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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
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  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
very; really / unusual; extraordinary
HSK 1
not very (clear, far away etc); not too / not often; infrequently
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
HSK 2
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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
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  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
full of / brimming with / very full / permeated
HSK 3
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  *冻* | 冻* | *冻
to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
HSK 5
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by ) in particular
HSK 2
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
very good
HSK 2
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  *美* | 美* | *美
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
HSK 3
very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part
HSK 7-9
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  *挺* | 挺* | *挺
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
HSK 2
cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
HSK 4
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  *特* | 特* | *特
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯, tex
HSK 6
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
HSK 4
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
very young kitten
very young puppy
very long / endless
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
very impressed; stunned; amazed / to astonish; to impress greatly
very thin; delicate
vile / nasty / of very poor quality
HSK 7-9
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  *BM* | BM* | *BM
Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
to pick up (a skill) in a very short time; to take to sth like a duck to water
very wealthy person
HSK 7-9
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
HSK 6
cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely
for a very long time
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
(idiom) very few
HSK 7-9
very early in the morning / in the wee hours
HSK 7-9
ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly
(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one
enormous sum / millionaire / very rich
furious / very angry
rampant / very popular
very good
youngest son; very young son
peaceful death at a very advanced age
very late at night
HSK 7-9
to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
not very
one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye
to resemble closely / to be the very image of / to look very much like / to be the spitting image of
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
(literary) (of an area) very small
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
(slang) very close friend; bro
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
to select very carefully
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
very happy; elated
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
can be compared / to be very similar
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
very far away
HSK 7-9
(idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
very rich / millionaire
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
very capable person / precious object
(the) very first
very sweet
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
at this very moment
lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom) / fig. to be very familiar with a matter
this or that very day / in the next few days
very / extremely
(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
much / very many
poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
very / extremely
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俄* | 俄* | *俄
suddenly / very soon
affluent / very rich
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
extremely grateful; very thankful
that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row
HSK 7-9
very auspicious / extremely lucky
bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well
(idiom) to have a very close relationship with each other
(coll.) very; really
hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly
(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully
very lucky indeed
lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine

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