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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
HSK 3
to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
HSK 2
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  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
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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
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  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *平* | 平* | *平
flat; level; smooth / to make even; to level / equal; on the same level / (bound form) fair; impartial / to tie; to draw / (bound form) average; ordinary / (bound form) calm; peaceful / (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down / (abbr. for 平聲|平声) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米)
HSK 2
important point; main point; focus / key (project etc) / to focus on; to put the emphasis on
HSK 2
to put on (clothes etc)
HSK 4
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
to postpone / to put off / to defer
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
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  *穿* | 穿* | *穿
to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
HSK 1
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
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
to concentrate / to centralize / to focus / centralized / concentrated / to put together
HSK 3
to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)
HSK 6
to test / to put to the test / trial / ordeal
HSK 3
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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
to use / to put to use
HSK 4
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  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
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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 throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed
HSK 4
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  *斗* | 斗* | *斗
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
HSK 7-9
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
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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
to sell / to offer for sale / to put on the market
HSK 4
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  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
to put on display / to exhibit / exhibition / show / CL: 個|个,
HSK 5
to put on display / to be on show / to exhibit
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
trouble; inconvenience / inconvenient; troublesome; annoying / to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
HSK 3
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  *戴* | 戴* | *戴
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support
HSK 4
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  *丢* | 丢* | *丢
to lose / to put aside / to throw
HSK 5
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場|场,
HSK 3
to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
to put up with / to tolerate
HSK 7-9
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark / a collection
HSK 6
to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
HSK 7-9
to weave; to plait / to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
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  *注* | 注* | *注
to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text / an annotation; an explanatory note / (bound form) to put on record; to register
HSK 7-9
to fund / to put money into sth / to invest
HSK 7-9
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  *肝* | 肝* | *肝
liver (CL:葉|叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
HSK 6
to put out / to issue
to connect / to put through
HSK 7-9
to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
HSK 7-9
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  *赖* | 赖* | *赖
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
HSK 6
downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot
HSK 6
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to put on makeup
HSK 7-9
to put up with (sth disagreeable)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扮* | 扮* | *扮
to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)
HSK 7-9
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  *灭* | 灭* | *灭
to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown
HSK 6
to utilize / to put sth to use
HSK 7-9
to put in place / to put into practice / to take effect
HSK 7-9
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  *劳* | 劳* | *劳
(bound form) to toil; labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
HSK 7-9
upper part of the body / to put on (clothes on the upper body) / (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
to put an end to
HSK 7-9
to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music
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  *搁* | 搁* | *搁
to place / to put aside / to shelve
HSK 7-9
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
HSK 7-9
to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
to put money above everything else
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *献* | 献* | *献
to offer / to present / to dedicate / to donate / to show / to put on display / worthy person (old)
HSK 5
(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
HSK 7-9
to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
HSK 7-9
to assemble; to put together
HSK 7-9
to put into practice / to carry out (idiom)
to be put in charge of / to be responsible for / branched passage
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
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  *设* | 设* | *设
to set up; to put in place / (math.) given; suppose; if
HSK 7-9
to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record
to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit
HSK 7-9
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
to put together / to join
to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use
lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all
(Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up
to put together / linking / successive / a cluster
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
to put together / to make up (a set) / to round up (a number to a convenient multiple) / resulting in...

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