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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
side; adjacent place
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
right side / right, to the right
HSK 1
this side / here
HSK 1
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
north / north side / northern part / to the north of
HSK 1
west / west side / western part / to the west of
HSK 1
east / east side / eastern part / to the east of
HSK 1
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *边* | 边* | *边
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL: 個|个 / simultaneously
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
unilateral / one-sided
HSK 4
either side; both sides
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朵* | 朵* | *朵
flower / earlobe / fig. item on both sides / classifier for flowers, clouds etc
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侧* | 侧* | *侧
the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side
HSK 6
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
along the sides of the road / by the wayside
HSK 7-9
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歪* | 歪* | *歪
askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side
HSK 7-9
to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
HSK 7-9
group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute
HSK 7-9
towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor
HSK 7-9
reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad
HSK 7-9
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
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
lateral side / side / aspect / profile
HSK 7-9
profitable to both sides / a win-win situation
HSK 7-9
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
aside / to the side of
HSK 7-9
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
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挎* | 挎* | *挎
to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
HSK 7-9
one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face
HSK 7-9
to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
HSK 7-9
side effect
HSK 7-9
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
left side
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忄* | 忄* | *忄
Kangxi radical 61 () as a vertical side element
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侧* | 侧* | *侧
lean on one side
double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *崮* | 崮* | *崮
steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names)
left hand; left-hand side
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庑* | 庑* | *庑
small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
four sides
outer side
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畔* | 畔* | *畔
(bound form) side; edge; boundary
both sides
in many ways / from all sides
side door / wicket door
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胁* | 胁* | *胁
flank (the side of one's torso) / to coerce / to threaten
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厢* | 厢* | *厢
box (in theater) / side room / side
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甬* | 甬* | *甬
path screened by walls on both sides
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
half of sth / one side of sth
opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *廉* | 廉* | *廉
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
right side
side by side / abreast
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
all sides
to be on the high side / to be unusually high
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)
left side
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
alongside / shoulder to shoulder / side by side / abreast
both sides
both sides; either side
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟

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