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  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
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  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
to disturb / to interfere / perturbation / interference (physics)
HSK 5
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  *极* | 极* | *极
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
HSK 4
in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence
HSK 4
(physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity
HSK 4
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  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics)
HSK 6
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  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
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  *相* | 相* | *相
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
cycle (physics)
material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics)
HSK 7-9
stress (physics)
to arouse / to stimulate / (physics) to excite
HSK 7-9
Nobel Prize in Physics
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
angle of diffraction (physics)
potential well (physics)
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
(literary) to evolve; to change / (physics) transmutation
resonance (physics)
(physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual
HSK 7-9
(mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means / (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc)
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
photon (particle physics)
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
particle physics
(physics) to resonate; resonance / sympathetic response
HSK 7-9
condensed matter (physics)
pulse (physics)
physics
(physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s)
(physics) action force
inverse square law (physics)
mathematics, physics and chemistry (abbr. for 數學|数学 + 物理 + 化學|化学)
(physics) light cone
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
HSK 7-9
(physics) reaction / (fig.) backlash; unintended consequence
too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
electromagnetic force (physics)
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑 or deep 低沉 etc) / (physics) sound ray
(physics) to diffract
streamline (physics)
coupling (physics) / copula (statistics) / to be coupled (with sth)
many-particle (physics)
cloud chamber (physics)
high energy (physics)
(physics) plane mirror
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
solid state physics
(physics) half-life
elementary particle (particle physics)
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
electronic / electron (particle physics)
pressure (physics)
applied physics
quantum theory (physics)
Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
mathematical physics
to bury / to submerge / to pass into oblivion / to obliterate / to annihilate (physics)
(physics) superconductor
quantization (physics)
plasma (physics)
hadron (particle physics)
conservation law (physics)
solid state (physics)
positive ion / cation (physics)
classical field theory (physics)
strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
(math., physics, chemistry) to be conjugate
(physics) reaction force
Standard Model (of particle physics)
(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)
(physics) to scatter
(physics) Planck's constant h, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule.seconds
(physics) (attributive) transient
quantum entanglement (physics)
symmetry breaking (physics)
neutrino (particle physics) / also written 微中子
particle physics
conservation of energy (physics)
(physics) fermion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勒* | 勒* | *勒
(literary) bridle; halter; headstall / to rein in / to compel; to force / (literary) to carve; to engrave / (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯)
illuminance (physics)
structural theory (physics)
lepton (particle physics)
(physics) quantum well
Riemannian space (physics)
meson / mesotron (physics)
a constant (physics, math.)
superstring (physics)
(physics) scintillator
positive ion / cation (physics)
meniscus (physics)
(physics) impulse

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