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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
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
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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
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  *两* | 两* | *两
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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  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
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  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
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  *克* | 克* | *克
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 2
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  *角* | 角* | *角
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *米* | 米* | *米
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
HSK 2
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  *室* | 室* | *室
room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
HSK 3
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  *保* | 保* | *保
to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system
HSK 3
local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
HSK 3
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  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
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  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
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  *圆* | 圆* | *圆
circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
HSK 4
to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device
HSK 4
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  *乡* | 乡* | *乡
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
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  *盆* | 盆* | *盆
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 and 8 , approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
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  *秒* | 秒* | *秒
second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
HSK 5
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  *寸* | 寸* | *寸
a unit of length / inch / thumb
HSK 5
army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
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  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
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  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
to establish (a unit or department) / staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)
HSK 6
head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
HSK 6
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  *勺* | 勺* | *勺
spoon / ladle / CL: / abbr. for 公勺, centiliter (unit of volume)
HSK 6
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  *标* | 标* | *标
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
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  *磅* | 磅* | *磅
scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) / (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亩* | 亩* | *亩
classifier for fields / unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
HSK 7-9
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
module (in software) / functional unit / component part
hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盾* | 盾* | *盾
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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  *帕* | 帕* | *帕
to wrap / kerchief / handkerchief / headscarf / pascal (SI unit)
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
module / unit / component / assembly
department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
microcontroller unit (MCU)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑞* | 瑞* | *瑞
lucky / auspicious / propitious / rayl (acoustical unit)
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  *链* | 链* | *链
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亨* | 亨* | *亨
prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)
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  *坪* | 坪* | *坪
a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
large military unit / formation / corps / army
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  *纵* | 纵* | *纵
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if
flight crew (on a plane) / unit (apparatus)
newton (SI unit of force)
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔)
mark (monetary unit)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毫* | 毫* | *毫
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
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  *圭* | 圭* | *圭
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
suicide squad / kamikaze unit
to have exclusive selling rights / to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm
unit price
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  *舍* | 舍* | *舍
(bound form) residence; house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li
Henry (name) / henry (unit of inductance)
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  *仞* | 仞* | *仞
unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units)
to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
dimension (unit)
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi / width of a room / (architecture) bay
to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams
gauss, unit of magnetic induction
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顷* | 顷* | *顷
unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩 or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates)
yield per unit area
to sell in a large amount at a lower price per unit
to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程) / (TCM) folk remedy
standard / one's own department or unit
meter (unit of length)
candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
weber (unit of magnetic flux, Wb)
Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
to set up separately / to establish separate units
li (Chinese unit of distance)
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喱* | 喱* | *喱
grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3]
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  *锾* | 锾* | *锾
ancient unit of weight / money
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
(of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap
to return to one's unit / to go back to one's station in life
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咫* | 咫* | *咫
8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department)
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  *爰* | 爰* | *爰
therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
(loanword) peso (monetary unit)
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  *呎* | 呎* | *呎
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺
to compile in collaboration with / to merge and reorganize (army units etc)

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