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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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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
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  *從* | 從* | *從
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
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
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  *車* | 車* | *車
car / vehicle / CL: 輛|辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
HSK 1
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
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  *數* | 數* | *數
to count / to count as; to regard as / to enumerate; to list
HSK 2
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  *最* | 最* | *最
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after ) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world")
HSK 1
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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
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  *低* | 低* | *低
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
HSK 2
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield
HSK 1
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  *拉* | 拉* | *拉
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
HSK 2
to rain
HSK 1
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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
HSK 1
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (informal, as opposed to courteous )
HSK 1
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  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
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  *叫* | 叫* | *叫
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
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  *用* | 用* | *用
to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore
HSK 1
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  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
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  *云* | 云* | *云
(classical) to say
HSK 2
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *為* | 為* | *為
because of / for / to
HSK 2
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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
to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
HSK 2
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  *兩* | 兩* | *兩
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
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  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
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  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
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  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
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  *對* | 對* | *對
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
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  *周* | 周* | *周
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially
HSK 2
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  *性* | 性* | *性
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
same / like / equal to / the same as / just like
HSK 1
to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
HSK 1
representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
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  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
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  *快* | 快* | *快
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
HSK 1
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  *成* | 成* | *成
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
HSK 2
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  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
HSK 1
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  *為* | 為* | *為
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
HSK 3
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  *到* | 到* | *到
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
HSK 1
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  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
HSK 1
to see
HSK 1
to learn / to study
HSK 1
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  *地* | 地* | *地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
HSK 1
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
HSK 4
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
to come out / to appear / to arise
HSK 1
to return home
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
rest / to rest
HSK 1
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
HSK 1
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
to go up
HSK 3
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
HSK 2
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
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  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
HSK 3
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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
to form / to make up / to constitute
HSK 2
outcome; result; consequence / in the end; as a result / to kill; to dispatch
HSK 2
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
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  *亮* | 亮* | *亮
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
HSK 2
to rent
HSK 2
to go abroad; to leave the country
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
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  *疼* | 疼* | *疼
(it) hurts; sore / to love dearly
HSK 2
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樹* | 樹* | *樹
tree / CL: / to cultivate / to set up
HSK 1
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  *分* | 分* | *分
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唱* | 唱* | *唱
to sing / to call loudly / to chant
HSK 1
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  *題* | 題* | *題
topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
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  *係* | 係* | *係
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
HSK 3
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
to give; to deliver; to hand over
HSK 2
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  *會* | 會* | *會
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1

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