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Mandarin pronunciation:  pin1yin1 | pīn​yīn​ | ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愛* | 愛* | *愛
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
HSK 1
to like; to be fond of
HSK 1
same / like / equal to / the same as / just like
HSK 1
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on / interest; hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
as if / to seem like
HSK 2
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讓* | 讓* | *讓
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *像* | 像* | *像
to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
HSK 2
forthwith / immediate / prompt / promptly / straightway / thereupon / at once
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *類* | 類* | *類
kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)
HSK 3
to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
HSK 4
seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
HSK 4
like this; so; such
HSK 5
until / (used in combination with words like or in constructs of the form ...為止|到...为止)
HSK 5
like / as
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *同* | 同* | *同
like / same / similar / together / alike / with
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *若* | 若* | *若
to seem / like / as / if
HSK 6
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棋* | 棋* | *棋
chess / chess-like game / a game of chess / CL: 盤|盘 / chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絲* | 絲* | *絲
silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
HSK 7-9
more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom)
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
similar to; like
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科)
HSK 7-9
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薛* | 薛* | *薛
wormwood like grass (classical)
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
raccoon dog / fox-like animal
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts)
to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爾* | 爾* | *爾
thus / so / like that / you / thou
not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喜* | 喜* | *喜
to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *璋* | 璋* | *璋
jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" , also given to male infants to play with
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豸* | 豸* | *豸
worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
happy / joyous / delighted / to like / to be fond of
just like / solemn / dignified / neatly laid out
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
to dress up and make up (like an actor)
to act like a snob
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *Q* | Q* | *Q
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
as if / as though / rather like
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纓* | 纓* | *纓
tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *猶* | 猶* | *猶
as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贊* | 贊* | *贊
to patronize / to support / to praise / (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)
annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
tears falling like rain (idiom)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *硌* | 硌* | *硌
(coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *珉* | 珉* | *珉
alabaster, jade-like stone
to be just like
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)
like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *玟* | 玟* | *玟
jade-like stone
a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints)
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
sinister appearance / monster-like appearance
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents
to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撾* | 撾* | *撾
ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw
bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
as if / just like
ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
(slang) to cheer sb on / to show one's support / ("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")
like this / this way
to be just like
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鏢* | 鏢* | *鏢
dart-like throwing weapon / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

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