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HSK
power; force; strength
HSK 3
motive power / (fig.) motivation; impetus
HSK 3
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
power / influence / a force (military, political etc)
HSK 5
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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
manpower / labor power
HSK 5
power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
HSK 7-9
electric power source
HSK 4
number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
HSK 6
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
physical strength / physical power
HSK 5
bicycle or tricycle equipped with a small motor (electric or fuel); (in modern use) electric bicycle; low-powered e-scooter
power / authority
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
utility power; mains electricity
to have a power failure / power cut
HSK 7-9
cube (third power, math.)
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
clan authority / clan power
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
HSK 7-9
regime / political power
HSK 6
power station; power plant
perception / wits / power of understanding / comprehension
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
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  *勢* | 勢* | *勢
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes / all kinds of abuse of power
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
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  *威* | 威* | *威
power / might / prestige
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
to arrogate power
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
to usurp power
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
ruling party / the party in power
nuclear power plant
destructive power / harmfulness
to wield (power etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *權* | 權* | *權
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
HSK 6
ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter
occult force / the power of a God or spirit
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
world power
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
a nation's power
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
electrification; to convert to electrical power (esp. for railways, factories or other infrastructure)
lung capacity; lung power / boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
to hold power / in office
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
abuse of power
strength / power / efficacy
military leadership / military power
(coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
hydraulic power
lit. like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power (idiom)
power strip
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
atomic power station
lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
gas fired power station
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
imaginative power / creativeness
authority / authoritative / power and prestige
HSK 7-9
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
power bank; portable charger
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
explosive power (in athletics, music, dance etc); dynamic intensity
to come to power / to hold power / in office
computing power / hash rate (digital currency mining)
superpower; superhuman power
military strength / military power
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom) / fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
wind power
power / authority
nuclear power
power struggle
hydroelectric power plant
to dominate over all others / to wield all the power / to reign supreme
power / might
military strength / military power / military capability
the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination
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  *雄* | 雄* | *雄
male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence
a power (i.e. a dominant country)
imperial power
expressive power

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