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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
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  *级* | 级* | *级
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
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  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
middle level (in a hierarchy)
HSK 2
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
degree; level; extent
HSK 3
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  *齐* | 齐* | *齐
neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out
HSK 3
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
HSK 5
level / even / smooth / flat
HSK 5
layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing
HSK 5
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
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  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
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  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
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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
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
humidity level
HSK 7-9
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
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  *凡* | 凡* | *凡
ordinary / commonplace / mundane / temporal / of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) / every / all / whatever / altogether / gist / outline / note of Chinese musical scale
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
grade / class / quality / level
HSK 7-9
(military) rank / level / grade
HSK 7-9
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  *铲* | 铲* | *铲
to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
HSK 7-9
upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream
HSK 7-9
price level
HSK 7-9
height above sea level / elevation
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
Benxi, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
Jinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市, Fujian
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
Yangzhong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Xuanwei, a county-level city in Qujing City 曲靖市, Yunnan
Yongzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
Taonan, a county-level city in Baicheng City 白城市, Jilin
Ordos, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
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  *郑* | 郑* | *郑
Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan / surname Zheng
Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市, Hunan
Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Yuyao, a county-level city in Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Changji, county-level city in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
Zaoyang, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市, Hubei
parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing; on the same level / simultaneous; concurrent
Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Genhe, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
Linfen, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
Chuzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
Changde, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
county level
(at an) international level
simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even
Zhenjiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Ergun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
water meter / indicator of water level
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  *耖* | 耖* | *耖
harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil / to level ground with such an implement
Jinzhong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
Changzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
to fall back (of water level or share prices)
Wuhai, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall
Dongying, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
to devolve authority to lower levels
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
Shangluo, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
expansive / level and broad / broad-minded
water level
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
Huating, a county-level city in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市, Gansu
echelon (military formation) / (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
(job) position / level / grade / rank

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