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HSK
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
to learn / to study
HSK 1
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  *学* | 学* | *学
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
HSK 1
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  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
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  *科* | 科* | *科
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
HSK 2
specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL: 門|门, 個|个 / professional
HSK 3
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
to study abroad
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
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  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
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  *期* | 期* | *期
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
HSK 3
research / a study / CL: 項|项 / to research / to look into
HSK 4
to inspect / to observe and study / on-the-spot investigation
HSK 4
medicine / medical science / study of medicine
HSK 4
research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
self-study / to study on one's own
HSK 6
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  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
eager to study / studious / erudite
HSK 6
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  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
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  *业* | 业* | *业
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
reference material (used in scholarly study)
HSK 7-9
ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment) / ecological state (the condition or health of a natural environment) / (fig.) ecosystem (a complex network, e.g. in tech, business or media, as in 數字生態|数字生态 "digital ecosystem")
HSK 7-9
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job; to resign
HSK 7-9
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
to observe and emulate / to study (esp. following sb's example)
HSK 7-9
academic subject / field of study
HSK 7-9
scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study
HSK 7-9
studies / schoolwork
HSK 7-9
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  *讨* | 讨* | *讨
to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study
HSK 7-9
to study meticulously / to delve into
HSK 7-9
to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
to work part-time while studying / work-study program
HSK 7-9
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  *抠* | 抠* | *抠
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve; to cut / to study meticulously / stingy; miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
HSK 7-9
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  *攻* | 攻* | *攻
to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top
HSK 7-9
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
business studies
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书)
Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子 in Confucian studies
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  *研* | 研* | *研
to grind / study / research
state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理)
to study / to learn from a master / (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
treatise; study
to pursue one's studies
formation (of troops) / alignment / (computing) queue / cohort (in a study)
to read / to study
course of study (commonly used in book titles)
(medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
teaching and learning / to study and impart
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study
mechanics / to study hard
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  *斋* | 斋* | *斋
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
law / legal studies
business studies / commerce as an academic subject
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc) / a preliminary study
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  *究* | 究* | *究
after all / to investigate / to study carefully / Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies
archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies
to transfer (from production to other duties) / to take leave (for study or other job) / to dispose of property / to transfer assets (to avoid liability)
style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
to study / to practice
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning
plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently
to investigate / to study
to learn from the ancients / to study the classic texts
to study attentively (a book) / to delve into
to accompany one's child or spouse who is studying overseas / to help a child with their study, reading or practicing together
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
to be both a farmer and a scholar / to work the land and also undertake academic studies
Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies
to suspend schooling / to defer study
to return to school (after an interruption) / to resume one's studies
to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔, , 紙|纸 and 硯|砚 / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
to study away from home or abroad (old)
research and study
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
to hate studying
(old) to study abroad / (sports) to train abroad
"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
to study sth in order to apply it
to study at school
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  *习* | 习* | *习
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
to study diligently / to train assiduously
Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.

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