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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *間* | 間* | *間
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *點* | 點* | *點
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兩* | 兩* | *兩
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *二* | 二* | *二
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *來* | 來* | *來
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雙* | 雙* | *雙
two / double / pair / both / even (number)
HSK 3
emotion; sentiment / affection; feelings between two persons
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歸* | 歸* | *歸
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倆* | 倆* | *倆
two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
HSK 7-9
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兼* | 兼* | *兼
double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
HSK 7-9
to attend simultaneously to two or more things / to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擔* | 擔* | *擔
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
HSK 7-9
bidirectional / two-way / interactive
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
HSK 7-9
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together
HSK 7-9
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
HSK 7-9
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
the second time / second / number two
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Murong
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
buy one, get one free / two for the price of one
the East / the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閣* | 閣* | *閣
pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簋* | 簋* | *簋
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles / round basket of bamboo
character with two or more readings
special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
two-character surname Baili
both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
to do the splits (gymnastics) / (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships) / Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3]
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肽* | 肽* | *肽
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艜* | 艜* | *艜
a long narrow vessel with two masts
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
second / number two / next / secondary
attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
the two of us
Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries; a battle of the giants
(of two vehicles traveling in opposite directions) to pass by each other
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible
to access / to transfer passengers between two railway lines
to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
dance for two / pas de deux
two-character surname Ouyang
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
two-character surname Gongsun
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *貳* | 貳* | *貳
two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
two simultaneous happy events in the family
two-character surname Nanguo
vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages / vertical line on the back of clothing
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马 or 諸葛|诸葛)
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
both countries; two countries
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to split in two / to divide
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)

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