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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *次* | 次* | *次
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
HSK 1
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
week / CL: 個|个 / day of the week / Sunday
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life
HSK 2
frequently; constantly; regularly; often / day-to-day; everyday; daily
HSK 2
to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
HSK 2
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
National Day
HSK 3
day-to-day; daily; everyday
HSK 3
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
New Year's Day
HSK 5
in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day
HSK 5
workday / working day / weekday
HSK 5
a holiday; a day off
HSK 6
the same day
HSK 6
day and night / around the clock
HSK 6
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
last day / end / final days / doomsday
HSK 7-9
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
(increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually
HSK 7-9
festive day / holiday
HSK 7-9
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day
HSK 7-9
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  *逢* | 逢* | *逢
to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon
HSK 7-9
on that day
HSK 7-9
all day long; the whole day
HSK 7-9
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day
HSK 7-9
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
next day / the morrow
HSK 7-9
day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop
HSK 7-9
day after day
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
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  *望* | 望* | *望
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
HSK 7-9
one day / sometime in the future
HSK 7-9
ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually
HSK 7-9
day of commemoration / memorial day
HSK 7-9
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
HSK 7-9
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  *朔* | 朔* | *朔
beginning / first day of lunar month / north
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  *郑* | 郑* | *郑
the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan
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  *微* | 微* | *微
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
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  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan
every day
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil)
World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
day after day / for several days running
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
Thanksgiving Day
Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)
2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
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  *殷* | 殷* | *殷
surname Yin / dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟 in present-day Henan
Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝, located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东, birthplace of Confucius
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
every day
PRC National Day (October 1st)
daily / (soup etc) of the day
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  *卫* | 卫* | *卫
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节, 8th March / foolish / stupid
on that day
every day
Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
whole day
(of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
(indicating time of day) o'clock
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  *萱* | 萱* | *萱
orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
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  *阮* | 阮* | *阮
surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province
same day / simultaneous
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  *蓟* | 蓟* | *蓟
surname Ji / ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
Daying county in Suining 遂寧|遂宁, Sichuan / Great Britain
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  *庐* | 庐* | *庐
surname Lu / Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州, a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui / Mount Lu 廬山|庐山 in Jiangxi Province
time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
that very day / the same day
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
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  *邺* | 邺* | *邺
surname Ye / ancient district in present-day Hebei 河北省
this or that very day / in the next few days
rainy day / rainy weather

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