| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from | HSK 1 |
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| | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | HSK 1 |
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| | to play ball / to play with a ball | HSK 1 |
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| | to play / to have fun / to hang out | HSK 1 |
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| | to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with | HSK 2 |
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| | adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack | HSK 2 |
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| | to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through | HSK 2 |
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| | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | HSK 2 |
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| | thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 | HSK 2 |
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| | to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task) | HSK 3 |
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| | play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場｜场 | HSK 3 |
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| | to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場｜场, 次 | HSK 3 |
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| | to play the role of / to act | HSK 5 |
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| | to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play | HSK 5 |
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| | (in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role) | HSK 5 |
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| | to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) | HSK 5 |
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| | to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | HSK 6 |
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| | to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle | HSK 6 |
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| | liver (CL: 葉｜叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy | HSK 6 |
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| | to play mahjong or cards | HSK 6 |
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| | to play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | HSK 6 |
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| | to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging | HSK 6 |
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| | to make mischief / to play tricks | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play truant / to cut classes | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play the leading role; to star / lead actor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a story etc) to unfold; to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce; to infer | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve as / to act as / to play the role of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play hide-and-seek | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play chess | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play a small role | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be laughing and playing / to giggle | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play go, chess etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards | |
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| | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / toy / sth used for amusement / curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) / to keep sth for entertainment | |
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| | to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor / (fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself | |
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| | decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate | |
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| | (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide / to win; to gain / to play; to gamble / learned; well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客) | |
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| | to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. 猱, wide vibrato) | |
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| | to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to | |
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| | jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭, also given to male infants to play with | |
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| | to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) | |
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| | to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place | |
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| | to play deaf-mute | |
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| | to act / to play a part | |
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| | to play around / to disport oneself | |
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| | to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director | |
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| | to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities | |
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| | practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke | |
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| | Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997) | |
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| | sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy | |
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| | (military) to mount a secondary attack / (fig.) to assist in tackling a problem / (sports) to participate in a play in which a teammate scores (i.e. perform an assist) | |
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| | to play a drinking game | |
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| | to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
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| | to direct (a film, play etc) | |
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| | to play Chinese finger-guessing game | |
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| | mischievous / obstinate / to play / stupid / stubborn / naughty | |
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| | to play tricks | |
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| | to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme | |
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| | lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | |
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| | to play (a card) / to make a move in a game | |
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| | (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile / (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate | |
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| | to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with | |
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| | to belittle / to disparage / to play down / to demean / to degrade / to devalue | |
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| | to play (musical instrument, esp. string) | |
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| | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠｜武侠) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld | |
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| | to play dead | |
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| | extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital | |
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| | to play a critical role (idiom) / influential | |
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| | lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities | |
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| | to quarrel; to squabble / to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay | |
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| | to play the xiao 簫｜箫 (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫｜吴市吹箫 / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫｜玉人吹箫 / (slang) fellatio / blowjob | |
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| | to play matchmaker / to act as a middleman | |
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| | (of a play, movie etc) to begin | |
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| | to amuse oneself / to play with / to tease | |
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| | to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) | |
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| | to sing and play (plucked string instrument) | |
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| | to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese) | |
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| | to play mahjong | |
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| | to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle | |
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| | to act in a play / to put on a play | |
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| | to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease | |
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| | different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome | |
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| | lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus | |
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| | to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards | |
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