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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
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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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to refer to
HSK 2
to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
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  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
to raise; to increase
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *养* | 养* | *养
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
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  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
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  *欠* | 欠* | *欠
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
HSK 5
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
to raise a tough question
HSK 7-9
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
to raise / to hoist / to rise
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to foster / to bring up / to raise
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
HSK 4
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
(finance) to raise interest rates
(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
HSK 7-9
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
a support / to raise / to bolster / to jack up
to lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燃* | 燃* | *燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
to raise a flag / to hoist a flag
to nurture / to raise / to foster / to tend
to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扬* | 扬* | *扬
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
HSK 7-9
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
to raise money / donated money
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
HSK 7-9
(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
to establish schools / to raise the standard of education
(Tw) to educate the public; to raise awareness
to raise money / to accumulate funds
HSK 7-9
flag raising ceremony
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
to raise seedlings or saplings
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
to question / to ask / to raise a question
to raise one's head
to support a family / to raise a family
to foster / to bring up / to raise
to raise (money)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豢* | 豢* | *豢
to rear / to raise (animals)
to raise a loan / to borrow money
lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles
lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff
to raise a child
(finance) to raise interest rates
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
to stir oneself up / to raise one's spirits / to inspire
HSK 7-9
to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions
to raise silkworms
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to raise (animals)
to raise / to rear
HSK 7-9
to raise one's head / to perk up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筹* | 筹* | *筹
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
HSK 7-9
to bear and raise children
to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate
free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)
animal husbandry / stock raising / livestock raising
to raise resources
raised ground / bank
to raise money
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
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  *埇* | 埇* | *埇
raised path
to raise the price
inflation / salary raise
clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor / to raise a tremendous stink
to raise funds; to collect money
to look / to raise one's eyes
to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
to raise (a child) indulgently
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)

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