| | what? / something; anything | HSK 1 |
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| | how? / what? / why? | HSK 1 |
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| | dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種｜种, 席, 句, 口, 番 | HSK 1 |
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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| | many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- | HSK 1 |
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| | how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? | HSK 1 |
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| | which ones? / who? / what? | HSK 1 |
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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | HSK 1 |
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| | how / what kind | HSK 2 |
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| | to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet | HSK 2 |
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| | what's to be done | HSK 2 |
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| | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent | HSK 2 |
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| | why? / for what reason? | HSK 2 |
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| | what kind?; what sort? | HSK 2 |
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| | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss | HSK 3 |
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| | how / what way / what | HSK 3 |
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| | to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) | HSK 3 |
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| | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | HSK 3 |
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| | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... | HSK 4 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad | HSK 5 |
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| | it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately | HSK 5 |
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| | to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof | HSK 5 |
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| | to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides | HSK 6 |
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| | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | HSK 7-9 |
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| | live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項｜项, 個｜个 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | words and actions / what one says and what one does | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do what one is told / obedient | HSK 7-9 |
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| | what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 |
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| | words / expression / what one says | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do what needs to be done, without delay | HSK 7-9 |
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| | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called | HSK 7-9 |
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| | and then (what follows next) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last | HSK 7-9 |
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| | suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼｜什么, what?, indefinite 這麼｜这么 thus, etc | |
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| | used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what? | |
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| | to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has | |
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| | to lose what one has just obtained (idiom) | |
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| | (coll.) to suffer an alcohol-induced blackout / to be unable to recall what one did while drunk | |
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| | interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what? | |
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| | interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up? | |
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| | what one acquires / one's gains | |
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| | to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure | |
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| | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary | |
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| | what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use | |
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| | non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和) | |
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| | (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth | |
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| | short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province | |
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| | what / how / why / which / carry | |
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| | hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? | |
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| | fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing | |
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| | lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone | |
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| | (idiom) contrary to what usually happens | |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | what | |
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| | (literary) what? / where? / why? | |
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| | regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth | |
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| | who / which / what | |
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| | lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities | |
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| | to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means / You can only spend what you earn. | |
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| | (conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom) | |
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| | to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence / One does what one can. | |
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| | surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province | |
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| | to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says | |
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| | lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard | |
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| | what one hears and sees (idiom) | |
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| | selective listening / to hear what one wants to hear | |
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| | the wording and purport of what one writes | |
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| | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分) | |
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| | (idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing | |
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| | how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree; to what extent | |
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| | to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible | |
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| | your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) | |
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| | to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc) | |
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| | to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard | |
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| | to understand what one is reading or watching | |
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| | to practice what one preaches (idiom) | |
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| | Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南｜台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 | |
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| | to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by 就) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我 Hit me if you dare! | |
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| | where? / what place? | |
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| | lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory | |
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| | small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼｜什么) | |
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| | excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]) | |
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| | not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do | |
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| | what one is good at | |
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| | Buyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China | |
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| | (literary) what is? / what is the meaning of? | |
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| | to know what's what | |
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| | stake (in a gamble) / (what is at) stake | |
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