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air ticket / passenger ticket / CL: 張|张
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *氣* | 氣* | *氣
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi
HSK 2
air temperature
HSK 2
air / atmosphere
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沖* | 沖* | *沖
(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
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
central heating / heater / warm air
HSK 4
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檔* | 檔* | *檔
(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
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
cold air / air conditioning
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飄* | 飄* | *飄
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly
HSK 7-9
impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air
HSK 7-9
personality traits; temperament; disposition / aura; air; feel; vibe / refinement; sophistication; class
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 circle in the air / to soar
HSK 7-9
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
HSK 7-9
windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor
HSK 7-9
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
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 base
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
to float (in the air etc) / suspension
lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *曝* | 曝* | *曝
to air / to sun
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
air or shipping route
air war / air warfare
air transport
cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
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)
air-to-surface (missile)
abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
general / admiral / air chief marshal
bellows / ventilator / air blower
(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
air cushion (as on hovercraft)
connected by air, sea traffic or service
to pump air (into sth); to inflate
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘶* | 嘶* | *嘶
hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
(agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program)
air conditioner
major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
air sac / aerostat gasbag
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
in midair / in the air
wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)
air-bubble / pore / stoma
stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
cooling / air conditioning
to leak air or gas
to waft (through the air); to drift
to soar / to rise high into the air
an air gun
air pump
air of arrogance / haughtiness
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晾* | 晾* | *晾
to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder
air pollution
baleful look / inauspicious influence / (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air
to let air pass through; to ventilate
to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
a nip in the air / chilliness
smoke and dust / air pollution
evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气, vital energy)
to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
to make an air raid
hijacking / air piracy
flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract
to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly
to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
(of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
(of a vapor etc) to rise / to hang in the air
to float in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed
nothing serious / just hot air
(idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坲* | 坲* | *坲
(of dust) to rise in the air
to hold one's breath / to feel suffocated (for lack of air) / choked with bottled-up resentment
lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans
with a sad air / looking melancholy / with a worried look
(idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention

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