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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *分* | 分* | *分
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *们* | 们* | *们
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
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
  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *家* | 家* | *家
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *半* | 半* | *半
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *班* | 班* | *班
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 1
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *又* | 又* | *又
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *练* | 练* | *练
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亮* | 亮* | *亮
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
HSK 2
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *度* | 度* | *度
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *才* | 才* | *才
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
HSK 2
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
surname and given name; full name
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咱* | 咱* | *咱
I or me / we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瓶* | 瓶* | *瓶
bottle / vase / pitcher / CL: 個|个 / classifier for wine and liquids
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]
HSK 2
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
nice and cold / pleasantly cool
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
more and more
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *金* | 金* | *金
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
science and technology
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *并* | 并* | *并
and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
HSK 3
and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
HSK 3
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *由* | 由* | *由
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
HSK 3
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *深* | 深* | *深
deep (lit. and fig.)
HSK 3
children; sons and daughters
HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *某* | 某* | *某
some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such
HSK 3
finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *直* | 直* | *直
straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
HSK 3
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence
HSK 3
big and strong; formidable; powerful
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
movies and television
HSK 3
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
father and mother; parents
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
determination / resolution / determined / firm and resolute / to make up one's mind / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
HSK 3
warm / nice and warm
HSK 3
(physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity
HSK 4
and; as well as
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
to inspect / to observe and study / on-the-spot investigation
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
to report / to give an account of / to collect information and report back
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盘* | 盘* | *盘
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
HSK 4
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
over and over again / again and again
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *而* | 而* | *而
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穷* | 穷* | *穷
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圆* | 圆* | *圆
circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
HSK 4
male-female / male and female
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *细* | 细* | *细
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牌* | 牌* | *牌
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块) / brand; trademark (CL:個|个) / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌 and 曲牌)
HSK 4
ice and snow
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烦* | 烦* | *烦
to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy
HSK 4
one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell
HSK 4
a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL: 對|对
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *既* | 既* | *既
already / since / both... (and...)
HSK 4
good and honest / kindhearted
HSK 4
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *批* | 批* | *批
to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *透* | 透* | *透
(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through / to tell secretly; to leak / thoroughly; through and through / to appear; to show
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover
HSK 4
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4

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