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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斤* | 斤* | *斤
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
HSK 2
(HK) robot
(HK) subdivided flat (apartment); partitioned apartment; tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat
to track; to trace; to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
HSK 7-9
tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *码* | 码* | *码
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
World Games (abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会) / (old) (Tw, HK) Olympic Games
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
(HK) (real estate etc) developer
(Tw, HK) North Korea
(Tw, HK) South Korea
Kazakh / (Tw, HK) Kazakhstan
Wakin Chau (1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor
(HK) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe
(HK) (loanword) Tamiflu
(HK) stock market crash; major market downturn
(HK) (loanword) ounce
Kyrgyz / (Tw, HK) Kyrgyzstan
(Tw, HK) search engine
(HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc)
to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom
(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral
video (HK)
(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
(loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Turkmen / (Tw, HK) Turkmenistan
(Tw, HK) silica gel / (Tw, HK) silicone rubber
(HK) (name) Michael
(HK) public housing estate
(old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit
(of authorities, journalists etc) to uncover hidden facts / (HK, Tw) to dox
(HK) to file a lawsuit; to initiate legal proceedings
(coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT) / CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters) / pro-Beijing camp (HK) / (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey / (abbr.) Communist Party of Turkmenistan
(HK, Malaysia) push-up; press-up (exercise)
(HK) backstroke
(HK) swimsuit (loanword from Japanese "mizugi")
(HK) privacy
(HK, Sg) (law) to have one's appeal allowed; to win an appeal
equalizer (electronics, audio) (HK, Tw)
(HK) to get into difficulties (in the sea or a swimming pool etc)
(HK) (loanword) disco
table tennis / table tennis ball (Tw) / billiards / pool / snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)
Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)
(HK) canopy; awning
(HK) torrential rain ≥ 70 mm per hour (highest level in the rainstorm warning system)
(Tw, HK) external link
mountaineer (HK)
(HK) manhole
(HK, Tw) boarding pass
Tajik; (esp.) Tajik ethnic group in Xinjiang / (Tw, HK) Tajikistan
(sports) high ball; lob / (Tw, HK) golf (abbr. for 高爾夫球|高尔夫球) / highball (cocktail)
(HK) stakeholder
(HK) user
(HK) (loanword) strawberry
(HK) (loanword) soufflé
(HK) electric shock; electroshock
(HK, Tw) golf course; golf links
(Tw, HK) see 摩羯座
(HK) Des Moines, capital of Iowa
fancy; showy; elaborate / (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰 "figure skating") / (Tw) floral formula (notation for representing the structure of flowers)
parkour (HK)
(HK) typhoon warning signal
(HK, Tw) securities house / brokerage firm
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掟* | 掟* | *掟
(HK dialect) to throw / to toss


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