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HSK
to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
HSK 1
to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
HSK 3
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
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  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
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  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to give; to deliver; to hand over
HSK 2
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  *赏* | 赏* | *赏
to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)
HSK 4
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  *断* | 断* | *断
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
HSK 3
to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain; to give an account; to brief / to confess; to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
HSK 5
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  *与* | 与* | *与
and / to give / together with
HSK 6
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation
HSK 5
to give a lecture; to make a speech
HSK 4
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  *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 send / to give as a present
HSK 2
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
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  *奖* | 奖* | *奖
prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward
HSK 4
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
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  *送* | 送* | *送
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with
HSK 1
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  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
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  *归* | 归* | *归
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
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  *养* | 养* | *养
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
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  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
HSK 4
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
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  *撒* | 撒* | *撒
to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee
HSK 7-9
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
prominent / outstanding / to give prominence to / to protrude / to project
HSK 3
to give emergency treatment / first aid
HSK 6
(literary) to give; to accord; to render
HSK 6
to give a lecture; to teach a class
HSK 6
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  *离* | 离* | *离
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire /
HSK 2
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
HSK 7-9
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
to give a discount
HSK 4
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
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  *产* | 产* | *产
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
HSK 7-9
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
to give an example
HSK 7-9
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王 in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
to give a present
HSK 6
to concentrate on; to give full attention to
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
to reward / to tip / to give a gratuity
large-sized (of clothes, shoes) / (old) to give an order / (old) to quit one's job in a store
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  *禀* | 禀* | *禀
to make a report (to a superior) / to give / to endow / to receive / petition
to bestow; to give
to give a lead
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
to stop plowing / to give up a life in the fields
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion
to adopt / to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to report / to give an account of / to collect information and report back
HSK 4
to report / to give an account of / report
HSK 4
to give a lecture / to lecture on
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
HSK 7-9
to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about
HSK 7-9
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
to give a speech
to give up one's seat for sb
HSK 6
to join forces / to give full cooperation
to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
HSK 7-9
neither giving way to the other
to give sufficient consideration to
to grade / to give a mark
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
(mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means / (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc)
imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) / imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
unwilling to give up / unresigned
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  *捅* | 捅* | *捅
to poke; to jab / to give (sb) a nudge; to prod / to disclose; to reveal
HSK 7-9
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  *蒿* | 蒿* | *蒿
celery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia) / to give off / to weed
to greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
HSK 7-9
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
to give an interview / to be interviewed / to respond to (questions, a survey etc)
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
to teach / to give lessons

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