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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
(exam) grade / mark / score / fraction
HSK 2
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *品* | 品* | *品
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
HSK 5
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  *流* | 流* | *流
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
HSK 2
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  *第* | 第* | *第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
HSK 1
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
achievement / performance records / grades / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 2
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
grade / rank / status
HSK 5
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  *班* | 班* | *班
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 1
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  *级* | 级* | *级
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
HSK 2
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
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  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
to go up by one grade; to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade
HSK 6
grade / class / quality / level
HSK 7-9
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
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  *档* | 档* | *档
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
HSK 6
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
grade 3 / third class / category C
top-quality / top-grade
to be inferior to / to be of a lower grade than
to grade / to give a mark
rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste
HSK 7-9
(military) rank / level / grade
HSK 7-9
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等)
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
inferior quality / substandard / low-grade
low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior
credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc)
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
grade 2 / second class / category B
echelon (military formation) / (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period)
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
Grade One State protected (species)
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
high-grade well-tempered steel
special grade / top quality
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
to grade (a student's work); to rate (sb's performance); to give a score
grade A / first-class
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
low-grade fever (37.3–38°C)
negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
(job) position / level / grade / rank
to grade exam papers / to review case files
(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试)
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  *咖* | 咖* | *咖
coffee / class / grade
(education) grade point
low grade ore
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  *鹇* | 鹇* | *鹇
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
to grade exam papers
(sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
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  *曹* | 曹* | *曹
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
grade / exam mark
to grade / to rank / to establish the level of sb or sth
type B; category B; second class or grade; beta-
land grader / road grader
special grade / top quality
grade separation (civil engineering)
differential (between grades) / salary differential
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
high-grade ore
(silver) of low purity / low grade
to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification
consumer-grade; consumer-level
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
weapons-grade
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
first class / grade A
eight grade wage scale (system)
grade
a grade A war criminal
preoccupied with school grades / overemphasis on test scores
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
(literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time / to be promoted ahead of time
to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
grade (quality of product)
class "A"; top grade
grade (i.e. quality) / rank
to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc) / to sleep in the same bed as one's child
gauge held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc (e.g. feeler gauge, calipers) / rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading) (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规)
(old) low-grade brothel
superior grade
unified goods / goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced
level / rank / grade / rating
rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
costume / ceremonial dress (determining the grade of an official)


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