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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
(exam) grade / mark / score / fraction
HSK 2
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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
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
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
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
HSK 6
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  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
circle; ring; loop / (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom / classifier for loops, orbits, laps / to surround; to encircle / to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
HSK 4
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
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  *记* | 记* | *记
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
sign; mark; symbol; logo / to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
HSK 4
sign; indication; mark; indicator
HSK 7-9
beauty mark
vestige / mark / trace
HSK 7-9
(Tw) seal of approval; certification mark (logo indicating compliance with specified standards)
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
to mark the price / marked price
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  *々* | 々* | *々
iteration mark indicating repetition of the preceding character in horizontal writing (rare in modern Chinese)
punctuation / a punctuation mark
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  *〻* | 〻* | *〻
iteration mark indicating repetition of the preceding character in vertical writing (rare in modern Chinese)
high marks / high score
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  *标* | 标* | *标
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
to grade / to give a mark
mark / symbol / notation / seal
HSK 7-9
exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
low marks / low score
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记
not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
to mark time (military) / to make no headway
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  *印* | 印* | *印
to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image
HSK 6
to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark
secret mark
slash; forward slash (punctuation mark) / (neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
to leave a blank to mark censored area
Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark!
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
to brand (cattle etc) / brand / (fig.) to leave a lasting mark / to stigmatize / mark / stamp / stigma
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm
to have a tone mark
full marks
to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark
HSK 7-9
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning
quotation mark (punct.)
to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature
manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette
sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
sigil; talismanic mark or symbol; (ritual) seal
mark; print; impression
trademark / shipping mark
Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate
Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
stretch marks (due to pregnancy)
mark on map or chart
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  *靶* | 靶* | *靶
target / mark
hundred mark system
to leave one's name / to leave one's mark
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  *唛* | 唛* | *唛
mark (loanword) / also pr. [ma4]
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
(Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
to make one's mark / to go up in the world / to make one's fortune
benchmark / pole serving as mark or symbol / pole with a trophy hung on it
full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc)
(lit.) one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / (fig.) to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to hit the mark every time
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
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  *钩* | 钩* | *钩
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
HSK 7-9
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
stain; mark; scar; (fig.) psychological scar; stain on one's reputation
to mark / to indicate
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
(of a baby) to reach one month of age / (fig.) to reach the one-month mark since the start, launch or implementation of sth / the full moon
to sign / to make one's mark
lips-mark / hickey
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person
to mark off / interval / segment (e.g. of market) / compartment / segmentation
to be at a standstill / to mark time
same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death
branded mark / brand
German mark
to add critical marks or notes to a text / (fig.) to criticize
to plot (on a chart) / to mark
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  *纹* | 纹* | *纹
line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc) / to tattoo
grade / exam mark

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