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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
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
artificial / manpower / manual work
HSK 3
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
business / professional work / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
work (of art) / opus / CL: ,
HSK 3
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation
HSK 3
to work a shift / on duty
HSK 5
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
to work overtime
HSK 4
to exercise / to keep fit / to work out / physical exercise
HSK 4
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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
to work out / to formulate
HSK 4
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
HSK 6
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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  *累* | 累* | *累
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard
HSK 1
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
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  *996* | 996* | *996
9am–9pm, six days a week (work schedule)
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  *班* | 班* | *班
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 1
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
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  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:
HSK 4
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
HSK 6
to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior
HSK 3
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
to work / to operate / to manipulate
HSK 4
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to create (an original work) / (of a work) original / original creation; original work
HSK 7-9
power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
HSK 7-9
workload; volume of work
HSK 7-9
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
HSK 3
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
HSK 7-9
to start and finish work
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")
HSK 7-9
to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly
HSK 7-9
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  *IP* | IP* | *IP
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
to get promoted (at work etc) / promotion
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
work clothes; workwear
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
to divide up the work / division of labor
HSK 6
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
literary work / art work
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  *剧* | 剧* | *剧
theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe
HSK 6
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one
bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
HSK 7-9
to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
HSK 7-9
employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
temporary worker; temp / temporary work
quality goods / premium product / fine work (of art)
HSK 6
racing bicycle; racing car; sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
HSK 7-9
farm work
farming / to work the land
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) / work is now underway
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
representative work (of an author or artist)
exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
HSK 5
ability to work
to work and rest
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short
HSK 7-9
style / style of work / way
HSK 7-9
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
three-shift system (work rostering)
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
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  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision

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