to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair

security check (abbr. for 安全檢查｜安全检查) / to do a security check

to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

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

to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father

to check for receipt of (an email, an enclosed item in a letter etc) (typically used in the polite imperative, e.g. after 請｜请)

to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out

to report for duty / to check in / to register

to examine / to check up on / to assess / to review / appraisal / review / evaluation

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)

(bound form) to examine; to check (against records) / (literary) to delay; to linger / (literary) to dispute; to argue

pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify

knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)

setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue

check (bank) / cheque / CL: 本

to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套

to scroll on one's smartphone; to check one's smartphone (for updates on social media etc) / to swipe one's smartphone (as a substitute for a payment card etc)

general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot

to check / to inquire / to consult (a document etc) / inquiry / query

to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem

to verify; to check

to conduct a bed check

(banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)

to check out / to investigate

to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain

to check / to stop

to cash (a check)

to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake

to check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house)

to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit

to select (one or more options from a list) / to check (a box)

to examine / to test / to check

to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check

(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location

to check / to verify

to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later

another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check

traveler's check

(of a check etc) to cash / to honor a commitment

to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark

a test / determination / to check up on / to examine / to assay

separation of powers for checks and balances

cash register / check out counter

quotation request / price inquiry / price check

to check / to make inventory

to check up on sb's achievements

to check tickets

to check / to verify / to audit / to examine

tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up

a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills

to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)

nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods

(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)

background check

random inspection / to do a spot check

to guard a pass / to check on sth

to count and check / to tally / points (collected in some bonus scheme etc)

cashier's check / promissory note

to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement

to check again; to re-examine

to check / to examine

sampling / spot check / random test

to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors

to check

(computing) to check in (i.e. to submit code to a central repository)

to meet with luck / to hand over for transportation / to check (one's baggage at an airport etc)

to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment)

(of a document) not bearing a name / unregistered (financial securities etc) / bearer (bond) / secret (ballot etc) / anonymous / unattributed (remarks) / (of a check) payable to the bearer

to check attendance (at school or workplace) / to monitor efficiency (of workers)

to regulate / to check and restrict

to crush together (in a crowd) / to make friends / to check (accounts)

dam / to stop / check

(Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter / to barge into people's home on false pretences

bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise

to overpower / to overwhelm / to subdue / to check / to control

to search out / to check

lattice / check (pattern of squares)

to scrutinize / to examine / to check

to check / to investigate / to probe (into)

to check; to collate; to proofread

blank check

to consign (goods) / to check through (baggage)

to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)

to reinvestigate; to check again

to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch

examination / to check and review

to test a random sample; to spot-check

to check / to consult / to look up

to check in (for a flight)

(finance) (of a check) to bounce / (fig.) (of a product etc) to fail to be released on schedule

to bounce (a check) / to return a ticket / ticket refund

to browse and select / to glance through and check

bill / check

to check and correct

coat check; cloakroom; checkroom