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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
to come in
HSK 1
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
to return; to come back
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to arrive; to come
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to come from (a place) / From: (in email header)
HSK 2
to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain; to give an account; to brief / to confess; to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
HSK 5
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
HSK 2
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
HSK 4
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
HSK 2
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
"please come in"
HSK 1
to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows / CL: 場|场
HSK 5
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being / to be born with; to be blessed with
HSK 5
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
HSK 7-9
to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent
HSK 6
the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting)
HSK 5
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
to meet; to run into; to come across
HSK 4
(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *降* | 降* | *降
to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
HSK 7-9
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to come by; to obtain through some means
to come from
HSK 7-9
to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection
HSK 7-9
to return to / to come (or go) back
HSK 5
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
to take a beating; to come under attack
HSK 6
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *醒* | 醒* | *醒
to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *省* | 省* | *省
(bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin
HSK 7-9
to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
HSK 7-9
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
to return / to come back
HSK 7-9
come trippingly
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism c. 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)
to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
convergence / to come together
HSK 7-9
to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
HSK 7-9
to create; to come up with (an idea etc)
it's time (to do sth) / the time has come
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
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 accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
to win; to prevail; to come out on top
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
Why is that?; How come?
to harvest hurriedly before rain comes
to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware
HSK 7-9
as for / when it comes to
to approach; to come closer
HSK 7-9
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout
(idiom) to come to nothing
(of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge
HSK 7-9
to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
HSK 6
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
final part of a go game (see 官子) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage
to come to realize / to appreciate (feelings)
to come to a stand / to stop
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灵* | 灵* | *灵
quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
HSK 7-9
to exceed all expectations / to come as a surprise
to come across (sb) / to run into
HSK 7-9
to come to oneself / to come to realize / to come to see the truth / to wake up to reality
HSK 7-9

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