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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
undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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
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
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
action / conduct / behavior / activity
HSK 2
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
HSK 4
to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
HSK 6
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
(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
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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
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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
(idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence
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)
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
business activity / commercial activity
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 plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness
HSK 7-9
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
charity event / public service activities
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)
to engage in social activities; to socialize / dinner party; banquet; social engagement
HSK 7-9
social activity
to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth)
HSK 7-9
sports; athletic activities
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
(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
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity
(idiom) bustling with activity
HSK 7-9
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline
HSK 4
aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
to practice (an activity) / to perform
family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
agricultural activities
to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout
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
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
place for activities (playground, event venue etc)
zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity
sunspot activity / solar variation
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
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
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
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
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
to go underground / to turn to secret activities
to criminalize (an activity)
minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc)
sports / sporting activity
economic activity
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations)
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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 report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions)
(of an enzyme, microorganism, catalyst etc) to lose biological or chemical activity; to become inactivated
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
criminal activity
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
Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美)
extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA
(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool
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
river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
(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
volcanic activity / volcanism
sexual activity
to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
HSK 7-9
free time (between organized activities)
fishing (as a commercial activity)
after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities
sabotage; subversive activities
appreciating the arts / esthetic activity
activity center / CL: 處|处
to waste time on worthless activities
disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹)
refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
(of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet)
to criminalize (an activity)

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