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HSK
location / place
HSK 3
place / site / location / venue / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part / CL: 處|处
HSK 1
situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue
HSK 3
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *处* | 处* | *处
(bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point
HSK 4
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
HSK 7-9
(of a location) quiet and secluded / beautiful and secluded
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location
to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
HSK 7-9
place of production / manufacturing location
geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区 and cell used to specify a character in a CJK character set)
to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done)
HSK 7-9
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position
location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尽* | 尽* | *尽
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
HSK 7-9
facing the water (favored location)
destination (location)
HSK 7-9
to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
acupuncture point / location of a grave
HSK 7-9
factory site / location
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迁* | 迁* | *迁
to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote
HSK 7-9
to save (a file) after options (name, location, format etc) have been selected by the user
exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *址* | 址* | *址
(bound form) site; location
real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
with back to the mountain (favored location)
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
location; site
filming location; film set
to send sb to work abroad or in a different location
to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
to hold a pass / to guard (a strategic location)
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location
sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar); acoustic positioning
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住)
with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
geographical location
reserved / aloof / (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold
strategic location
(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like
original location
(literary) key location / key post (important job)
Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区
to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
Zhapu, a town and port on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang, historically significant as a trading point and military location
Ithaca, a Greek island / Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈爾大學|康奈尔大学
(logistics) storage location / place to store goods / (finance) position
to choose a location / to frame a shot (for filming, photography etc)
(of a location) beautiful and tranquil
Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)
Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA, location of the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference
lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) / fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change
territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a transit point for indirect travel or trade etc)
to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths)
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
to choose an appropriate location
favorable location / in the right place / productivity of land
(of a location) strategic; advantageous
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
to sign out (of a physical location or attendance register) / (computing) to check out (i.e. retrieve files from version control)
strategically situated and easy to defend / strategic location
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈爾大學|康奈尔大学
ideal place / suitable location / merit / advantage
Ramat Gan, city in Israel, location of Bar-Ilan University
Guantian, the name of townships in various locations / Guantian, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
to assemble (goods, passengers etc from various locations) and dispatch (them)
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
former site; old location
Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant
scenic area near Xiangyang 襄陽|襄阳 in Hubei, known as the secluded mountainous location where Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 lived as a young man
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喥* | 喥* | *喥
used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里
to cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc) / distance (between locations)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厝* | 厝* | *厝
to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
to select a suitable site / site / location


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