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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
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  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more)
HSK 3
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
HSK 3
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
this way; like this; so / (before a noun) this kind of; such
HSK 2
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
this side / here
HSK 1
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
this year
HSK 1
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
like this; so; such
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *此* | 此* | *此
this; these
HSK 4
this place / here (literary)
HSK 6
this time
HSK 6
this moment / now / at present
HSK 5
hereby / from this
HSK 5
local / this locality
HSK 6
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *这* | 这* | *这
(coll.) this
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斯* | 斯* | *斯
(phonetic) / this
this matter
HSK 6
for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end
HSK 6
the current period / this term (usually in finance)
HSK 6
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
since; as; this being the case
HSK 4
tonight / this evening
this past year / over the last years
(botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
now / this moment
HSK 5
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
this morning
how can this be endured! (idiom)
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  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
this newspaper
to stop at this point / to end here / to call it a day
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
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  *兹* | 兹* | *兹
(literary) this / (literary) now / (literary) year
HSK 7-9
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
the world / this world / the world of the living
this month / the current month
apart from this / in addition to this
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
at this point / thus / from then on
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
(idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
using this as a pretext; thereby
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd
HSK 7-9
this day and age (dialect)
if this can be done
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
this text / article / the main body of a book
(literary) to pass away; to die; to depart from this world
may be done once and once only; just this once
participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair)
like this / this way
this week
at this very moment
this kind / these kinds / such
this or that very day / in the next few days
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
therein / in this
on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion
who's this big shot?
this city / our city
this (person)
this kind of
here / this place
current / this year
this life / this age
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
this year's / the current year's
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
to die / to depart this mortal coil
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
after this / afterwards / next
time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
during time / in this time
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
this day
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
(Internet slang) if this is an infringement of copyright, please notify me and I will remove it
until this moment
Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom) / intolerable behavior
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
this radio station
here / this place
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age

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