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Chinese language
HSK 1
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  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
Chinese language
HSK 1
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
English (language)
HSK 2
language / CL: 門|门, 種|种
HSK 2
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
English (language)
HSK 2
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection / CL: 種|种
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
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to ensure; to guarantee
HSK 3
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  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions
HSK 3
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard
HSK 3
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to guarantee / to vouch for
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to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain
HSK 4
colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL: 門|门
HSK 4
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  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
HSK 4
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
words / speech / (spoken) language
HSK 5
Chinese language
HSK 5
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
to defend / to safeguard
HSK 5
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
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  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
French (language)
HSK 6
Japanese language
HSK 6
vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
HSK 6
to be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive
HSK 6
Spanish language
HSK 6
to ensure / to guarantee / to safeguard
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
Arabic (language)
HSK 7-9
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
to be on the alert / vigilant / alert / on guard / to warn
HSK 7-9
Russian (language)
HSK 7-9
to act as a guardian
HSK 7-9
to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
HSK 7-9
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
to guard against theft / anti-theft
HSK 7-9
to take precautions / to guard against (emergency)
HSK 7-9
to discipline / to teach / to guarantee
HSK 7-9
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly; surely / custodian; curator
HSK 7-9
misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier
HSK 7-9
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
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  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
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  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
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  *官* | 官* | *官
surname Guan
Guantao county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
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  *仕* | 仕* | *仕
to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将
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  *广* | 广* | *广
surname Guang
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  *冠* | 冠* | *冠
surname Guan
Huangpu District, Guangzhou / Whampoa (old transliteration) / Guangdong Harbor
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  *操* | 操* | *操
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
Jiguan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
(car, bicycle etc) fender; mudguard; (UK) wing
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  *管* | 管* | *管
surname Guan
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  *桂* | 桂* | *桂
surname Gui / abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Shouguang, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺 in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区 of Shenzhen, Guangdong
Liwan District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义
Manchurian language
Cantonese language
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  *观* | 观* | *观
surname Guan
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  *解* | 解* | *解
to transport under guard
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
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  *语* | 语* | *语
dialect / language / speech
bilingual
Fengshun county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
western language / Spanish (language)
Taishan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
Guangshan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
Wuxuan county in Laibin 來賓|来宾, Guangxi
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
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  *汉* | 汉* | *汉
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
Indonesian language
Shunde, a district of Foshan 佛山市, Guangdong
Yangshuo county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Huaiji county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆, Guangdong
Pingxiang, county-level city in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi

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