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| | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore | HSK 1 |
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| | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里 | HSK 1 |
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| | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment | HSK 1 |
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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| | where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | HSK 1 |
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| | topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个, 道 | HSK 2 |
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| | question / problem / issue / topic / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | road; path (CL: 條|条, 股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) | HSK 2 |
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| | won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable | HSK 2 |
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| | subject; title; topic (CL: 個|个) / exercise or exam question (CL: 道) | HSK 3 |
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| | exam question / test topic | HSK 3 |
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| | to question; to quiz; to grill | HSK 3 |
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| | question / interrogation / doubt | HSK 4 |
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| | exam question | HSK 6 |
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| | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to | HSK 6 |
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| | to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question | HSK 6 |
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| | won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | HSK 6 |
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| | to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to call into question / to question (truth or validity) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be out of the question | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to question / to ask questions / to inquire / to bring to account / to interrogate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to raise a tough question | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not | |
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| | character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] | |
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| | the bleating of sheep / final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese) | |
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| | questions from previous years' exams | |
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| | (bound form) to ask; to inquire / (bound form) to interrogate; to question / (bound form) news; information | |
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| | question and answer | |
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| | what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use | |
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| | (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible | |
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| | question mark (punct.) / unknown factor / unsolved problem / interrogation | |
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| | (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question | |
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| | to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts | |
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| | problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom; practice question (used in preparation for an exam); sample question | |
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| | how? (emphatic question) | |
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| | to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions | |
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| | out of the question; pointless to discuss it | |
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| | to question / to enquire / interrogatory | |
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| | to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show) | |
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| | (bound form) to question closely; to interrogate | |
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| | to question via torture | |
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| | (classical particle similar to 於|于) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗, 吧, 呢, expressing question, doubt or astonishment) | |
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| | unresolved question / unresolved case | |
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| | to interrogate / to question (at a roadblock) | |
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| | to question / to ask / to raise a question | |
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| | to interrogate / to examine / to question | |
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| | only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just | |
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| | proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) | |
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| | not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned | |
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| | (rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that... | |
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| | to question intensely / to interrogate / to demand information | |
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| | to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
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| | where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
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| | (idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively | |
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| | (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth | |
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| | to ask questions / to interrogate | |
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| | to go off-topic; to stray from the topic / obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL: 道) | |
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| | (literary) to inquire / to ask / question | |
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| | to interrogate / to question / Taiwan pr. [ju2] | |
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| | interjection expressing a question | |
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| | to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question | |
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| | worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) | |
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| | numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) | |
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| | worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上 | |
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| | to question closely / to make a detailed inquiry / to probe / to ask repeatedly | |
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| | a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited | |
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| | question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam) | |
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| | to stump sb with a question | |
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| | to compete to answer questions (in class) | |
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| | to compose a preface (or introductory remarks, etc) / question (or section) order (on an exam paper) / question (or section) number | |
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| | frequently asked questions / FAQ | |
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| | pattern matching (puzzle game) / matching (type of test question in which presented items are to be paired up) | |
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| | multiple-choice question | |
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| | Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原 / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem | |
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| | to choose officials by divination (archaic) / to practice divination without a definite question | |
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| | questions from previous years' exams (Tw) | |
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| | lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance | |
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| | agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable | |
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| | retort with challenging questions / debate | |
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| | false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise) | |
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| | to do a lot of practice questions (to prepare for an exam) | |
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| | rhetorical question | |
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| | tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question | |
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| | to give an interview / to be interviewed / to respond to (questions, a survey etc) | |
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| | to call sb to account / to question angrily | |
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| | basic issue / fundamental question | |
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| | fill-in-the-blank question | |
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| | to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter | |
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| | circular argument / logical error consisting of begging the question / Latin: petitio principii | |
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| | (literary) to inquire / to ask / question | |
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| | to detain and question | |
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| | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
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| | (idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer | |
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| | to accept without question / to take sth at face value | |
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| | wh-question (linguistics) | |
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| | question (grammar) / interrogative sentence | |
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| | to answer a question / question and answer | |
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