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| | zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither | HSK 1 |
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| | mountain; hill (CL: 座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | HSK 1 |
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| | large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate | HSK 2 |
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| | idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | HSK 2 |
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| | light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage | HSK 2 |
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| | eye (CL: 隻|只, 雙|双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc | HSK 2 |
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| | small number / few / minority | HSK 2 |
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| | area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat | HSK 3 |
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| | to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | small scale / small size | HSK 4 |
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| | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | HSK 4 |
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| | short and small / low and small / undersized | HSK 4 |
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| | small box / case | HSK 5 |
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| | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | HSK 5 |
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| | spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) | HSK 5 |
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| | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag | HSK 5 |
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| | to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) | HSK 6 |
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| | baby / small child / doll | HSK 6 |
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| | inn / small hotel | HSK 6 |
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| | classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy | HSK 7-9 |
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| | male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl | HSK 7-9 |
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| | stool / small seat | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities | HSK 7-9 |
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| | slight / light / trivial / to a small extent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | change (of money) / small change / pocket money | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a small cup / classifier for lamps | HSK 7-9 |
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| | firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL: 枚 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort | HSK 7-9 |
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| | extremely few / a small minority | HSK 7-9 |
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| | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play a small role | HSK 7-9 |
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| | virtually the same / differing only on small points | HSK 7-9 |
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| | everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment | HSK 7-9 |
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| | mound / small hill | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to receive in no small measure | HSK 7-9 |
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| | star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount | |
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| | surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province | |
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| | fair / market (in a public place) / small town | |
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| | small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person | |
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| | small dried shrimp | |
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| | remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) | |
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| | small room opening off another; inner room / suite; apartment; flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom | |
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| | small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么) | |
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| | jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡 | |
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| | the smaller part or share of sth | |
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| | large and small; of all sizes | |
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| | suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan) | |
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| | very small / very few / very minor | |
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| | a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings | |
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| | small store | |
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| | small | |
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| | the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty | |
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| | small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea) | |
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| | small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty | |
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| | (pet name for a baby or small child) | |
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| | inn; small hotel; hostel | |
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| | trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one; a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) | |
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| | small hill | |
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| | bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock | |
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| | leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats | |
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| | (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] | |
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| | fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine) | |
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| | (bound form) small | |
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| | clang of metals / small gong | |
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| | small and medium enterprise | |
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| | minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal | |
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| | small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult | |
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| | small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra | |
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| | individual (shareholder) / the small investor | |
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| | small net | |
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| | small arched door / boudoir; lady's chamber / (fig.) women | |
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| | small truck; light truck | |
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| | insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word) | |
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| | small table | |
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| | to disintegrate / to shatter into small pieces | |
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| | small town | |
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| | small crack / chink | |
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| | (bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier / (literary) small castle; fort | |
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| | servo (small electric motor) / computer server | |
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| | appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟 | |
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| | waist / small of the back | |
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| | aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena | |
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| | small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance | |
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| | to cook in a small quantity of water | |
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| | business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days | |
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| | seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script | |
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| | vessel / small ship | |
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| | tinkling of small bells | |
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| | Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) | |
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| | to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage | |
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| | kite (small hawk) | |
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| | town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff | |
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| | goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse | |
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| | a small amount of money | |
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| | small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction | |
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