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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *那* | 那* | *那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)
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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  *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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  *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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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
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  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
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
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
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  *拉* | 拉* | *拉
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
HSK 2
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  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
HSK 1
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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
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
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *右* | 右* | *右
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
HSK 1
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  *打* | 打* | *打
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since
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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  *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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  *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
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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
HSK 1
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
middle school
HSK 1
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  *学* | 学* | *学
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
HSK 1
school / CL: 所
HSK 1
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  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学)
HSK 2
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  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
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  *全* | 全* | *全
all / whole / entire / every / complete
HSK 2
you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
HSK 1
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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
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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 go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to curve / to return / to revolve
HSK 1
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
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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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  *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
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  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
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  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
to hold or attend a meeting
HSK 1
older sister / CL: 個|个
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
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  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
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  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
whole; all
HSK 2
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
HSK 3
holiday period; vacation
HSK 2
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
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  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
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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
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本
HSK 2
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  *帅* | 帅* | *帅
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
HSK 4
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  *店* | 店* | *店
inn; old-style hotel (CL:家) / (bound form) shop; store
HSK 2
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  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp; soggy / (coll.) naughty; mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)
HSK 3
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
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  *血* | 血* | *血
blood (CL:滴) / colloquial pr. [xie3] or [xue3]
HSK 3
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项
HSK 3
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
university student; college student
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
HSK 2
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  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, 片 / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette
HSK 2
whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
HSK 2
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  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
university; college / CL: 所
HSK 1
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *汇* | 汇* | *汇
class / collection
HSK 4
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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 斤 (old)
HSK 1
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
HSK 2
(coll.) father; dad / CL: 位
HSK 1
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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
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
HSK 1
everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you
HSK 3
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: 位, 個|个
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
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  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
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
colleague; co-worker
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
blue (color)
HSK 2
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence
HSK 3
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  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察)
HSK 3
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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
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
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  *冷* | 冷* | *冷
cold
HSK 1
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
(wool) sweater / CL: 件
HSK 4
spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3

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