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  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
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  *墙* | 墙* | *墙
wall (CL:,) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙)
HSK 2
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
HSK 3
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  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) / (slang) awesome
HSK 3
airport; airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL: , 處|处
HSK 1
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  *米* | 米* | *米
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
HSK 2
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  *鸡* | 鸡* | *鸡
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
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  *面* | 面* | *面
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
pleasantly cool (weather etc) / to cool oneself; to cool off / (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing / (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
HSK 2
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  *绿* | 绿* | *绿
green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
HSK 2
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  *冰* | 冰* | *冰
ice / CL: 塊|块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine
HSK 4
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
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  *密* | 密* | *密
dense; close; thick / intimate; close / (bound form) secret; confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
HSK 4
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  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
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  *挂* | 挂* | *挂
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
glass / CL: 張|张, 塊|块 / (slang) male homosexual
HSK 5
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条,張|张) / (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
HSK 3
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  *喷* | 喷* | *喷
to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
HSK 5
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  *88* | 88* | *88
(Internet slang) bye-bye (alternative for 拜拜)
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
(Internet slang) to stage humorous antics or creative stunts (esp. for online audiences)
(soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
(slang) China
(slang) (online gaming) to team up with friends in a coordinated private group ( indicates private, team-only chat)
(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually shallow, insincere and subtly competitive; fake besties; frenemies
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  *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
(slang) adult movie; pornographic film
leaf (CL:) / (slang) marijuana
HSK 4
(slang) idiot; fool
(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship; an older partner
to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
HSK 6
comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
(slang) disappointing; lackluster; lame; performing poorly
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
slang
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
not to distinguish; to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
(slang) to have group sex
(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
(loanword) tank (military vehicle) / (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
HSK 7-9
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  *瓜* | 瓜* | *瓜
melon; gourd; squash / (slang) a piece of gossip
HSK 4
duck / male prostitute (slang)
HSK 5
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
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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
(slang) police officer
karaoke (slang)
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  *PK* | PK* | *PK
(slang) to take on / to challenge / to go head to head / showdown / comparison
(slang) hairdresser
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  *cos* | cos* | *cos
(Internet slang) cosplay / to cosplay / to dress up as
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
(slang) chicken (playful term, from the sound a chicken makes) / (slang) prostitute; hooker (via 雞|鸡 "prostitute")
(slang) futuristic technology; cutting-edge technology
(slang) hard-earned wages (pun on 窩囊廢|窝囊废)
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  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing
HSK 2
(gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finished off immediately / (fig.) (slang) a critical survival threshold; a point beyond which a person or household lacks sufficient buffer such that a single shock leads to rapid collapse
(slang) rich, good-looking guy
(slang) to pet a cat
(slang) swearword / four-letter word
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  *汗* | 汗* | *汗
perspiration / sweat / CL: , 頭|头, / to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
HSK 5
(slang) girlfriend
(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽|你妈 / (transcription from Tibetan) the sun
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
(slang) (pun on the Taiwan pr. of 垃圾)
(slang) degenerate gambler; compulsive gambler
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  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
sprayer; spraying apparatus / (slang) firearm / Internet troll; hater
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  *T* | T* | *T
(slang) butch (lesbian stereotype)
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
(slang) threesome
(Internet slang) (loanword) #MeToo (movement against sexual harassment and assault)
(slang) to pander to men
(botany) lily / (ACG) (slang) yuri (genre depicting romantic or intimate relationships between women)
HSK 7-9
(dialect) cricket (insect) / (slang) to whisper gossip behind sb's back
(slang) advertisement; ad
(slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P]
(Internet slang) to photoshop a picture; photoshopped picture
(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
HSK 7-9
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate
(slang) fool / dunce / foolishly cute person
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it
gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙) / (slang) big dick / schlong
(Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
(slang) very close friend; bro
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
(slang) to grow up unattractive; to lose one's looks as one grows older
(slang) cat
(slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy
(slang) wow! / also pr. [wa1sei1]
dinosaur (CL:頭|头,隻|只) / (old) (slang) ugly person
HSK 7-9

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