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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盖* | 盖* | *盖
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
to pay / to cover the costs
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敷* | 敷* | *敷
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
HSK 7-9
to cover the whole (area) / to be found throughout
HSK 7-9
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  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:
HSK 7-9
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *露* | 露* | *露
dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose
HSK 6
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闷* | 闷* | *闷
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly
HSK 7-9
lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn
to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
facing brick; facade tile used to cover exterior walls
covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
cover (of a publication)
HSK 7-9
to cover / to comprise / to include
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth
HSK 7-9
book cover / book jacket
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扣* | 扣* | *扣
to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code
HSK 6
to be covered with / to be filled with
HSK 6
to hide / to cover (one's tracks)
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遮* | 遮* | *遮
to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal
HSK 7-9
cover / lid / shell
HSK 7-9
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖)
wrapper / cover
to cover
HSK 7-9
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
to shield / to harbor / to cover up
to cover up / to conceal / to go into hiding
HSK 7-9
hidden / covered / concealed
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
to contain in a concealed form / to keep covered up / implicit
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
agricultural film (plastic sheeting used as a mulch or to cover greenhouses and polytunnels)
to encompass / to cover
shelter; screen; cover; protection
bubblegum pop song / cover song
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide / covert / under cover
HSK 7-9
to cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm
metal cover
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相海水不可斗量
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
(of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area
cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
vegetation / plant cover
covered stall / shed
to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress
glass cover; bell glass
covered truck; covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room
manhole cover
lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
cover; casing
(sealed) tightly / (wrapped) closely / (covered) completely
paperback / paper-cover
(archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焖* | 焖* | *焖
to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew
to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奄* | 奄* | *奄
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *糊* | 糊* | *糊
to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like) / Taiwan pr. [hu2]
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
inside front cover
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幂* | 幂* | *幂
(math.) power; exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover; veil
to include / to cover / to embrace
to cover densely
service charge / cover charge
pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
mist covered water
brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)
a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袟* | 袟* | *袟
book cover
a cover-up
to cover up / to hide / to conceal
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
cover letter / job application
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羃* | 羃* | *羃
cover of cloth for food / veil
tattoo-covered arm; tattoo sleeve
cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed

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