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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song / CL: , / to sing
HSK 1
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  *詞* | 詞* | *詞
word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:)
HSK 2
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *詩* | 詩* | *詩
poem / CL: / poetry / verse
HSK 4
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  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
poem / CL: , ,
HSK 5
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
HSK 6
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
first / first time / for the first time
HSK 6
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
first batch
HSK 7-9
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
to nod one's head
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:
head; boss; chief
seat of honor / first place
to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
to behead; to decapitate
start of the year
senior official
chief offender / main culprit
to give a nod of approval
chief / first / brightest and best
lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
first issue / first public showing
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头
chief representative
to bear the brunt
Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔
first session (of a conference etc)
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
head / be headed by
richest individual / top millionaire
kowtow
dagger
left-hand side
top of the list
first place
Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州, Hubei
to nod and smile
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *峴* | 峴* | *峴
abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山 / Mt Xianshou in Hubei / steep hill / used in place names
first round (of a competition etc)
right-hand side
first person to be appointed to a post
to behead sb and display the head in public
holder for door knocker
Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
corpse / carcass / dead body
to raise one's head and look
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
to be decapitated (idiom)
doorway / gate / entrance
down payment
bandit
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
radical of a Chinese character
(linguistics) onset
leadership conference / summit meeting
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)
to behead
main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster
hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)
head of state
lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face / of unkempt appearance (idiom)
first day cover (philately)
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
to offer one's life in sacrifice
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔 rather than 漢城|汉城)
Jishou, county-level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州, Henan
head of a society / sponsor of an organization
to gather / to meet
head and tail
Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
ship's bow
bitter and hateful (idiom) / to grieve and lament (over sth)
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city) / also written 首善之地
leading / in first place / top of the list
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root

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