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HSK
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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc)
HSK 4
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to go out
HSK 1
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  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 2
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  *演* | 演* | *演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
HSK 3
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
to understand / to realize / to find out
HSK 4
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
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  *于* | 于* | *于
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
HSK 6
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  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
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  *治* | 治* | *治
to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research
HSK 4
to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
HSK 3
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  *放* | 放* | *放
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married
HSK 2
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  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage)
HSK 3
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
pleasantly cool (weather etc) / to cool oneself; to cool off / (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing / (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
HSK 2
careful; attentive; cautious / to be careful; to look out / (dialect) thrifty; frugal
HSK 5
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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
to implement / to carry out
HSK 4
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  *够* | 够* | *够
enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out
HSK 2
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  *科* | 科* | *科
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to exercise / to keep fit / to work out / physical exercise
HSK 4
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
HSK 3
to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
HSK 4
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
HSK 2
to implement / to carry out / to put into practice
HSK 3
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
to find / to search out
HSK 2
to push out / to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend
HSK 6
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
to play / to have fun / to hang out
HSK 1
to get rid of / to exclude / to eliminate / to remove / to delete / to strip out / to extract
HSK 6
to work out / to formulate
HSK 4
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  *租* | 租* | *租
to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax
HSK 2
plan / project / program / to plan / to map out / CL: 個|个, 項|项
HSK 2
to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops
HSK 6
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) / to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
HSK 3
to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc) / to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc) / to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
HSK 5
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud
HSK 3
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  *喊* | 喊* | *喊
to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)
HSK 2
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  *挺* | 挺* | *挺
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
HSK 2
practical / workable / to implement / to carry out / to decide
HSK 5
to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player)
HSK 5
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
to leak out / to divulge / to reveal
HSK 6
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
HSK 7-9
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
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  *累* | 累* | *累
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard
HSK 1
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
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  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent
HSK 6
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to manufacture / to turn out (a product)
HSK 5
to implement / to carry out / to execute / to run
HSK 5
to make out / to see
HSK 5
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  *齐* | 齐* | *齐
neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out
HSK 3
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
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  *拼* | 拼* | *拼
to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words)
HSK 5
"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" ()
to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out
HSK 6
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  *摘* | 摘* | *摘
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need
HSK 5
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  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
HSK 4
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
(idiom) a false alarm; a scare that turns out to be nothing
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  *吐* | 吐* | *吐
to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)
HSK 5
to introduce new items; to roll out new offerings or content
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剪* | 剪* | *剪
(bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc)
HSK 5
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  *凸* | 凸* | *凸
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
HSK 7-9
to withdraw / to abort / to quit / to log out (computing)
HSK 3
to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out
HSK 6
to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *披* | 披* | *披
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
HSK 5
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  *垫* | 垫* | *垫
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
HSK 7-9
to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
HSK 6
to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself
HSK 4
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
to go out / to go away (on a trip etc)
HSK 6
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  *顿* | 顿* | *顿
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
HSK 3

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