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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
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  *气* | 气* | *气
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi
HSK 2
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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
air / atmosphere
HSK 2
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to broadcast / to air (a TV program etc)
HSK 3
cold air / air conditioning
HSK 6
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
air temperature
HSK 2
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  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with
HSK 4
to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
HSK 4
(meteorology) cold air mass
air resistance; aerodynamic drag
central heating / heater / warm air
HSK 4
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
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  *档* | 档* | *档
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
HSK 6
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air
HSK 7-9
air rights
to circle in the air / to soar
HSK 7-9
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
to pump air (into sth); to inflate
personality traits; temperament; disposition / aura; air; feel; vibe / refinement; sophistication; class
HSK 7-9
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
civil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空)
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air
air pollution / atmospheric pollution
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor
HSK 7-9
People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)
air-to-surface (missile)
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
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  *曝* | 曝* | *曝
to air / to sun
air intake vent
central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry)
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
HSK 7-9
to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge
HSK 7-9
to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
with a sad air / looking melancholy / with a worried look
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飘* | 飘* | *飘
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly
HSK 7-9
(fig.) a breath of fresh air
an air gun
ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc)
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
army, navy, and air force
to spurt steam (or air etc)
stewardess / air hostess
meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
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  *嘶* | 嘶* | *嘶
hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
air supremacy; air superiority
air conditioner
general / admiral / air chief marshal
air-bubble / pore / stoma
air ticket / CL: 張|张
air mass
air purifier
air terminal
joyfully satisfied / to be immensely proud of oneself / proudly / an air of complacency
cool fresh air / straightforward
air base
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
Air France
air war / air warfare
to enjoy the cool air
food stall; open-air restaurant
air conditioning
to waft (through the air); to drift
food stall; open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档)
to expose (to the air, light etc) / to leave uncovered / exposure
to blow air (into)
adverse effects caused by prolonged air-conditioning exposure, including dizziness, headaches, fatigue or chest tightness
to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
air and space agency
to air-cool
a nip in the air / chilliness
containing air
a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
air vent; air outlet
to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
army, navy and air force
cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving)
air or shipping route
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air
to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger
(formal) air conditioner

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