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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纸* | 纸* | *纸
paper (CL:張|张,) / classifier for documents, letters etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
document / file / CL:
HSK 3
certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID
HSK 3
to photocopy / to duplicate a document
HSK 3
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
to check / to inquire / to consult (a document etc) / inquiry / query
HSK 5
appendix (in a document) / enclosure (accompanying a document) / (email) attachment / accessory (for a car, computer etc) / (anatomy) adnexa
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent
HSK 6
to consult a reference / to refer to (another document)
HSK 7-9
to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
(computer) file; document; documentation
collection of documents / library / book series / sequence of data, esp. genome
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
the original / original document / master copy
official document
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times) / letter; correspondence; book; document
to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series; a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
form (document)
archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures) / atlas / collection of illustrations or sheet music
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
to draw up (a document)
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage
clause / explanatory section in a document
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箓* | 箓* | *箓
record book; archive / Taoist written charm / document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes
to issue (a document) / to sign and issue officially
to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)
true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)
selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology
key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牍* | 牍* | *牍
documents
approved document / document with written instructions
to bring to justice / to file away (a document)
one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牒* | 牒* | *牒
(official) document / dispatch
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
to access (a document) / to consult
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *札* | 札* | *札
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague
to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document)
convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
document folded in accordion form / to fold
secret documents / abbr. for 機密文件|机密文件
official documents or correspondence
writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery
credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
to check through (a document) / to proofread / to review (troops)
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
important substance (of a document) / key section
dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal
to alter / to modify / to mutilate (of documents)
signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc)
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经, 尚書|尚书, 書|书
to document on film the course of events / to follow sb with a camera
to comb through (historical documents etc); to unravel
reference material / source documents
to publish / to put out (a document)
official document
(formal) (used in a submitted document) please review; for your kind consideration
to present (a document) / to submit (a petition)
written proposal; document outlining an initiative
high points (of a document) / resume
cross-reference (in a document, index etc)
red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies
Document Object Model (DOM)
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
to present (a document) / to submit (a petition)
to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
top secret document / classified papers
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
electronic document
identification document / documentary proof
false documents
(Tw) household registration certificate (identity document)
consumer goods / means of livelihood / means of subsistence / documents relating to sb's life
received document / sent document

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