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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
else / other
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
to meet; to see each other / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *別* | 別* | *別
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
other people; others; other person
HSK 1
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
each other / mutually / mutual
HSK 3
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
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
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
to part; to leave each other / to distinguish; to tell apart / difference; distinction / in different ways; differently / separately; individually
HSK 3
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
each other / mutual
HSK 3
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit
HSK 4
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鍵* | 鍵* | *鍵
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
each other; one another
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擠* | 擠* | *擠
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
HSK 5
or / either one or the other
HSK 5
to share (let others have some of sth good)
HSK 5
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
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  *另* | 另* | *另
other / another / separate / separately
HSK 6
or / either one or the other
HSK 6
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
in other words; that is
HSK 6
in other words
HSK 7-9
to help each other
HSK 7-9
to mix with others / to socialize / to deal with / to contend
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *欄* | 欄* | *欄
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
to show / to take out and show to others / to display
HSK 7-9
tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight
HSK 7-9
considerate (of other people's needs)
HSK 7-9
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
to accompany sb / to accompany each other
HSK 7-9
authority / power over others
HSK 7-9
to get to know each other / acquaintance
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
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
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗 / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)
HSK 7-9
mirroring others / identical
HSK 7-9
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *株* | 株* | *株
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
HSK 7-9
another person; sb else; other people
HSK 7-9
complementary / to complement each other
HSK 7-9
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
escudo (Spanish and Portuguese: shield), former currency of Portugal and other countries
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *物* | 物* | *物
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
to twitch / to throb / a spasm / to divert (money) to other uses
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳽* | 鳽* | *鳽
(used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron) / also pr. [jian1]
clothing / clothing and other personal items
couple who were made for each other
popular show (on TV or other media)
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
to harm others / to mock people / to taunt / humiliating
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
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣, 湘繡|湘绣 and 蜀繡|蜀绣)
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
(Tw) (slang) privileged people oblivious to the hardships of others; Taipei residents or urban dwellers who consider themselves superior to others (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天竜人 "Tenryūjin", an arrogant, privileged group in the manga "One Piece")
(of singers etc) one answering the other
people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
to coexist / to get along (with others)
peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
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
to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哦* | 哦* | *哦
sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy / may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of
others / (sociology, philosophy) the Other
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
in other words
to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
to fail to meet each other / to conflict with each other / to be at odds with
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
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