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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
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  *酒* | 酒* | *酒
wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage / CL: , , , ,
HSK 2
unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *封* | 封* | *封
to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
HSK 2
Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
media, esp. news media
HSK 3
size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety
HSK 4
complaint / to complain; to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
HSK 4
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
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  *喷* | 喷* | *喷
to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
HSK 5
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
HSK 5
2D barcode; matrix code / (esp.) QR code
HSK 5
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  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
HSK 6
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  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
newcomer / fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens
HSK 6
breeding / to incubate / innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)
HSK 7-9
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  *癌* | 癌* | *癌
cancer; (esp.) carcinoma
HSK 7-9
to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词
HSK 7-9
fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation
HSK 7-9
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  *抠* | 抠* | *抠
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve; to cut / to study meticulously / stingy; miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
HSK 7-9
to observe and emulate / to study (esp. following sb's example)
HSK 7-9
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
HSK 7-9
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
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  *糊* | 糊* | *糊
to paste; to glue / blurry; unclear; muddled / (esp. of food) scorched; burnt / paste; mush; thick gruel
HSK 7-9
doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
HSK 7-9
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  *迎* | 迎* | *迎
to welcome; to meet / to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
HSK 7-9
(zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
HSK 7-9
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
HSK 7-9
a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
HSK 7-9
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  *挎* | 挎* | *挎
to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
HSK 7-9
unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
HSK 7-9
moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
HSK 7-9
to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
HSK 7-9
interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
HSK 7-9
attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough
HSK 7-9
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  *IP* | IP* | *IP
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
collection of documents / library / book series / sequence of data, esp. genome
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
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  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
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  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
public housing / dormitory, esp. for unmarried people
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
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  *臻* | 臻* | *臻
to arrive / to reach (esp. perfection) / utmost / (used in commercials)
to join a political party (esp. the Communist Party)
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
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  *相* | 相* | *相
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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  *膻* | 膻* | *膻
fetid; gamy; rank / (esp.) hircine
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
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  *胡* | 胡* | *胡
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written )
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
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  *氏* | 氏* | *氏
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
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  *囍* | 囍* | *囍
double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
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  *辂* | 辂* | *辂
(archaic) large carriage, esp. a conveyance for a monarch
large river (esp the Yellow River)
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  *韩* | 韩* | *韩
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
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  *沧* | 沧* | *沧
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
calendar (esp. illustrated)
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth
electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels
source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from
tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木, bush or shrub)
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  *媒* | 媒* | *媒
medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体, media, esp. news media
to obtain a certificate or license etc / (esp.) to obtain a marriage certificate; to marry
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering / (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡)
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头
fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum; dark plum
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
mineral, esp. dietary mineral
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  *秧* | 秧* | *秧
sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋
book number (esp. ISBN)
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  *塬* | 塬* | *塬
plateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原
valve (esp. tire valve) / accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) / stigma (zool.) / spiracle
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
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  *解* | 解* | *解
acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of and (old)
(double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:
to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件)
Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape

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