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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
HSK 3
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
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  *辦* | 辦* | *辦
to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办, admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室)
HSK 2
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
to found; to establish
HSK 6
to establish / to build
HSK 3
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
to set up; to establish
HSK 3
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  *建* | 建* | *建
to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct
HSK 3
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
HSK 7-9
to establish / to fix / to settle
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to establish (a unit or department) / authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)
HSK 6
(of a company) to establish a brand name
to establish / to institute
HSK 5
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to establish; to found
HSK 6
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  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
to establish ties; to contact / (electricity) to connect (components) in series
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
HSK 7-9
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to establish diplomatic relations
HSK 7-9
to organize / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to take root / to establish a base
foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
HSK 7-9
Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong (abbr. for 粵港澳大灣區|粤港澳大湾区)
to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself
to make a contribution / to establish / to found / contribution
HSK 7-9
(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. [qia3wei4]) / booth seating
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
long-established / time-honored
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌 in north Henan)
(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
Tzu Chi Foundation, an international humanitarian NGO established in 1966 in Taiwan
to establish; to set (a new record)
startup (company, phase etc); newly established
to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom) / radical transformation
to enter and garrison / (fig.) to establish a presence in
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
an established precedent / a convention
established rules / the beaten track
to set up separately / to establish separate units
to stand firmly / to gain a foothold / to establish oneself
Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
well established / accepted as a result of long usage
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
to establish one's authority
to stand upright (physically) / to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity
Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
to establish a capital
area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
already fixed / set / established
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan
cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经 as state canon
to gain a firm foothold / (fig.) to get oneself established
Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
Gong Cha, international franchise selling Taiwan-style milk tea and smoothies etc, established in Kaohsiung in 2006
Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
established and irrefutable (idiom)
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
to grade / to rank / to establish the level of sb or sth
Hang Seng (the name of a bank in Hong Kong and of the stock market index the bank established)
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
Zepp Health Corporation, Chinese company providing digital health management based on wearable devices, established in 2013
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
to establish; to set up / to create (suitable conditions etc)
to lie down on a bed / (physiology) implantation (attachment of a blastocyst to the lining of the uterus) / (of an oyster larva) to attach to a substrate / (fig.) to take root / to become established
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
to be in the early stages of establishing
to set up; to establish / facilities / (government) agency; authority
to establish schools / to raise the standard of education
(literary) to establish; to found (a country etc); to initiate construction (of sth large-scale, e.g. a palace, university etc)
long-established rules of conduct
Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院 internationally / abbr. to 漢辦|汉办
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  *締* | 締* | *締
(archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
to conflict with (an idea or opinion etc) / to depart from (established norms or standards etc)
University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949
C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902
to establish a government / esp. refers to communist takeover of 1949
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition)

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