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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
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  *演* | 演* | *演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
HSK 3
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  *算* | 算* | *算
to calculate; to figure out / to include; to count in / to count; to be valid; to carry weight / to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
HSK 2
to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
HSK 3
to implement / to carry out
HSK 4
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
HSK 4
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  *抱* | 抱* | *抱
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc) / (literary) moreover; in addition
HSK 5
to implement / to carry out / to put into practice
HSK 3
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  *烧* | 烧* | *烧
to burn; to set on fire / to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) / to braise / to cook; to prepare food / to run a fever / fever / (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
HSK 4
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
to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc) / to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc) / to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
HSK 5
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
to implement / to carry out / to execute / to run
HSK 5
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  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
HSK 5
to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)
HSK 5
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  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
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  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
HSK 5
to go separately to different places (esp. to carry out assigned tasks)
to transport / to carry / transportation
HSK 3
the way one carries oneself
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  *端* | 端* | *端
(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 6
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  *沿* | 沿* | *沿
along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge
HSK 6
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  *担* | 担* | *担
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
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  *担* | 担* | *担
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
HSK 7-9
to wear (as accessories) / carry at the waist
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
(old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers / (automotive) sedan
HSK 7-9
carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:
HSK 7-9
to fulfill (one's obligations) / to carry out (a task) / to implement (an agreement) / to perform
HSK 7-9
(idiom) difficult to carry on; unsustainable
to take the baton in a relay race / (fig.) to take over from a predecessor; to carry on another's work
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  *背* | 背* | *背
to carry on one's back / (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
HSK 3
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm
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  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
HSK 4
to transport / to carry
HSK 7-9
to put into practice / to carry out (idiom)
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
portable / easy to carry
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *拎* | 拎* | *拎
to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褢* | 褢* | *褢
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal
to publish; to carry (a piece of writing, news, image etc) in a periodical or other publication / Taiwan pr. [kan1zai4]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *售* | 售* | *售
(bound form) to sell; to retail / (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
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  *胎* | 胎* | *胎
fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire
HSK 7-9
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  *载* | 载* | *载
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *载* | 载* | *载
to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously
(lit.) orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom) / (fig.) to execute every order without fail
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驮* | 驮* | *驮
to carry on one's back
HSK 7-9
to implement / to put into practice / to carry out
HSK 7-9
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
to carry out large scale construction
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赓* | 赓* | *赓
(literary) to continue; to carry on
(idiom) (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession
(of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall
to carry (on one's person) / to support (old) / Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
HSK 7-9
construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
HSK 7-9
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
to arrange / to settle / to complete / to carry through
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挎* | 挎* | *挎
to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
HSK 7-9
thick bar / solid carrying pole
no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挽* | 挽* | *挽
to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover
HSK 7-9
(of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software)
van for carrying people / taxi minibus
to receive / to accept / to carry on
(coll.) handbag; purse / (Tw) (coll.) bag one carries (e.g. shoulder bag or backpack) / (coll.) small bump on the skin (pimple, mosquito bite etc)
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing)
one's words carry an implicit meaning
to carry on one's ancestral line
to carry out official duties and observe the law
the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
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  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
to carry a passenger / (of spaceships etc) manned / also pr. [zai3 ren2]
load / carrying capacity
weight-carrying capacity
to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles
used in expressions of the form + {verb} + 不誤|不误, in which means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照買不誤|照买不误, to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes)
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
to carry passengers
to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
HSK 7-9
breach of responsibility / failure to carry out one's duty
to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease
to inspect oneself; to carry out a self-inspection

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