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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
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  *右* | 右* | *右
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
HSK 1
right side / right, to the right
HSK 1
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  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
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  *帅* | 帅* | *帅
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *头* | 头* | *头
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
either side; both sides
HSK 4
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  *面* | 面* | *面
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
north / north side / northern part / to the north of
HSK 1
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *边* | 边* | *边
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously
HSK 2
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
this side / here
HSK 1
west / west side / western part / to the west of
HSK 1
lateral side / side / aspect / profile
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces
(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
(idiom) the advantage gained by a third party when two sides are in conflict
one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face
HSK 7-9
unilateral / one-sided
HSK 4
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: 副, 幅
HSK 7-9
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
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  *片* | 片* | *片
thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
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  *夹* | 夹* | *夹
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
HSK 5
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
HSK 7-9
(folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
(folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
profitable to both sides / a win-win situation
HSK 7-9
(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㐷* | 㐷* | *㐷
(Chinese chess) horse; knight (on the red side)
(idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle)
personal morality; private moral conduct
aside / to the side of
HSK 7-9
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王 in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful
HSK 7-9
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
HSK 7-9
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  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc)
HSK 5
(fig.) two sides of the same coin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侧* | 侧* | *侧
the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side
HSK 6
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  *堂* | 堂* | *堂
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL: 間|间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
HSK 7-9
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
(idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady / (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
our side; we
dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
sideline; side occupation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肷* | 肷* | *肷
(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone
enemy general; the opposing side's commander
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裉* | 裉* | *裉
side seam in an upper garment
towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor
HSK 7-9
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side / to support unconditionally
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc)
both sides; either side
the dark side (of society etc)
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
watchtower on either side of a city gate / (literary) city / imperial palace
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
one side of the story / one-sided statement
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
double-sided tape
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
to keep to the side / to pull over / move aside!
to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
HSK 7-9
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
side street / crossroad
right hand / right-hand side
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
side effect
HSK 7-9
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute
HSK 7-9
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
side by side / abreast
to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)
both sides
to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
HSK 7-9

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