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HSK
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哇* | 哇* | *哇
replaces when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
HSK 6
along with / in the wake of / following
HSK 5
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
(various things) such as / such as (the following)
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
the pages ahead / the following pages
the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
in the proper order / the following
one closely following the other
(PRC) China Zhi Gong Party, one of the eight legally recognized minor political parties following the direction of the CCP
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镊* | 镊* | *镊
(bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is or or etc)
tomorrow morning / the following morning
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
to count down the remaining seconds (e.g. in games, rocket launches, New Year's Eve) / (of a boxing referee) to administer the count following a knock-down, starting from "one"
the way one is following / outlet
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
the following year / the next year
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style
the following day; next day
final part / rear / back end / final segment / the following section / last paragraph
(Tw) the following day
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) / to fix the capital / to found a dynasty / used in advertising
the following year / next year
the following year; next year
to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子
following the model / according to precedent
to increase the population, amass wealth, and teach the people to be faithful to the cause (in preparation for war, following a defeat)
lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study
(math.) to be written using the following notation / (accounting) to be recorded as (income, an expense etc)


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