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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
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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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  *肉* | 肉* | *肉
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130
HSK 1
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  *吃* | 吃* | *吃
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
HSK 1
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  *车* | 车* | *车
car / vehicle / CL: 輛|辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
HSK 1
to make a telephone call
HSK 1
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  *节* | 节* | *节
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
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  *片* | 片* | *片
thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
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  *头* | 头* | *头
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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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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  *鸟* | 鸟* | *鸟
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL: 個|个, 處|处
HSK 2
stadium / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
gym / gymnasium / stadium / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
title / heading / headline / caption / subject
HSK 3
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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
lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
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  *架* | 架* | *架
to support / frame / rack / framework / classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
HSK 3
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
HSK 3
radio / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
to read / reading
HSK 4
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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
tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *射* | 射* | *射
to shoot / to launch / to allude to / radio- (chemistry)
HSK 5
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
contradiction / CL: 個|个 / conflicting views / contradictory
HSK 5
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
HSK 5
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  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)
HSK 5
leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
HSK 5
reading room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
erhua variant of 差點|差点
HSK 5
regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program) / program (TV or radio)
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
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  *播* | 播* | *播
(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
HSK 6
household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
HSK 6
to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
HSK 6
radiance / glory / brilliant / magnificent
HSK 6
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  *沿* | 沿* | *沿
along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge
HSK 6
leading role; lead / protagonist
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
(pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
HSK 7-9
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
to play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
custom / tradition / local tradition / convention
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
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  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
HSK 7-9
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon / CL: 個|个,
HSK 7-9
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
to shine / to glow / to irradiate / to flash
HSK 7-9
rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance
HSK 7-9
paradise
HSK 7-9
the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
to enter the venue for a meeting / to enter into an examination / to enter a stadium, arena etc
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
HSK 7-9
ready-made / readily available
HSK 7-9
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
HSK 7-9
filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc)
HSK 7-9
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
luster / splendor / radiance / brilliance
HSK 7-9
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
long (tradition, history etc)
HSK 7-9
a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat
HSK 7-9
face glowing (idiom); looking radiant / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position
HSK 7-9
to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure
HSK 7-9
to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret
HSK 7-9
radiant with joy
HSK 7-9
to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading
HSK 7-9
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art
HSK 7-9
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字
HSK 7-9
starting point / (fig.) basis / motive
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
to conflict / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese character
HSK 7-9
radiation
HSK 7-9
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)

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