *己
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa
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  *离* | 离* | *离
mythical beast (archaic)
 
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  *离* | 离* | *离
surname Li
 
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  *离* | 离* | *离
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire /
HSK 2
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  *越* | 越* | *越
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
 
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  *越* | 越* | *越
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
HSK 2
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  *见* | 见* | *见
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
HSK 1
 
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  *见* | 见* | *见
to appear / also written 現|现
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  *着* | 着* | *着
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
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  *认* | 认* | *认
to recognize / to know / to admit
HSK 5
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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
surname Qian
 
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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
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  *包* | 包* | *包
surname Bao
 
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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
 
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  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
 
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  *把* | 把* | *把
handle
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  *影* | 影* | *影
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
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  *路* | 路* | *路
surname Lu
 
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  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
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  *别* | 别* | *别
surname Bie
 
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  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
 
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  *别* | 别* | *别
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
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  *如* | 如* | *如
as / as if / such as
HSK 6
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  *应* | 应* | *应
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
 
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  *应* | 应* | *应
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
HSK 4
 
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  *应* | 应* | *应
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
HSK 5
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  *该* | 该* | *该
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
HSK 2
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  *工* | 工* | *工
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor


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