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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
to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
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
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  *電* | 電* | *電
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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  *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
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  *給* | 給* | *給
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
to give; to deliver; to hand over
HSK 2
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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  *離* | 離* | *離
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 send / to give as a present
HSK 2
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  *養* | 養* | *養
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner
HSK 2
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
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
to disseminate / to give publicity to / propaganda / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *斷* | 斷* | *斷
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 push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
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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
only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 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 ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
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
prominent / outstanding / to give prominence to / to protrude / to project
HSK 3
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
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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
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
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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  *獎* | 獎* | *獎
prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward
HSK 4
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  *歸* | 歸* | *歸
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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  *曬* | 曬* | *曬
(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
to give a lecture; to make a speech
HSK 4
to report / to give an account of / to collect information and report back
HSK 4
to give or get an injection
HSK 4
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  *賞* | 賞* | *賞
to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)
HSK 4
to report / to give an account of / report
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to give a discount
HSK 4
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
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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
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation
HSK 5
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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  *贈* | 贈* | *贈
to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
HSK 5
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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  *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
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  *與* | 與* | *與
and / to give / together with
HSK 6
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
to give a present
HSK 6
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to bow the head / to yield / to give in
HSK 6
(literary) to give; to accord; to render
HSK 6
to give emergency treatment / first aid
HSK 6
to give up one's seat for sb
HSK 6
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  *產* | 產* | *產
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
HSK 7-9
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before
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
acupuncture and moxibustion / to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
HSK 7-9
to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
HSK 7-9
to give guidance / to mentor / to counsel / to coach / to tutor
HSK 7-9
to announce; to give notice / announcement
HSK 7-9
to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow
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 greet sb by word or action / to give prior notice
HSK 7-9
to consider / to give serious consideration to sth / consideration
HSK 7-9
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  *忌* | 忌* | *忌
to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth
HSK 7-9
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  *儘* | 儘* | *儘
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
HSK 7-9
to give birth to; to bear / fertility
HSK 7-9
to give vent to (one's feelings)
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
HSK 7-9
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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 focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
HSK 7-9
(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
HSK 7-9
to give advice or comments
HSK 7-9
to transfuse blood / to give aid and support
HSK 7-9
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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
to present clearly / to give prominence to / to magnify / clear and obvious
HSK 7-9
to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success
HSK 7-9
staff officer / to give advice
HSK 7-9
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
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive
HSK 7-9
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents
HSK 7-9
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
to give up smoking
HSK 7-9
to give material assistance to
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
to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop
HSK 7-9
to give an example
HSK 7-9
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
to give a detailed exposition / to state in detail
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  *喔* | 喔* | *喔
(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give

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