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  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
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  *任* | 任* | *任
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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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
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  *听* | 听* | *听
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
HSK 1
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  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow
HSK 2
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  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
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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  *随* | 随* | *随
to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently
HSK 3
not to allow / must not / can't
HSK 5
to allow / to permit
HSK 5
to permit / to allow
HSK 6
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
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:
HSK 7-9
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  *容* | 容* | *容
to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance
to allow / to grant / to permit
HSK 7-9
must not / cannot / to not allow / cannot tolerate
HSK 7-9
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
to empathize / to allow (for sth) / to show understanding / to appreciate
HSK 7-9
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
to permit / to allow
HSK 7-9
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
to allow no explanation
practice of allowing only one child per family
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *许* | 许* | *许
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
HSK 7-9
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
(literary) to allow / to permit
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
HSK 7-9
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming; weak point
to allow sb to do sth at his convenience
to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved!
to allow (sb to have his head) / to let things happen
forbidden / not allowed
to sneak off; to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
an allowance / to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy)
to allow sb to save face / to defer to
remnant / leftover / tolerance (i.e. allowed error)
to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兴* | 兴* | *兴
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow
to obey / to allow
to allow to fly
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable
to let (sb do sth) / to allow / regardless of
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) / to let sb have his head
to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series)
magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting
(HK, Sg) (law) to have one's appeal allowed; to win an appeal
to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink)
(finance) daily trading limit, the maximum allowed price fluctuation of a stock or security in a trading day
cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit
touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
to allow / permit
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *允* | 允* | *允
just / fair / to permit / to allow
allowed to marry
to allow (sth to happen)
(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures
a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
to give oneself leeway (idiom) / to allow room for error
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
(Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy
double and single / allowed dispensation to have second child
to promise / to allow
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord


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