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  *他* | 他* | *他
(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
HSK 1
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
to part; to leave each other / to distinguish; to tell apart / difference; distinction / in different ways; differently / separately; individually
HSK 3
else / other
HSK 1
other people; others; other person
HSK 1
each other / mutual
HSK 3
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
each other / mutually / mutual
HSK 3
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挤* | 挤* | *挤
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
HSK 5
each other; one another
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *另* | 另* | *另
other / another / separate / separately
HSK 6
in other words; that is
HSK 6
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *键* | 键* | *键
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
or / either one or the other
HSK 5
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
(euphemism) (of an emperor or other highly respected person) to pass away
to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
HSK 3
complementary / to complement each other
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
to share (let others have some of sth good)
HSK 5
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳 and other islands of modern Japan
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
considerate (of other people's needs)
HSK 7-9
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
to coexist / to get along (with others)
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
(adjective) other
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定) / (fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public / public persona
to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight
HSK 7-9
to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea)
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
for sb / for others' interest
to set each other off nicely
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
HSK 7-9
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
(idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same cloth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
another person; sb else; other people
HSK 7-9
chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗 / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
HSK 7-9
neither giving way to the other
lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction
to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注)
on the other hand... / conversely...
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *物* | 物* | *物
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
the other end of the world / a faraway place
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
others / (sociology, philosophy) the Other
(coll.) to factory-reset a phone (or other device)
seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:
HSK 7-9
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to publish; to carry (a piece of writing, news, image etc) in a periodical or other publication / Taiwan pr. [kan1zai4]
to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
to lump together; to treat along with all the others
to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher
(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
to sit facing each other
vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment
to start off before the others; to precede / to proceed in advance

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