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  *字* | 字* | *字
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
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  *风* | 风* | *风
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL: 陣|阵, 絲|丝
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book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
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  *店* | 店* | *店
inn; old-style hotel (CL:) / (bound form) shop; store
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(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
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  *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
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Western-style food / CL: , 頓|顿
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character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
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  *型* | 型* | *型
mold / type / style / model
HSK 4
to model; to shape / appearance; style; design; form; pose
HSK 4
style
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  *式* | 式* | *式
type / form / pattern / style
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to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
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suit / Western-style clothes / CL:
HSK 5
look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL: 個|个 / also pr. [mo2 yang4]
HSK 5
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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
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new style / latest fashion / new model
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Chinese-style dress / cheongsam
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pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
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calligraphic style / typeface / font
HSK 7-9
new style; latest type
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to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
HSK 7-9
distinctive flavor / distinctive style
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style / style of work / way
HSK 7-9
style / manner / ethos
HSK 7-9
pattern / style / design / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
Chinese style
type / style
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
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  *体* | 体* | *体
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself
Taiwanese-style
genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
to dance energetically / vigorous modern style of dance
punk (music style) (loanword)
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
traditional Chinese style
Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣, 粵繡|粤绣 and 蜀繡|蜀绣)
in the European style / Euclidean
traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty
painting style
dressed in Western-style clothes / impeccably attired
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc)
French-style
fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰 figure skating)
writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣, 湘繡|湘绣 and 粵繡|粤绣)
pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
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  *篆* | 篆* | *篆
seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script
tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style
old verse / poetry in the old style
singing style / singing method
(of characters) form; style (cursive, printed etc) / (of a literary work) form; style; genre
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
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  *昆* | 昆* | *昆
descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry
Western-style pastry
American-style
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi / width of a room / (architecture) bay
bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
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  *楷* | 楷* | *楷
model / pattern / regular script (calligraphic style)
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
Japanese style
style / type / model
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  *隶* | 隶* | *隶
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
graceful and subdued (style)
writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset / opposite of 冒題|冒题
Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 and often worn by Mao Zedong
style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions
style
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character
Chinese-style gown
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
British-style; English-style
style of conversation
(of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
calligraphic style / font
genre / style / form of writing
having a unique or distinctive style
Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music / Shaanxi opera
tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary
obese / bloated / swollen (style) / (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed
Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957
Western-style house
rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) / onigiri (Japanese-style rice ball)

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