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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *风* | 风* | *风
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL: 陣|阵, 絲|丝
HSK 1
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  *吹* | 吹* | *吹
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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  *绕* | 绕* | *绕
to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex
HSK 5
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  *刮* | 刮* | *刮
to blow (of the wind)
HSK 6
to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
HSK 6
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
wind and rain / the elements / (fig.) trials and hardships
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扬* | 扬* | *扬
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
HSK 7-9
ending / coda / to wind up
HSK 7-9
mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc
HSK 7-9
wind force / wind power
HSK 7-9
wind and waves; rough waters / (fig.) hardship
HSK 7-9
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  *缠* | 缠* | *缠
to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy
HSK 7-9
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
HSK 7-9
horn (automobile etc) / loudspeaker / brass wind instrument / trumpet / suona 鎖吶|锁呐
HSK 7-9
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  *绞* | 绞* | *绞
to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn
HSK 7-9
sand blown by wind / sandstorm
HSK 7-9
violent wind and rainstorm / hurricane / tempest
HSK 7-9
moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
HSK 7-9
(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke
HSK 7-9
to settle / to finish / to conclude / to wind up
HSK 7-9
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles
HSK 7-9
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine; moan; wail
lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net / to waste one's effort (idiom)
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
wind power
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind
roar of the wind
lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim
long-winded empty talk
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  *络* | 络* | *络
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body
windbreaker / wind cheater / wind jacket / CL:
in the wind / facing the wind / downwind
fair wind
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair) / (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飕* | 飕* | *飕
to blow (as of wind) / sound of wind / sough
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
wind farm
to go against the wind / contrary wind / a headwind
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飙* | 飙* | *飙
(literary) very strong wind; gale / (bound form) wild; violent; unrestrained; furious
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
to ride the wind / to use a fair wind / to take an opportunity
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
lit. tail wind / Bon voyage!
to conclude a case / to wind up
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
wretched wind and rain
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
foehn wind (loanword)
windstorm / (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind)
wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble
vigor / virility / dynamism / (literary) powerful wind
wind and frost / fig. hardships
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絮* | 絮* | *絮
cotton wadding / fig. padding / long-winded
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *萦* | 萦* | *萦
(literary) to wind around
twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother
breeze / light wind
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笙* | 笙* | *笙
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon)
(of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
to play (wind instruments)
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind
the end / an ending / to wind down / to conclude
(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
decency / public morals / to weather (rocks) / wind erosion
to tack against the wind (sailing)
to sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
strong wind / gale
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)
superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5]
lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom)
wind chimes
to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
luxuriant / abundant / (onom.) booming sound of wind
wind speed
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom) / (of a situation) unstable
wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喇* | 喇* | *喇
(onom.) sound of wind, rain etc
to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) / fig. reign of terror / carnage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泱* | 泱* | *泱
agitated (wind, cloud) / boundless
strong wind / gale
directly; head-on (collision) / (of wind) in one's face
reed-pipe wind instrument

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