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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *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 keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
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  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)
HSK 3
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  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") / (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds / (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
HSK 1
to grab hold of; to capture
HSK 3
to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
HSK 3
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  *抱* | 抱* | *抱
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
to occupy; to hold
HSK 6
to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
HSK 4
to conduct; to hold (an event)
HSK 3
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  *搞* | 搞* | *搞
to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of
HSK 5
to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc)
HSK 5
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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 hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
to come to a stop; to halt / to keep one's footing; to stay upright / (fig.) to hold one's ground; to gain a firm foothold / (of an assertion etc) to hold up; to be tenable
HSK 2
to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
HSK 7-9
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  *擁* | 擁* | *擁
to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property
HSK 7-9
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  *端* | 端* | *端
(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 6
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
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  *容* | 容* | *容
to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance
to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate
HSK 7-9
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  *兜* | 兜* | *兜
pocket / bag / to wrap up or hold in a bag / to move in a circle / to canvas or solicit / to take responsibility for / to disclose in detail / combat armor (old)
HSK 7-9
to hold up / to hinder / to stall
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly; surely / custodian; curator
HSK 7-9
to pardon / to forgive / to show tolerance / to contain / to hold / inclusive
HSK 7-9
to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
to hold a post; to take office
HSK 7-9
to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
HSK 7-9
to contain / to hold / content / (of a poem etc) full of implicit meaning
to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
HSK 7-9
to hold in storage / to retain / to harbor (feelings) / to entertain (sentiments) / (of abstract things) to exist / there is
to hold a teaching position
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions)
HSK 7-9
to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important)
to hold (passport, views etc)
HSK 6
(hand)bag / hold-all
to lift and support; to hold up (physically) / (fig.) to support sb (or sth) so that they can grow, develop or succeed
(idiom) the first impression is the strongest; to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *舉* | 舉* | *舉
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
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  *憋* | 憋* | *憋
to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath)
HSK 7-9
to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand
HSK 7-9
(sports) to call a time-out / to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
to hold concurrent posts / concurrent job / moonlighting
HSK 7-9
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  *捧* | 捧* | *捧
to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands
HSK 7-9
to hold fast to / to stick to
HSK 7-9
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
HSK 7-9
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  *持* | 持* | *持
to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
HSK 7-9
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
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  *盛* | 盛* | *盛
to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil
HSK 7-9
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  *仗* | 仗* | *仗
weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle
to take possession of / to get hold of
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back
to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
to hold in store / to contain (untapped reserves etc)
HSK 7-9
to hold power / in office
Texas hold 'em (poker variant)
content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away
to hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame
to despise / to hold in contempt
to hold hands
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
to club together (to offer a gift) / to hold a whip-round
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  *操* | 操* | *操
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
to hold a concurrent post / part-time; (in academia) adjunct
HSK 7-9
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  *倉* | 倉* | *倉
barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship)
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  *捏* | 捏* | *捏
to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
HSK 7-9
to be unable to hold back
to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
to hold shares
unstoppable / hard to hold back
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
to occupy / to hold / to possess
to come to power / to hold power / in office
to uphold / to hold fast to
to hold by the hand / fig. to nurture / to foster / to bring up / to support
to split one's sides laughing; to roar with laughter; (lit.) to hold one's belly with both hands
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  *叼* | 叼* | *叼
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
HSK 7-9
to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom) / to give someone a hold on oneself
to hold nothing back / without reservation
to hold one's tongue / Shut up!
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
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  *艙* | 艙* | *艙
cabin / the hold of a ship or airplane
HSK 7-9

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