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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
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  *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 form of address) hello
HSK 1
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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
middle age
HSK 2
noon / midday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
HSK 2
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
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  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 5
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
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  *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
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
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
HSK 3
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
once; one time / (following a verb) for a moment; briefly / for a little while; in no time; almost immediately / all at once; all of a sudden
HSK 5
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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
middle level (in a hierarchy)
HSK 2
suddenly; all of a sudden
HSK 2
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
middle part; central section; central region
HSK 3
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
(not only ...) but also / moreover; in addition; furthermore
HSK 2
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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth)
HSK 4
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: 篇, 段, 頁|页
HSK 3
midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
handsome guy / lady-killer / handsome (form of address)
HSK 4
son's daughter / granddaughter
HSK 4
father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older
HSK 4
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
HSK 5
Buddhism
HSK 6
to respect; to revere; to esteem / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
HSK 5
big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
HSK 4
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  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition
HSK 1
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  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc) / (literary) moreover; in addition
HSK 5
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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀)
HSK 6
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
to add; plus / in addition; moreover
HSK 5
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *还* | 还* | *还
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else
HSK 1
among / in the middle / in the center
HSK 3
statistics / to count / to add up
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *增* | 增* | *增
(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
HSK 5
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  *鸟* | 鸟* | *鸟
bird / CL: 隻|只, 群 / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
HSK 4
to see (the same thing) over and over again / to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
HSK 5
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  *骑* | 骑* | *骑
to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
HSK 2
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  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
HSK 3
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
to pair up / to match / to arrange in pairs / to add sth into a group
HSK 6
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess
HSK 7-9
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: 件, 樁|桩
HSK 5
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
HSK 7-9
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
to appreciate (financially) / to increase in value / value-added (accountancy)
HSK 6
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  *单* | 单* | *单
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled
HSK 3
(coll.) young man; polite or friendly form of address or reference for a young male
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
HSK 4
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  *寺* | 寺* | *寺
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)
HSK 6
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
moreover / besides / in addition / furthermore
HSK 7-9
3D printer
middle-aged woman; (media term) middle-aged women regarded as a distinct social cohort
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
(Tw) (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
golden wedding
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
web address; URL
HSK 4
to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required to use a coupon, get a discount or qualify for free shipping
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  *胆* | 胆* | *胆
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
HSK 5
secret passage; hidden tunnel
probability / odds
HSK 7-9
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  *怪* | 怪* | *怪
odd; strange; uncanny / (bound form) monster; supernatural being / to find strange; to regard as odd / to blame / (coll.) somewhat; rather
HSK 4
diamond wedding
(computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
to meddle / to intervene / intervention
HSK 5
(electronics) eddy current
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
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  *晕* | 晕* | *晕
confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out
HSK 6
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  *瘾* | 瘾* | *瘾
addiction / craving
HSK 7-9
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  *染* | 染* | *染
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
HSK 5
to interfere / to meddle / interference
HSK 6
miniature hidden camera; spy camera

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