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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *票* | 票* | *票
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL: 張|张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
HSK 1
shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: / the business world
HSK 1
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
affair; matter; thing; business / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 2
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
office; business premises
HSK 2
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  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
HSK 3
business / trade / commerce
HSK 3
to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
HSK 3
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
business / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 3
trade; profession; industry; business
HSK 4
to do business / to trade
HSK 4
commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business
HSK 4
(business) card
HSK 4
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 5
business / professional work / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
HSK 6
secrets / private business / privacy
HSK 6
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:
HSK 6
distribution (business) / logistics
HSK 7-9
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
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  *业* | 业* | *业
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation; service
HSK 7-9
(business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate
HSK 7-9
ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment) / ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment) / (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 數字生態|数字生态 "digital ecosystem")
HSK 7-9
official business
HSK 7-9
achievement; accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
to be really busy / pressing business
HSK 7-9
off season / slow business season / see also 旺季
HSK 7-9
to do business
HSK 7-9
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  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
industry / the world of business
HSK 7-9
show business
HSK 7-9
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
HSK 7-9
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
business studies
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
(literary) affair; matter; business / (dialect) item; thing; stuff
name card / business card
(saying) everyone minds their own business
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庄* | 庄* | *庄
farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理)
International Business Machines / IBM
typography / printing business
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
key money; takeover fee paid to a previous tenant when assuming their lease or business (originally Cantonese)
(slang) business competitor; industry peer
household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL: 戶|户,
to shut down / to terminate / to cancel / to go out of business
to undercut competitors / to hustle / to compete for business
business opportunity / commercial opportunity
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  *务* | 务* | *务
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means
to travel on business; to go on a business trip
to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest
Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
main business
to close down (temporarily or permanently) / to go out of business
to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
business studies / commerce as an academic subject
business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days
self-operated / to operate one's own business
the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
to manage (a business) / manager / broker
Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled
car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage
(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization (abbr. for 統一編號|统一编号)
same trade or business / person in the same trade or business
routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)
running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
(of economy, business etc) flourishing; prosperous
porn business
each minding his own business
shady business
to discuss official business
to cooperate / to do business together
to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
commercial district / business district
the entertainment world; show business
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of / CL: , 樁|桩
to jointly discuss / to discuss together (business)
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale

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