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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *份* | 份* | *份
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of
HSK 2
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 4
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
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  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
to undertake / to accept a contract
HSK 5
to complete a contract / to reach a deal
HSK 5
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  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
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  *缩* | 缩* | *缩
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
HSK 7-9
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
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  *患* | 患* | *患
to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry
HSK 7-9
to contract (an illness) / to be afflicted with / to suffer from
HSK 7-9
clause (of contract or law) / CL: 項|项
HSK 7-9
to contract / to undertake (a job)
HSK 7-9
to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
HSK 7-9
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
abbr. for 期貨合約|期货合约, futures contract (finance)
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
to put out to contract
to contract / to abbreviate / abbreviation
to contract for an entire project
to construct under contract
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *契* | 契* | *契
to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
engagement / wedding contract
to break a promise / breach of contract
to fall ill / to contract a disease
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
buyer (in contracts)
seller (in contracts)
contract bridge (card game)
to renew a contract / contract extension
contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies
to sign (a contract, treaty etc)
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
(old) marriage contract
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor
to renew or extend a contract
letter of appointment / contract
former agreement / former contract
to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
contract / written agreement
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
written pledge / contract / IOU
to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)
to fall sick / to contract an illness
signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
to go back on a marriage contract / to repudiate an engagement
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偰* | 偰* | *偰
contract (variant of )
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor
(Tw) (coll.) cool / awesome / pr. [biang4] / (etymologically, a contracted form of 不一樣|不一样)
labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
contract / oath of allegiance
book contract
(coll.) no (contracted form of 不是)
to be informed of a case / to take a case / to contract for a job (as a freelancer)
(of a contract) binding (law)
gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
(dialect) contracted form of 不知道
our company (used in business correspondence, contracts etc) (abbr. for 我方公司)
futures contract (finance)
one year period (in a contract or budget)
to contract out / to run into problems
(Tw) (neologism c. 2010) to speak one's mind directly (face to face with the person with whom one has an issue) (from Taiwanese 出來講, Tai-lo pr. [tshut-lâi kóng], with "tshut-lâi" pronounced in contracted form as "tshòai")
job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work
contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times)
movie contract
contract for a loan
prenuptial agreement / dowry contract
rural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural income to productivity
forward contract (finance)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
(Tw) (coll.) cool / awesome / (etymologically, a contracted form of 不一樣|不一样) / often written as ㄅㄧㄤˋ
service contract
to make a production contract
parties to a contract (law)
contract law
to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)
contract bridge (card game)
borrower / leaser / the hiring side of a contract
to make a contract
party in a contract, treaty etc
in violation of contract and good faith
a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities


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