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way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *办* | 办* | *办
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)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弄* | 弄* | *弄
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with
HSK 2
to come over / to manage / to handle / to be able to take care of
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
to handle; to transact; to conduct
HSK 3
to handle; to deal with / to punish / to treat sth by a special process; to process / to sell at reduced prices
HSK 3
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
HSK 4
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
HSK 6
to answer; to reply / to handle; to deal with / response
HSK 6
to handle / to take care of / to punish
HSK 7-9
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
HSK 7-9
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
to accept to hear a case / to handle (a service)
HSK 7-9
to order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate
HSK 7-9
(idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
HSK 7-9
plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL: , 條|条
HSK 7-9
to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking
HSK 7-9
handle / (fig.) information that can be used against sb
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *把* | 把* | *把
handle
handle / video game controller
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *措* | 措* | *措
to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柄* | 柄* | *柄
handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戟* | 戟* | *戟
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耳* | 耳* | *耳
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杷* | 杷* | *杷
handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / hoe / to harrow
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
to handle sth jointly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柯* | 柯* | *柯
(literary) branch; stem; stalk / (literary) ax handle
to handle affairs; to deal with matters
to handle a (criminal) case
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爵* | 爵* | *爵
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility
crank handle
perceptive; understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
knob (e.g. handle or radio button)
to handle; to deal with
the feel (of sth touched with the hand) / (textiles) handle
a handle / to pull on a handle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杓* | 杓* | *杓
(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
frank; outspoken / ready; settled; in order / (old) to deal with; to handle
handle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簋* | 簋* | *簋
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task; to take the reins
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铉* | 铉* | *铉
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
to punish / to handle / to deal with (literary)
(old) the Big Dipper / (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
to manage / to handle
(lit.) to pass through one's hands; (fig.) to handle; to deal with
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
a handle
a handle
to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弣* | 弣* | *弣
handle of bow
quick / agile / nimble / easy to handle / handy
door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
to execute / to handle / behavior / action / conduct
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襻* | 襻* | *襻
button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together; to stitch together
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镡* | 镡* | *镡
guard (on a sword handle) / pommel (on a sword handle) / dagger / Taiwan pr. [tan2]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黼* | 黼* | *黼
(archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes
to handle / convenient
to handle the situation calmly (idiom) / unruffled / to treat the situation lightly
to handle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铫* | 铫* | *铫
pan with a long handle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枘* | 枘* | *枘
tenon / tool handle / wedge
handle in the shape of a hoop
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋬* | 鋬* | *鋬
(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匜* | 匜* | *匜
washbasin with a tubular handle
handling any occasion smoothly (idiom); equal to any situation
handle (on a pot)
lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钑* | 钑* | *钑
(literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool / (literary) to inlay / Taiwan pr. [se4]
to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *椊* | 椊* | *椊
to fit a handle into a socket / a plug or cork
to handle / to arrange
to do as one thinks fit / to handle by taking circumstances into consideration
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柲* | 柲* | *柲
weapon handle of bamboo strips
wok with a long handle / wok spatula / ladle
to handle matters with ease (idiom) / to hold one's own
to handle easily (idiom); effortless
long handle / stem
box with tiered compartments and a handle / lunch box
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铏* | 铏* | *铏
soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of
to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
pickaxe handle
to handle / to undertake / to run (a business) / to administer
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft

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