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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive
HSK 3
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
(math.) positive infinity
to be on a positive trend; to be improving
still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity)
HSK 7-9
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
HSK 7-9
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news
HSK 7-9
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative; to have a rebound positive test result
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
positive / masculine
HSK 7-9
positive correlation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
favorable criticism / positive evaluation
HSK 7-9
false positive
can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)
to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
(of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose / (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
positive ion / cation (physics)
positive and negative
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude
HSK 7-9
virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
to test positive
positive number
positive ion / cation (physics)
forward direction / (math.) positive direction
anode / positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons)
positive feedback
(finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment; favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable; positive
anode; positive electrode; positive pole
Gram-positive (bacteria)
false positive
positive point / merit / redeeming quality
(of a stock or index) to turn positive / to regain popularity
(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
commendatory sense / positive connotation
positive charge (electricity)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)
a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative
Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨 and 陽|阳 are homonyms)
positive electric charge
positive electric charge
positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome
positive integer
positive angle
positive electrode; positive pole; anode
homosexual (positive term)


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