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  *叫* | 叫* | *叫
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1
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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
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  *唱* | 唱* | *唱
to sing / to call loudly / to chant
HSK 1
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  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
HSK 4
to call / to be called
HSK 2
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
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
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
to call / to dial
HSK 6
to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate
HSK 2
to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
to remind / to call attention to / to warn of
HSK 4
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
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  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
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  *挂* | 挂* | *挂
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
to visit; to call on (a person or place) / (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc) / (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story) / CL:
HSK 3
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  *喊* | 喊* | *喊
to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)
HSK 2
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  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
to call / to appeal
HSK 5
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
to recall / to think of / to call to mind
HSK 2
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
conference call; teleconference
"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" ()
to pay a visit; to call on
HSK 5
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  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home
HSK 7-9
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
to hurl abuse / to deride / to call sb names
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
(formal) to make a judgement call; to decide
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
to call in a loan
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
(idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
to be called; to be known as
HSK 7-9
house call fee / callout fee
to be worthy of / to deserve to be called / to prove oneself to be
funds on call / invested sum that can be cashed
incoming telephone call (or telegram) / to phone in; to send in a telegram / to have an instant attraction to sb / (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
HSK 7-9
to stop at this point / to end here / to call it a day
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram
(sports) to call a time-out / to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
to call to mind and ponder over / aftertaste
HSK 7-9
to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
HSK 7-9
to shout / to yell / (telecommunications) to call
to be called / to be known as
to be considered to be / to be defined to be / to be called
Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)
(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
HSK 7-9
to call out (a name etc) / to shout
HSK 7-9
to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb
to call a cab (by phone) / to request a ride (via an app)
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  *拜* | 拜* | *拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
to convene; to call together
HSK 7-9
to call on (sb to do sth) / to appeal (to) / an appeal
HSK 7-9
to call; to address as / form of address; appellation
HSK 7-9
bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover
to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention / to make one's views known
to receive (a call, report etc)
call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
called / named
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
to be on call / to be on standby
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
to be called by God
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
to be called; to be known as
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / also called 水瓶座
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
(Tw) to provide a service at the customer's home; to make a house call
to summon / to beckon / to call
(idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
diamond / also called 鑽石|钻石
to be called / to be known as
to bring in / to call in / to transfer (a person, data) / (computing) to call / to load (a subroutine etc)
to match a bet / to call (poker)
to call for help
HSK 7-9
to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
HSK 7-9
to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呼* | 呼* | *呼
to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale

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