| | from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor | HSK 1 |
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| | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里 | HSK 1 |
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| | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment | HSK 1 |
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| | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore | HSK 1 |
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| | always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) | HSK 3 |
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| | to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly | HSK 3 |
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| | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not | HSK 1 |
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| | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about | HSK 4 |
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| | to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | HSK 4 |
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| | overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia | HSK 2 |
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| | to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation | HSK 3 |
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| | to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand | HSK 3 |
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| | (math.) negative infinity | |
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| | to finish / (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or 不) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了) | HSK 3 |
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| | negative / passive / inactive | HSK 5 |
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| | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟) | |
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| | (folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity | |
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| | to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言 "to state frankly") | |
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| | hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity / absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply | |
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| | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success | |
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| | (coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative) / angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑) | |
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| | male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric | |
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| | (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns | |
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| | darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity | |
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| | positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside | |
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| | to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously | |
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| | to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure | |
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| | to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative; to have a rebound positive test result | |
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| | proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) | |
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| | to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper | |
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| | derogatory sense / negative connotation | |
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| | negative / the negative side | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (finance) sth that engenders bearish sentiment; unfavorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) unfavorable; negative | |
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| | 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 |
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| | the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) | |
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| | at worst; if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming | |
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| | negative growth / economic recession | |
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| | negative number | |
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| | negative sentence | |
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| | lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y) | |
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| | to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | negative feedback | |
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| | to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over | |
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| | to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) | |
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| | negative value (math.) | |
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| | passive / passivity / negative / negativity | |
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| | to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc) / to dispel (negative thoughts etc) | |
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| | (coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth) | |
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| | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不 or 別|别 without any other following element | |
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| | (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) | |
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| | to be in the way; to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing | |
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| | to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) | HSK 6 |
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| | positive and negative | |
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| | to test negative | |
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| | sparse; scattered / rare; uncommon / diluted; thin; watery / (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀 "sweet mung bean soup") / (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 "utterly ruined") | HSK 7-9 |
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| | negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-) | |
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| | to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) | |
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| | (usually used in the negative) to be of help or use | |
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| | to spur sb into action by making negative remarks | |
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| | to earn a living (esp. with negative) | |
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| | negative pole / cathode | |
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| | (used with negative) to conclude / (impossible) to end / (can't) finish | |
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| | negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) | |
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| | negative correlation | |
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| | negative character / bad guy (in a story) | |
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| | to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative) | |
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| | only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just | |
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| | negative / photographic plate | |
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| | to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc) | |
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| | negative (in photography) | |
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| | to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it | |
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| | to imagine; to comprehend (usu. used in the negative, as in 不可思議|不可思议 "inconceivable") | |
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| | negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do | |
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| | negative (response, emotion etc) | |
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| | false negative | |
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| | to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) | |
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| | it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) | |
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| | false negative | |
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| | (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block | |
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| | intimate / taking liberties / familiar (with a negative connotation) | |
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| | to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff | |
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| | (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer | |
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| | negative ion / acid radical | |
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| | (coll.) Rh-negative blood type | |
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| | cathode / negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons) | |
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| | to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle | |
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| | (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with | |
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| | negative energy / negativity | |
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| | negative ion / anion (physics) | |
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| | (PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do | |
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| | (usually used in the negative) major issue / serious problem / big deal | |
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| | sth of good quality / good person (usu. in the negative) / (Tw) delicious food | |
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| | to know shame / to feel shame (often with a negative, shameless) | |
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| | to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc | |
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| | a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero) | |
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