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  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
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  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
HSK 1
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  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *两* | 两* | *两
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
(there are) some (who are...) / some (exist)
HSK 1
some / somewhat
HSK 1
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  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
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  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
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  *某* | 某* | *某
some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such
HSK 3
to hurry (to some place)
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
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  *俩* | 俩* | *俩
two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some
HSK 4
to be in (some state, position, or condition)
HSK 4
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
to share (let others have some of sth good)
HSK 5
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
to choose for some purpose / to select and use
HSK 7-9
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
HSK 7-9
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  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity)
HSK 7-9
heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care
HSK 7-9
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to differ to some extent (idiom)
HSK 7-9
somewhat / to some extent
HSK 7-9
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
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  *拜* | 拜* | *拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
big shot (leading some field or group); godfather (in an organization)
old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
approximately / about (some numerical value)
to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve
to count and check / to tally / points (collected in some bonus scheme etc)
some; certain (things)
see 唐山市 / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)
to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc)
somewhere / some place
for some reason
page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website) / printing space (reserved for some content) / page layout
Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk
someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
to key in; to input; to enter (some text)
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  *硌* | 硌* | *硌
(coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe
to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
to make a speech / to make some remarks
over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget)
another part of the country / some other place
(literary) some day / (literary) days in the past
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  *藉* | 藉* | *藉
(literary) cushion; mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath
to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss
to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)
Sudan / sultan (ruler of some Muslim states, esp. Ottoman Emperor)
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
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  *兕* | 兕* | *兕
animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)
to give some attention to; to divert one's attention; to be distracted
(coll.) tomorrow / one of these days / some day
to serve (in some capacity) / to work for
partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse
to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
to be deeply hidden / to lie deep (in some place)
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)
to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom) / fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
(idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon)
to profiteer / to gain some underhand advantage
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  *蓠* | 蓠* | *蓠
red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
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  *啲* | 啲* | *啲
some / few / a little (Cantonese)
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4]
to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine)
to give unequal emphasis to / doing some things at the expense of others
to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes
inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing

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