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HSK
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:
HSK 4
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
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  *册* | 册* | *册
book / booklet / classifier for books
HSK 5
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
to place an order / to book ahead
HSK 4
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc)
HSK 7-9
book review / book notice
treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
HSK 7-9
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
a book / a volume
Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked)
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
at a glance / (in book titles) overview
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  *损* | 损* | *损
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
book cover / book jacket
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  *恒* | 恒* | *恒
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes ()
manuscript of a book
to book a service for overnight use (karaoke room, internet café etc) / (euphemistic) to hire a companion or escort for the night
audiobook / recording of a person reading the text of a book
another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
account book
obscene book / pornography
Book of Esther
the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经)
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster
to open a book / open-book (exam)
pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
HSK 6
this text / article / the main body of a book
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text
to revise and enlarge (a book) / to augment a purchase order
Wolverine, comic book superhero
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坟* | 坟* | *坟
grave / tomb / CL: / embankment / mound / ancient book
HSK 7-9
entire book; unabridged book
The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如)
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
physical book; printed book
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  *著* | 著* | *著
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding
the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history , philosophy , belles-lettres
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  *卦* | 卦* | *卦
divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
to crowd together; to pile up; to cluster / (book) collection; series
memorandum / aide-memoire / memorandum book
reference book
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
notebook / book
quotation (from a book or existing source)
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
pornographic novel / dirty book
Genesis (first book of the Bible)
book number (esp. ISBN)
Samson, biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for his strength and feats against the Philistines
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
a book on the art of war
Book of Jeremiah
treasured book
(finance) price-to-book ratio
page of a book
Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
Superman, comic book superhero
address book / directory
to study attentively (a book) / to delve into
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相海水不可斗量
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
holy book
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Book of Hosea
printed book; printed copy
Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子 , hero of book 晏子春秋

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