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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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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  *墙* | 墙* | *墙
wall (CL:面,堵) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙)
HSK 2
some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
HSK 1
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  *慢* | 慢* | *慢
slow
HSK 1
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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
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  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) / (slang) awesome
HSK 3
airport; airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL: 家, 處|处
HSK 1
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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
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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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  *米* | 米* | *米
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
HSK 2
greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
HSK 2
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  *鸡* | 鸡* | *鸡
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
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  *细* | 细* | *细
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
HSK 4
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  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
clearly; evidently; obviously
HSK 3
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  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)
HSK 4
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个, 位
HSK 1
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
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  *面* | 面* | *面
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
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  *困* | 困* | *困
sleepy / tired
HSK 3
to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL: 個|个, 位, 名
HSK 4
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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
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  *错* | 错* | *错
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 1
slightly / a little / somewhat
HSK 2
to dislike; to loathe / annoying; troublesome
HSK 5
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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
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  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") / (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds / (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
HSK 1
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
HSK 4
legislation / statute
HSK 5
pleasantly cool (weather etc) / to cool oneself; to cool off / (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing / (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
HSK 2
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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
slogan / catchphrase / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *冰* | 冰* | *冰
ice / CL: 塊|块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine
HSK 4
to go to bed / to sleep
HSK 1
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  *偏* | 偏* | *偏
to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
HSK 6
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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  *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
slowly; gradually
HSK 3
grassland / prairie / CL: 片
HSK 5
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  *密* | 密* | *密
dense; close; thick / intimate; close / (bound form) secret; confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
HSK 4
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL: 根
HSK 3
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  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear
HSK 3
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *睡* | 睡* | *睡
to sleep / to lie down
HSK 1
to fall asleep
HSK 4
unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是) in particular
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
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  *挂* | 挂* | *挂
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
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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
to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
glass / CL: 張|张, 塊|块 / (slang) male homosexual
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弱* | 弱* | *弱
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笨* | 笨* | *笨
stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy
HSK 4
(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条,張|张) / (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
HSK 3
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL: 件
HSK 6
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  *喷* | 喷* | *喷
to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *篇* | 篇* | *篇
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
HSK 2
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face
HSK 4
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
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  *杀* | 杀* | *杀
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
the slightest amount or degree / a bit
HSK 7-9
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *88* | 88* | *88
(Internet slang) bye-bye (alternative for 拜拜)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential
HSK 4
to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly
HSK 7-9
(slang) see 雞巴|鸡巴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
(Internet slang) clickbait account; content farm account
hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
HSK 6
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
(literary) lifelike; realistic; vivid / (Internet slang) used parenthetically to mark the preceding statement as ironic, exaggerated or unserious
(Internet slang) to stage humorous antics or creative stunts (esp. for online audiences)
the agricultural off-season; the farming slack season
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偷* | 偷* | *偷
to steal / (bound form) thief / (bound form) secretly; on the sly
HSK 5
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  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
to pretend to be (asleep etc) / to disguise oneself as / pretense / disguise / (military) to camouflage / camouflage
HSK 7-9
to slit sb's throat
to lull to sleep / to hypnotize
HSK 7-9
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *ky* | ky* | *ky
(slang) socially tone-deaf; unable to read the room (from Japanese KY, acronym of 空気が読めない "kuuki ga yomenai")
(soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
(slang) China
(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
(slang) (online gaming) to team up with friends in a coordinated private group (黑 indicates private, team-only chat)
(Internet slang) god-tier; legendary
(Internet slang) WeChat; (metonym) WeChat account
(Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame; please don't attack me if you disagree
(Internet slang) Renminbi (pun on 人民幣|人民币)
(slang) (used after a noun to mean "obsessive devotee of") maniac; fiend
(Internet slang) to talk a big game; to be all talk and no action
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迟* | 迟* | *迟
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually shallow, insincere and subtly competitive; fake besties; frenemies
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拉* | 拉* | *拉
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
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
stealthily / secretly / covertly / furtively / on the sly
HSK 5

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