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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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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse 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", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
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
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (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)
HSK 3
English (language)
HSK 2
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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
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:
HSK 2
network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)
HSK 4
to come up / to approach / (verb complement indicating success)
HSK 3
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  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with ) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
in the future / future / the future / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *度* | 度* | *度
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
HSK 2
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  *听* | 听* | *听
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
HSK 1
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
HSK 5
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
English (language)
HSK 2
honor and glory / glorious
HSK 5
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  *忘* | 忘* | *忘
to forget / to overlook / to neglect
HSK 1
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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay
HSK 3
to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage)
HSK 3
the whole world / worldwide; global
HSK 3
glue
HSK 5
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  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
manager / director / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
to experience; to go through / experience (CL:,)
HSK 3
kilometer
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
to register / to log in
HSK 4
motive power / (fig.) motivation; impetus
HSK 3
cup / glass / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
capability / ability / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
HSK 1
to strive; to struggle
HSK 4
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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
angle / (fig.) point of view
HSK 2
to go upstairs
HSK 4
(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend
HSK 4
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
victory / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
HSK 4
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
HSK 5
to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
HSK 6
to seem; as if; seemingly / alike; similar
HSK 6
group / bloc / corporation / conglomerate
HSK 5
strong; intense
HSK 3
to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
HSK 4
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  *角* | 角* | *角
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
spectacles / eyeglasses / CL:
HSK 4
to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
HSK 5
to clear up / to tidy up / to dispose of
HSK 5
to consult / to talk over / to discuss
HSK 2
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
glass / CL: 張|张, 塊|块 / (slang) male homosexual
HSK 5
as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton
HSK 2
single / only / sole
HSK 5
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
HSK 6
ugly / unsightly
HSK 2
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  *匹* | 匹* | *匹
(bound form) matching; comparable to / (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair / classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]) / classifier for cloth: bolt / horsepower
HSK 5
green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
HSK 3
total / overall amount
HSK 6
(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle / common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection / interaction; dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection
HSK 7-9
to neglect; to overlook; to ignore
HSK 6
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:
HSK 6
ugly
HSK 7-9
hearing / listening ability
HSK 3
to fight / to engage in combat / struggle / battle / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他誰也沒來|除了他谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語他也會法語|除了英语他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
HSK 3
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  *斗* | 斗* | *斗
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
HSK 7-9
to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL: , 場|场
HSK 4
to struggle
HSK 7-9
cybersecurity
luggage / CL:
HSK 3
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  *单* | 单* | *单
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
energy / capabilities
HSK 5
to descend / to land
HSK 4
bright and beautiful
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
premier / prime minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
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  *摘* | 摘* | *摘
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need
HSK 5
sunny and cloudless
HSK 5
the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
(Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一発 "ippatsu")
thank you (humorous phonetic rendering of the English phrase)
(soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / (fig.) something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it
energy
HSK 4
(of fog or mist) to form; to set in / (of glass etc) to fog up
Shuangliu, a district of Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan

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