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  *九* | 九* | *九
nine / 9
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
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
morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
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  *晚* | 晚* | *晚
evening / night / late
HSK 1
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  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
to train / to drill / training / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to cultivate / to train / to groom / training
HSK 4
evening meal; dinner / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
HSK 4
from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *准* | 准* | *准
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun
HSK 2
subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline
HSK 5
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
learning / science / academic / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
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
evening party / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Good night! / Good evening!
HSK 2
earnings / profit
HSK 4
early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
early morning / CL: 個|个 / also pr. [zao3chen5]
HSK 2
beginning / to start
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
HSK 1
student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet
HSK 6
training class
HSK 4
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
opening ceremony
HSK 5
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
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  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk
HSK 6
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
early morning
HSK 5
scheduled evening self-study period; evening study hall
reasoning / inference / to infer / to deduce
HSK 7-9
in a row / in succession / running
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to go for a morning run
to lecture (on branch of learning)
HSK 7-9
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
HSK 7-9
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
importation and exportation; import-export / access point; opening that serves as an entrance or exit
HSK 7-9
(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear formal evening gowns
daughter's husband; son-in-law
HSK 7-9
early-morning self-study session (before regular classes); to attend such a session
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
opportunity / turning point / juncture
HSK 7-9
(dated, except in Taiwan) trainee; apprentice; probationary employee / (entertainment) trainee performer undergoing systematic training prior to debut (esp. in idol groups)
employment opportunity / job opening
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming
HSK 6
peninsula
HSK 7-9
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
Nintendo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晨* | 晨* | *晨
morning / dawn / daybreak
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坑* | 坑* | *坑
pit; hollow; depression / (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel / (literary) to bury alive / (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
HSK 7-9
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole / overall situation; the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
HSK 7-9
arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon)
HSK 7-9
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
burning fiercely / flaming / blazing
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka
tonight / this evening
direct / concerning oneself / personal
HSK 7-9
opening ceremony
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
running water; tap water
HSK 6
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  *伊* | 伊* | *伊
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
noninterference / nonintervention

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