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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *间* | 间* | *间
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
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  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *双* | 双* | *双
two / double / pair / both / even (number)
HSK 3
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  *只* | 只* | *只
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
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  *付* | 付* | *付
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things
HSK 3
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  *匹* | 匹* | *匹
(bound form) matching; comparable to / (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair / classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]) / classifier for cloth: bolt / horsepower
HSK 5
to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group
HSK 6
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  *副* | 副* | *副
secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
HSK 6
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  *搭* | 搭* | *搭
to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of
HSK 6
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偶* | 偶* | *偶
accidental / image / pair / mate
to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair
(slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P]
two-person / double / pair / tandem
flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels
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  *耦* | 耦* | *耦
a pair / a mate / a couple / to couple / plowshare
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  *裆* | 裆* | *裆
crotch / seat of a pair of trousers
concentration (a pair-matching game)
pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
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  *骈* | 骈* | *骈
(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style)
to match; to fit; to pair well
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  *媲* | 媲* | *媲
to match / to pair
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case
to form pairs / to be in couples
lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罱* | 罱* | *罱
a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool
(idiom) blessings never come in pairs
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  *珓* | 珓* | *珓
pair of hemispherical objects used in divination
parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
(botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
(martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒 / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple
allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)
bayonet practice in pairs
pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one
pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth)
pattern matching (puzzle game) / matching (type of test question in which presented items are to be paired up)
a pair; a couple
string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination / perfect pair
poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
paired phrases (poetic device)
lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
to have a pair of prescription glasses made
lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
uracil nucleotide (U, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in RNA)
couple; pair
(historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle)
to form a pair
cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鳥嘌呤|鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)
kilobase pair (molecular biology)
duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
pair of mussel-shaped objects thrown on the ground for divination purposes
forcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
forcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
(of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up; to pair up; to form a cooperative association
thymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in DNA)
adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium
worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear
a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋, shoes that can be worn on either foot)
matched pair
pair skating
one's pair of eyes
twisted pair (cabling)
guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
complementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA
base pair (molecular biology)
base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA) / base pair


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