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  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
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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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  *从* | 从* | *从
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 1
straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
HSK 2
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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
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
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  *快* | 快* | *快
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
HSK 1
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
HSK 2
to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
HSK 3
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
all one's life; throughout one's life
HSK 2
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  *吹* | 吹* | *吹
to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
HSK 2
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
to know from experience / to learn through experience / to realize / understanding / experience
HSK 3
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  *松* | 松* | *松
loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
HSK 4
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  *由* | 由* | *由
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
HSK 3
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *乱* | 乱* | *乱
in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary
HSK 3
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
to experience; to go through / experience (CL:段,次)
HSK 3
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  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
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  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
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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
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
slogan / catchphrase / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
careful; attentive; cautious / to be careful; to look out / (dialect) thrifty; frugal
HSK 5
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
experience / to go through; to experience
HSK 3
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  *穿* | 穿* | *穿
to bore through; to pierce; to perforate / to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street) / to thread; to string together / to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.) / verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
HSK 1
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
HSK 6
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through rest or leisure) / (fig.) to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
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  *扔* | 扔* | *扔
to throw / to throw away
HSK 5
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
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  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
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  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
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  *擦* | 擦* | *擦
to rub; to scratch / to wipe; to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc)
HSK 4
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  *段* | 段* | *段
paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
HSK 2
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  *时* | 时* | *时
(bound form) time; hour; period; season / (after a numeral) o'clock; hour(s) / (after a verb phrase or clause) when; while
HSK 3
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  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
a (large) bell (CL:架) / clock (CL:座) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,分,秒) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
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  *扑* | 扑* | *扑
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over
HSK 6
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  *摔* | 摔* | *摔
to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
HSK 5
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  *丝* | 丝* | *丝
silk / thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
HSK 7-9
three-dimensional / 3D
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黄* | 黄* | *黄
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
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  *刺* | 刺* | *刺
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder
HSK 4
to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed
HSK 4
to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
to help farmers (promote or sell their produce); to support the agricultural sector (through an economic policy etc)
to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)
HSK 5
(gaming) playthrough (often used after a numeral, as in 一周目 "first playthrough")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
HSK 4
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 魏 as villains
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: 支, 把
HSK 4
to slit sb's throat
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  *吐* | 吐* | *吐
to vomit / to throw up
HSK 5
thank you (humorous phonetic rendering of the English phrase)
chromosphere
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
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  *透* | 透* | *透
(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through / to tell secretly; to leak / thoroughly; through and through / to appear; to show
HSK 4
Christianity
HSK 6
best of three
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挨* | 挨* | *挨
to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
HSK 6
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  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
the airway in the throat
chromosphere
propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!
HSK 7-9
(historical) to submit a memorial to the throne; to make a formal submission to the emperor
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
(lit.) break one's arm three times to become a good doctor (idiom) / (fig.) experience is a good teacher
to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
HSK 5
thrust-to-weight ratio
to discipline; to regulate through discipline / discipline / (sociology) institutionalized system of discipline
partway through; midway; along the way
HSK 7-9
to come by; to obtain through some means
trail / clues / thread (of a story)
HSK 5
(astronomy) synchronous satellite
to go through hardship together
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably
to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through
HSK 4
(astronomy) synchronous orbit
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丢* | 丢* | *丢
to lose / to put aside / to throw
HSK 5
triple; three times as much; threefold
(neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观), view of life (人生觀|人生观) and value system (價值觀|价值观)
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雕* | 雕* | *雕
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
HSK 7-9
change in sound; altered pronunciation / (music) chromatic alteration of pitch; altered note; accidental / (linguistics) phonological alternation
prosperous / thriving / to prosper / to flourish
HSK 6

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