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  *也* | 也* | *也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to
HSK 1
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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
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  *二* | 二* | *二
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *八* | 八* | *八
eight
HSK 1
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
HSK 3
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name )
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
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  *金* | 金* | *金
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
feeling; impression; sensation / to feel; to perceive
HSK 2
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  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
stature; height; size (of a person or object) / (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
HSK 2
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:條|条)
HSK 3
Beijing opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 3
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  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
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  *两* | 两* | *两
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
foreign country
HSK 1
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
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  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
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  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
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  *斤* | 斤* | *斤
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
HSK 2
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  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
to receive
HSK 2
one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while
HSK 1
to feel; to sense; to perceive
HSK 2
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  *受* | 受* | *受
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom
HSK 3
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
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  *其* | 其* | *其
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
HSK 5
to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)
HSK 3
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
either side; both sides
HSK 4
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  *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")
HSK 3
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
to lose weight
HSK 4
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  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
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  *强* | 强* | *强
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
HSK 5
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
size / height / stature
HSK 5
Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯)
HSK 4
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
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  *神* | 神* | *神
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
HSK 5
body weight
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
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  *且* | 且* | *且
and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)
HSK 7-9
diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
heart; innermost being / (math.) incenter
HSK 3
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
HSK 2
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  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
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  *土* | 土* | *土
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
HSK 2
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being / to be born with; to be blessed with
HSK 5
neighbor
HSK 5
invoice; receipt; bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票)
HSK 4
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
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  *据* | 据* | *据
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
HSK 6
community / neighborhood
HSK 5
to reinstate / to resume / to restore / to recover / to regain / to rehabilitate
HSK 5
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  *朝* | 朝* | *朝
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards
HSK 3
headphones / earphones / telephone receiver
HSK 4
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
to lose / to forfeit
HSK 6
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
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  *闲* | 闲* | *闲
idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
to receive (letter etc)
HSK 2
(a person's) height
HSK 4
to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
HSK 3
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  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
HSK 4
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他誰也沒來|除了他谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語他也會法語|除了英语他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
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  *领* | 领* | *领
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
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  *哄* | 哄* | *哄
to deceive / to coax / to amuse (a child)
HSK 7-9
foreign investment; foreign capital
HSK 6
to help farmers (promote or sell their produce); to support the agricultural sector (through an economic policy etc)
(Internet slang) overly confident despite being average
to check for receipt of (an email, an enclosed item in a letter etc) (typically used in the polite imperative, e.g. after 請|请)
not felt or perceived; to feel nothing about; indifferent; unimpressed
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)
(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
to dominate; to reign supreme
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
sovereignty
HSK 7-9
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
to show ingenuity / (of a design) clever / brilliantly conceived
HSK 7-9

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