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  *字* | 字* | *字
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *称* | 称* | *称
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
HSK 2
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  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
list of names
HSK 2
surname and given name; full name
HSK 2
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
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  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
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  *姓* | 姓* | *姓
family name; surname / to be surnamed ...
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
variant of 那麼|那么
HSK 2
evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
HSK 2
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  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
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  *总* | 总* | *总
(bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to register (one's name)
HSK 4
hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL: 頂|顶
HSK 4
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
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  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
brand name / trademark
HSK 6
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
place name / toponym
HSK 6
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
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
bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:
HSK 6
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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
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  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
HSK 7-9
code name
HSK 7-9
to call out (a name etc) / to shout
HSK 7-9
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
HSK 7-9
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
HSK 7-9
not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name
HSK 7-9
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  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
(used in place names) plain; flatland / (dialect) sandbar; shoal
HSK 7-9
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
family name
HSK 7-9
see 和田地區|和田地区 / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)
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  *鲁* | 鲁* | *鲁
surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国 / Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东
BYD Company (company name)
John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
to supply products to be marketed under the buyer's brand name / to manufacture OEM products
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  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
abbr. for country names that begin with : Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc
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  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]
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  *辽* | 辽* | *辽
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁 province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)
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  *翼* | 翼* | *翼
surname Yi / alternative name for 絳|绛, the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
Trip.com Group, largest travel agency in China, formerly named Ctrip (until 2019)
(computing) domain name
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛, a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan)
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  *沪* | 沪* | *沪
short name for Shanghai
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  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
used in place names
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  *郝* | 郝* | *郝
ancient place name / surname Hao
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  *葵* | 葵* | *葵
used in the names of various herbaceous plants
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  *鑫* | 鑫* | *鑫
(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
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  *郑* | 郑* | *郑
the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan
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  *鄀* | 鄀* | *鄀
place name
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  *莱* | 莱* | *莱
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
Dick (person name)
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  *沈* | 沈* | *沈
short name for 瀋陽|沈阳
Engel (name) / Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician
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  *乌* | 乌* | *乌
abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰, Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦 etc / surname Wu
Dihua or Tihwa (old name of Ürümqi 烏魯木齊|乌鲁木齐)
Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社
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  *皖* | 皖* | *皖
short name for Anhui Province 安徽省
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  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
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  *六* | 六* | *六
used in place names
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  *成* | 成* | *成
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都
Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make
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  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳
Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺 in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区 of Shenzhen, Guangdong
Barbara or Barbra (name)
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  *姬* | 姬* | *姬
surname Ji / family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代 (1046-256 BC)
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西
Heath (name)
(common place name)
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  *柏* | 柏* | *柏
(used for transcribing names)
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  *妮* | 妮* | *妮
girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2]
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
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  *堡* | 堡* | *堡
(bound form) fortress; stronghold / (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) / (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡)
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  *堡* | 堡* | *堡
village (used in place names)
Jobs (name) / see also 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯, Steve Jobs
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  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
used in 閩侯|闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian)
Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成 emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
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  *蔚* | 蔚* | *蔚
surname Yu / place name
given name of Qing Emperor Xianfeng 咸豐|咸丰

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