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  *也* | 也* | *也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
HSK 1
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  *用* | 用* | *用
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
HSK 1
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  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
HSK 1
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
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  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
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  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be
HSK 1
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
to trust / to have confidence in
HSK 3
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
HSK 2
please, have a seat
HSK 1
to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
HSK 4
to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
HSK 3
to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
HSK 3
to quarrel / to have a row / quarrel / CL: 頓|顿
HSK 3
to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
HSK 4
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
all / to have; to possess; to own
HSK 2
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  *会* | 会* | *会
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
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  *没* | 没* | *没
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
HSK 1
to have a pleasant journey / Bon voyage!
HSK 2
to have a holiday or vacation
HSK 1
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  *让* | 让* | *让
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc)
HSK 5
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
have to / cannot but
HSK 5
to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
HSK 4
to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily
HSK 2
pitiful / pathetic / to have pity on
HSK 5
to have / to possess
HSK 5
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
need not / does not have to / not necessarily
HSK 3
(romantic) love / CL: 個|个, 場|场 / in love / to have an affair
HSK 5
to play / to have fun / to hang out
HSK 1
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
to have; to possess
HSK 3
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 have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope
HSK 5
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
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  *握* | 握* | *握
to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful
HSK 5
to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence
HSK 4
have plenty of / there's no lack of
HSK 3
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
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  *须* | 须* | *须
must / to have to / to wait
HSK 7-9
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
HSK 4
to regard as having good prospects
HSK 6
to have an accident / to meet with a mishap
HSK 6
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
HSK 5
to negotiate (with) / to have dealings (with)
HSK 7-9
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  *未* | 未* | *未
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
to have priority; to take precedence
HSK 5
(idiom) with real guns and live ammunition; (fig.) for real (involving genuine action rather than rehearsal, simulation or theory); (coll.) to have actual sex; to go all the way
(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
HSK 2
to have; to possess
HSK 5
to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
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  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
HSK 7-9
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
HSK 6
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  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
HSK 4
failed; busted; to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
HSK 7-9
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  *Q* | Q* | *Q
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
HSK 7-9
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
(idiom) to have a girl on each arm
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together
HSK 7-9
to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight
HSK 7-9
(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair
to have a taste of; to sample
HSK 7-9
to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
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  *享* | 享* | *享
to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of
HSK 7-9
(slang) to have group sex
to have all of the elements mentioned (features, qualities, items etc)
to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately
HSK 5
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
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
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  *亏* | 亏* | *亏
to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
HSK 5
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  *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
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
to share (let others have some of sth good)
HSK 5

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