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HSK
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *算* | 算* | *算
to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute
HSK 2
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
person / figure / public figure
HSK 5
whole number / integer (math.) / round figure
HSK 7-9
picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
HSK 7-9
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
HSK 7-9
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
HSK 7-9
to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
HSK 7-9
to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *数* | 数* | *数
number; figure / several; a few
toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揣* | 揣* | *揣
to estimate / to guess / to figure / to surmise
small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
fancy; showy; elaborate / (HK, Tw) (sports) fancy-style; freestyle (as in 花式溜冰 "figure skating") / (Tw) floral formula (notation for representing the structure of flowers)
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
hero / towering figure
waxwork; wax figure
Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
heroic bearing / dashing figure
native / aborigine / clay figure
important minister / major figure in government
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure
lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
decorative motif / figure
(Mohism) master; leader / an authority; a prominent figure / tycoon; magnate
a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage
figure / physique / posture
to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer
to get a slender figure / slimming
variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company, school etc
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
well-known figure / excellent (person, company etc)
figure / bodily form
painted clay figure
renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc)
lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal)
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender
lit. Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夔* | 夔* | *夔
one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山, influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
to visit / to pay one's respects to (a revered figure etc) / to pay homage (at a tomb etc)
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck
mental arithmetic / to figure out
leading figure / bigwig
figure skates
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筭* | 筭* | *筭
to regard as / to figure
to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
to figure out
Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology
Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil
influential figure / powerful person
crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塑* | 塑* | *塑
to model (a figure) in clay / (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
You figure it out for yourself. / Do as you please.
Lu Chen (1976-), Chinese figure skater, 1995 world champion
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
sales figure / total income from sales / turnover
stick figure; stick person
garage kit / action figure / model figure
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅 and several lost works
Wang Yucheng (954-1001) Song dynasty literary figure
Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀
public figure / celebrity
(Tw) figure skating
the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定) / (fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public / public persona
Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure
to figure out how to do something
figure skating
Muzha, a figure in Chinese mythology
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election

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