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  *那* | 那* | *那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)
HSK 1
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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
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  *它* | 它* | *它
it (pronoun for an animal)
HSK 2
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  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
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  *子* | 子* | *子
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"
HSK 1
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  *性* | 性* | *性
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
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  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
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  *个* | 个* | *个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual
HSK 1
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
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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
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  *头* | 头* | *头
suffix for nouns
HSK 2
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  *们* | 们* | *们
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
HSK 1
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  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
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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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  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
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  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
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  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
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  *由* | 由* | *由
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
HSK 3
to declare / to announce / to proclaim
HSK 3
to announce; to make public; to publish
HSK 3
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
HSK 3
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  *报* | 报* | *报
to report; to inform; to announce / to respond; to reply / to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名) / to reward; to recompense / to take revenge; to retaliate / newspaper / periodical; journal / bulletin / telegram
HSK 3
nutrition / nourishment / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
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  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
not enough / insufficient / inadequate
HSK 2
really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed
HSK 3
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  *够* | 够* | *够
enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out
HSK 2
post / announcement
HSK 5
this way; like this; so / (before a noun) this kind of; such
HSK 2
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
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  *布* | 布* | *布
cloth / to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known
HSK 3
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  *土* | 土* | *土
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
HSK 5
enough; sufficient
HSK 3
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce
HSK 5
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
almost / nearly / more or less / about the same / good enough / not bad
HSK 2
(slang) (used after a noun to mean "obsessive devotee of") maniac; fiend
monotonous
HSK 4
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  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
to report (malefactors to the police) / to denounce
HSK 7-9
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
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  *敷* | 敷* | *敷
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
HSK 7-9
glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
HSK 7-9
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
skate (cartilaginous fish of the family Rajidae) / (coll.) ray (fish)
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
HSK 7-9
myriad / multitudinous / multifarious
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  *毒* | 毒* | *毒
poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics
HSK 5
to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journal
HSK 6
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  *森* | 森* | *森
(bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
(coll.) to be famished; ravenously hungry
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
asynchronous
(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
HSK 6
malnutrition / undernourishment / deficiency disease / dystrophy
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote / fresh capital; new investment funds / (coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche
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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 / (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克) / (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗)
poisonous
HSK 5
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  *悬* | 悬* | *悬
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
HSK 6
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
unbearable / terrible / enough / unlikely
HSK 7-9
ominous
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
joint announcement
monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
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  *炳* | 炳* | *炳
bright / brilliant / luminous
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
to have had enough of / to be fed up with / to have had one's fill of
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
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  *告* | 告* | *告
(bound form) to say; to tell / to announce; to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit; to sue
HSK 7-9
to abandon / to discard / to renounce / to dump (sb)
HSK 7-9
to denounce / to condemn / to criticize / condemnation / criticism
HSK 7-9
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  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
"double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰 and carbon neutrality 碳中和 / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware)
announcement of joyful news / CL: 張|张
technical term / proper noun
announcement
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
HSK 7-9
a drip / a little bit / intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
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  *宣* | 宣* | *宣
to declare (publicly) / to announce
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  *仿* | 仿* | *仿
used in 彷彿|仿佛 / (Note: While 仿 is not officially designated as the simplified form of , it serves as the de facto simplification when is pronounced fǎng.)
HSK 7-9

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