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  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
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  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
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  *嘴* | 嘴* | *嘴
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 2
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 5
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
consistent; unanimous; in agreement / together; in unison
HSK 4
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  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
HSK 2
great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous
HSK 2
huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
HSK 4
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  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
HSK 3
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
to equal / to be tantamount to
HSK 2
famous / well-known
HSK 1
to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount
HSK 4
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  *含* | 含* | *含
to keep in the mouth / to contain
HSK 4
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  *追* | 追* | *追
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously
HSK 3
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
mountain area / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
HSK 3
number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code
HSK 4
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  *鼠* | 鼠* | *鼠
(bound form) rat; mouse
HSK 5
to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
HSK 6
amount; quantity / quantitative / (math.) scalar quantity
HSK 3
volume (amount of space an object occupies)
HSK 5
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  *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
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  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
famous / noted / well-known / celebrated
HSK 4
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  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
HSK 2
total / overall amount
HSK 6
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face
HSK 4
the slightest amount or degree / a bit
HSK 7-9
to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering
HSK 4
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  *键* | 键* | *键
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
to install / to erect / to fix / to mount / installation
HSK 3
prefecture level (the administrative tier below the provincial level, including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
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  *堆* | 堆* | *堆
to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount
HSK 5
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
mouth shape when speaking or singing
to pretend to be (asleep etc) / to disguise oneself as / pretense / disguise / (military) to camouflage / camouflage
HSK 7-9
(computing) mouse
HSK 5
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
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  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
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  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
number; amount / somewhat
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  *Q* | Q* | *Q
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)
mournful; miserable
HSK 7-9
well-known; famous
HSK 6
(formal) posthumous birthday
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
HSK 5
the mid-slope of a mountain
famous
HSK 7-9
debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness
HSK 7-9
mouth shape when speaking or singing
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
HSK 5
equally famous
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
(of a food's mouthfeel) springy / firm / al dente
readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
mouthfeel; texture (of food)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *达* | 达* | *达
to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent
amount / number
HSK 5
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  *岭* | 岭* | *岭
mountain range / mountain ridge
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市 (short name )
(mountain) peak
HSK 6
singing star / famous singer
HSK 6
to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
HSK 7-9
hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity / absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
HSK 7-9
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL: 處|处
HSK 6
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
(chemistry) amount of substance
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
world famous
a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth / (dialect) to chat idly
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
vehement; fervent / generous; magnanimous
HSK 7-9
silent; still; quiet / to mourn in silence; to observe silence / (neologism, attested by 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wangqing, a county in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
Longchuan county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Yunnan
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
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  *吻* | 吻* | *吻
kiss / to kiss / mouth
HSK 7-9
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

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