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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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  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
easy; straightforward / likely; liable to; apt to
HSK 3
spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
psychology; mentality
HSK 4
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  *吵* | 吵* | *吵
noisy; loud / to quarrel; to argue
HSK 3
region; area (informal or geographical term) / prefecture (in China's administrative system)
HSK 3
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  *保* | 保* | *保
to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system
HSK 3
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  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage)
HSK 3
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  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
to sympathize with / sympathy
HSK 4
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
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  *忙* | 忙* | *忙
busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush
HSK 1
synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
HSK 5
controversy / dispute / to dispute
HSK 5
grammar / (computing) syntax
HSK 4
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
troops; army / ranks; contingent; force; staff; team / line; procession / (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party
HSK 6
embassy / CL: 座, 個|个
HSK 3
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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
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *字* | 字* | *字
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
(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
(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive / well-developed / excellent / to refine / to improve
HSK 3
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: 片 / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
anxious / worried / uneasy / to worry / to be anxious
HSK 4
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
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  *挤* | 挤* | *挤
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
HSK 5
courtesy; politeness; manners / courteous; polite
HSK 5
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
HSK 3
to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc) / to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc) / to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
HSK 5
not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
HSK 5
system / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
convenient / easy / to facilitate
HSK 5
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: 份 / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
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  *系* | 系* | *系
system / department / faculty
HSK 3
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  *轻* | 轻* | *轻
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
symbol; emblem / to symbolize; to signify; to represent
HSK 5
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  *笨* | 笨* | *笨
stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy
HSK 4
to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
HSK 5
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  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
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  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL: 次, 場|场
HSK 4
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
syllable
HSK 2
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
comprehensive / composite / synthesized / mixed / to sum up / to integrate / to synthesize
HSK 4
plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
HSK 4
(psychology) emotional anchor; a mental cue used to evoke a specific emotional state
the self; oneself; self- / (psychology) ego
HSK 6
(anatomy) central nervous system
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
to relieve the greasy sensation of fatty or oily food
(anatomy) peripheral nervous system
value system; personal or cultural values
HSK 7-9
binary system (math.)
attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality
HSK 5
easy to; convenient for
HSK 5
(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
(geometry) point symmetry
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
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  *叙* | 叙* | *叙
abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚
sign; mark; symbol; logo / to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
HSK 4
to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic
HSK 5
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
inner demons; psychological obstacle or fixation
to discipline; to regulate through discipline / discipline / (sociology) institutionalized system of discipline
(astronomy) synchronous satellite
(coll.) to play up one's misfortune to gain sympathy; to fish for pity
dungeon (in video games or fantasy settings etc)
(astronomy) synchronous orbit
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  *〦* | 〦* | *〦
numeral 6 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子
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  *〩* | 〩* | *〩
numeral 9 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子
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  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
(idiom) anxious; uneasy; filled with trepidation
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  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan"
(fiction genre) xianxia; Chinese fantasy featuring immortals, spiritual cultivation 修仙, and other supernatural elements
syllogism (deduction in logic)
(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)
(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
system / organization
HSK 7-9
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  *征* | 征* | *征
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
(geometry) axial symmetry
financial system
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  *离* | 离* | *离
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire / ☲
HSK 2
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
symphony
HSK 7-9
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9

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