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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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  *號* | 號* | *號
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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  *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
name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
HSK 2
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  *稱* | 稱* | *稱
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
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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  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
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
surname and given name; full name
HSK 2
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  *姓* | 姓* | *姓
family name; surname / to be surnamed ...
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
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
list of names
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
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
variant of 那麼|那么
HSK 2
representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
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
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  *總* | 總* | *總
(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
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 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
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
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  *簽* | 簽* | *簽
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:
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
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
brand name / trademark
HSK 6
place name / toponym
HSK 6
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
code name
HSK 7-9
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  *標* | 標* | *標
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
family name
HSK 7-9
not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name
HSK 7-9
to call out (a name etc) / to shout
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
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  *垻* | 垻* | *垻
(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
(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
Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
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  *涿* | 涿* | *涿
used in place names
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  *姬* | 姬* | *姬
surname Ji / family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代 (1046-256 BC)
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
Miura (Japanese surname and place name)
reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川 in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan / Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道, South Korea
the Qianlong era / Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王, personal name 弘曆|弘历, reigned 1735-1799
Charlotte (name)
Cuenca (place name and surname)
alternative name for Shanghai 上海 / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市
(name) Clark or Clarke
Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗 (809-840), reigned 827-840
Yong'an, a county-level city in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian / Yong'an, the name of numerous other places
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  *甪* | 甪* | *甪
surname Lu / place name
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗, (628-683), reigned 649-683
Anna (name)
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  *鎬* | 鎬* | *鎬
bright / place name / stove
(name) Jamie; Jim
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  *峒* | 峒* | *峒
name of a mountain
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  *成* | 成* | *成
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都
Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc
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  *汶* | 汶* | *汶
Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
Reagan (name) / Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame
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  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
used in 閩侯|闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian)
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
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  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
used in place names
translated names / transliteration
to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
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  *洛* | 洛* | *洛
surname Luo / old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
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  *申* | 申* | *申
old name for Shanghai 上海 / surname Shen
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  *秦* | 秦* | *秦
surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 / short name for 陝西|陕西
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  *魏* | 魏* | *魏
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
to name / to christen / to take a name
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  *謂* | 謂* | *謂
to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense
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  *齊* | 齊* | *齊
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
Carlos (name)
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  *鄭* | 鄭* | *鄭
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
Zechariah (name) / Zechariah (Old Testament prophet)
Victor (name)
Rand or Randt (name)
Blair (name)
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  *熙* | 熙* | *熙
(used in names) / (bound form) (literary) bright / prosperous / splendid / genial
Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
spring mattress (loanword from "Simmons" bedding company name)
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  *萊* | 萊* | *萊
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
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  *坊* | 坊* | *坊
lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway

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