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  *从* | 从* | *从
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
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
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
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  *场* | 场* | *场
large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams
HSK 2
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
action / conduct / behavior / activity
HSK 2
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
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  *员* | 员* | *员
(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals
HSK 3
undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
HSK 4
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
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 become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline
HSK 4
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
HSK 6
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
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 urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
HSK 7-9
to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth)
HSK 7-9
to engage in social activities; to socialize / dinner party; banquet; social engagement
HSK 7-9
(idiom) bustling with activity
HSK 7-9
(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness
HSK 7-9
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
HSK 7-9
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
to criminalize (an activity)
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
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  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
(chemistry) activity / active / activated
to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)
to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions)
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
lair; den (of illegal activities)
to practice (an activity) / to perform
opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
police classification / subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc)
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
(of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consuming alcohol
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc)
(neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement / a child subjected to such a regimen / (dialect) chick
activity center / CL: 處|处
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
sports / sporting activity
fishing (as a commercial activity)
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
charity event / public service activities
family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children
to be linked to fraudulent activity
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
social activity
place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
volcanic activity / volcanism
business activity / commercial activity
Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美)
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
sabotage; subversive activities
activity
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
sunspot activity / solar variation
aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春 etc) / to stand an egg on its broad end
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
agricultural activities
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
to criminalize (an activity)
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability
appreciating the arts / esthetic activity
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
sexual activity
to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout
cultural and recreational activities (Tw)
disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹)
criminal activity
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
(astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道) / law-abiding citizenry
clandestine activities / covert operation
zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity
to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
economic activity

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