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  *那* | 那* | *那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)
HSK 1
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  *也* | 也* | *也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
HSK 2
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  *个* | 个* | *个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual
HSK 1
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  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
if; in case; in the event that
HSK 2
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
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  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
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  *其* | 其* | *其
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
HSK 5
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
then; at that time
HSK 2
at that time / originally
HSK 3
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  *嘛* | 嘛* | *嘛
modal particle indicating that sth is obvious / particle indicating a pause for emphasis
HSK 6
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory
HSK 3
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  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") / (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds / (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
HSK 1
only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ...
HSK 5
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
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  *床* | 床* | *床
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc
HSK 1
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
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  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
that's fine / may as well / (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
HSK 5
(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc) / (literary) moreover; in addition
HSK 5
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
HSK 6
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
apparently / it seems that
HSK 4
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
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  *想* | 想* | *想
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
HSK 1
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
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  *便* | 便* | *便
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to : then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
HSK 6
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
HSK 4
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  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
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  *该* | 该* | *该
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
HSK 2
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in other words; that is
HSK 6
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
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  *只* | 只* | *只
grain that has begun to ripen
HSK 3
at that time
HSK 2
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe
HSK 3
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
HSK 4
to estimate; to assess; to calculate / (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
HSK 5
it would appear / it seems (that)
HSK 3
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
time (esp. as sth that passes)
HSK 5
it is said that; reportedly
HSK 3
(idiom) a false alarm; a scare that turns out to be nothing
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
so much (that) / even (to the extent that)
HSK 7-9
with the result that
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
that kind / that sort
HSK 2
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  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further)
HSK 7-9
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
HSK 6
regret / to regret / to be sorry that
HSK 6
importation and exportation; import-export / access point; opening that serves as an entrance or exit
HSK 7-9
don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)
HSK 7-9
to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
HSK 3
to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
HSK 5
admittedly (it's true that...)
HSK 7-9
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像)
then / at that time / in those days
HSK 2
can it be possible that / could it be
HSK 7-9
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
(coll.) transgressive humor that treats tragedy, suffering, or other morally sensitive topics as jokes (implying that laughing would send one to hell)
only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless
HSK 5
"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed)
HSK 7-9
even; so much so that
HSK 4
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
afterward; later; subsequently; following that
HSK 5
still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
HSK 7-9
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  *愿* | 愿* | *愿
(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge
HSK 5
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  *荀* | 荀* | *荀
(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
wastewater that contains feces

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