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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *最* | 最* | *最
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after 之) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world")
HSK 1
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  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
HSK 1
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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
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  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
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  *万* | 万* | *万
ten thousand / a great number
HSK 2
(great) majority
HSK 2
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  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,道,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
consistent; unanimous; in agreement / together; in unison
HSK 4
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  *订* | 订* | *订
to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order
HSK 3
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  *度* | 度* | *度
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
HSK 2
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
HSK 3
degree of difficulty
HSK 3
greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
HSK 2
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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
to welcome; to greet
HSK 3
great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous
HSK 2
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
merchant / businessman
HSK 2
worker / CL: 個|个, 名
HSK 1
the greater part; the majority; most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
HSK 2
sick person / patient / invalid / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
personage / celebrity
HSK 4
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
the Great Wall
HSK 3
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc)
HSK 4
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  *绿* | 绿* | *绿
green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
HSK 2
to reach adulthood / an adult
HSK 4
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
to agree / to consent / to approve
HSK 3
degree; level; extent
HSK 3
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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
to sell / to market / sales (representative, agreement etc)
HSK 4
everyone / influential family / great expert
HSK 2
greater than; bigger than; more than
HSK 5
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not
HSK 4
agreement / pact / protocol / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress
HSK 3
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
green
HSK 2
great / important / major / significant
HSK 3
great master / master
HSK 6
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
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  *着* | 着* | *着
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
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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
to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge
HSK 4
poor people / the poor
HSK 4
pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
HSK 2
doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
HSK 5
to make headway; to make progress
HSK 3
to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
HSK 5
in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence
HSK 4
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
total / sum / aggregate
HSK 5
(physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity
HSK 4
academic degree / place in school
HSK 5
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  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
as much as possible / to the greatest extent
HSK 3
contract; agreement / CL: 份
HSK 4
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
HSK 4
to approve of; to agree with / (literary) to help bring about
HSK 4
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
HSK 5
touching / moving
HSK 3
the slightest amount or degree / a bit
HSK 7-9
to reach (an agreement) / to accomplish
HSK 5
everyone
HSK 7-9
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
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  *王* | 王* | *王
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
HSK 4
to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)
HSK 7-9
green channel (customs clearance without document or cargo inspection); (by extension) priority processing; fast track
craftsman; artisan
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  *硬* | 硬* | *硬
hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial
HSK 5
composition; ingredient; element; component / one's social status
HSK 6
to relieve the greasy sensation of fatty or oily food
progressively / step by step
HSK 4
bachelor's degree / person holding a university degree
HSK 7-9
master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person
HSK 5
to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle
HSK 7-9
(Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame; please don't attack me if you disagree
green foxtail (Setaria viridis)
(idiom) four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis; (fig.) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process
(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
professional master's degree (abbr. for 專業學位碩士|专业学位硕士)
(literary) evergreen; enduring (friendship etc)
with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly
HSK 7-9
(dialect) sidewalk
Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
HSK 6
(idiom) attention-grabbing; noteworthy
to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement)
HSK 5
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  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
dream guy or girl; ideal romantic partner

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