| | 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 pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | HSK 2 |
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| | 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 play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | HSK 1 |
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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 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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| | 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 play ball / to play with a ball | HSK 1 |
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| | play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場｜场 | HSK 3 |
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| | to play / to have fun / to hang out | HSK 1 |
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| | to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging | HSK 6 |
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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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| | 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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| | to serve as / to act as / to play the role of | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | to play hide-and-seek | HSK 7-9 |
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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 act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場｜场, 次 | HSK 3 |
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| | lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards | |
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| | to play chess | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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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 the role of / to act | HSK 5 |
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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 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 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 put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign | 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 play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | HSK 6 |
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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 mahjong or cards | HSK 6 |
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| | (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche | |
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| | to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫｜刘伯温) / (fig.) to play music | |
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| | to play house (Tw) | |
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| | to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function | |
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| | (of a play, movie etc) to begin | |
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| | to play go, chess etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke | |
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| | to make mischief / to play tricks | 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 tricks / to deceive | |
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| | to play a game | |
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| | to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director) | |
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| | to appear on camera / to play a role in a film | |
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| | (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) | |
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| | to replay / to play back | |
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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 be laughing and playing / to giggle | HSK 7-9 |
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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 direct (a film, play etc) | |
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| | (mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile / (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate | |
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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 with; to fiddle with | |
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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 / 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 play truant / to cut classes | HSK 7-9 |
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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 write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck | |
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| | to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme | |
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| | to play cards / to play mahjong | |
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| | lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head | |
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| | (Tw) to play video games | |
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| | can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses | |
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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 act in a play / to put on a play | |
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| | to play rubber band jump rope | |
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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 play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument | |
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| | to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility | |
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| | to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show) | |
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| | to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley | |
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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 a small role | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort to | |
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| | to play (musical instrument, esp. string) | |
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| | to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong | |
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| | to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease | |
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| | art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery | |
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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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| | to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc) | |
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| | to play with / to engage in / to resort to / to dally with | |
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| | to play a critical role (idiom) / influential | |
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| | to play tricks on / to make a fool of | |
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| | to play cards / to play poker | |
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| | a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock | |
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| | pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true | |
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| | lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood | |
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| | Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997) | |
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| | to play marbles | |
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| | to play the leading role | |
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| | suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead | |
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| | to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles) | |
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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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