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  *也* | 也* | *也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to
HSK 1
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  *最* | 最* | *最
(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after ) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world")
HSK 1
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
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  *分* | 分* | *分
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
HSK 1
chairperson / premier / chairman / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
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
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  *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
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  *汇* | 汇* | *汇
to remit / to converge (of rivers) / to exchange
HSK 4
office; business premises
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
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
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  *仍* | 仍* | *仍
still; yet / to remain / (literary) frequently; often
HSK 3
to move house; to relocate / to remove (sth)
HSK 3
condition; circumstance; term; factor / requirement; prerequisite; qualification / situation; state; condition / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
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  *远* | 远* | *远
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
HSK 1
to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
HSK 4
outstanding / notable / remarkable / statistically significant
HSK 4
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
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  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
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  *秒* | 秒* | *秒
second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
HSK 5
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
as before; still / to remain the same
HSK 5
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
HSK 5
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
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  *极* | 极* | *极
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
HSK 4
there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition
HSK 1
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
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  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
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  *移* | 移* | *移
to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove
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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  *穷* | 穷* | *穷
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
HSK 4
to remind / to call attention to / to warn of
HSK 4
premise / precondition / prerequisite
HSK 5
to get rid of / to exclude / to eliminate / to remove / to delete / to strip out / to extract
HSK 6
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
to remember
HSK 1
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
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  *留* | 留* | *留
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
HSK 2
in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence
HSK 4
only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
HSK 2
requirement / to require / (economics) demand
HSK 3
to remit money / remittance
HSK 5
very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part
HSK 7-9
to cherish the memory of / to think of / to reminisce
HSK 4
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  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
HSK 3
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
unusual; abnormal / extremely; exceptionally
HSK 6
size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety
HSK 4
to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
HSK 1
opening ceremony
HSK 5
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  *杀* | 杀* | *杀
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
HSK 4
to eliminate / to remove
HSK 5
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
ceremony
HSK 6
(idiom) ordinary; unremarkable; nothing special
aforementioned / above-mentioned
HSK 7-9
untiring / unremitting / indefatigable
HSK 7-9
to strip off; to peel off; to remove (esp. unwanted parts)
premier / prime minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
extremely thin person / (ACG) 2D character (from anime, manga etc)
still (remaining) / to remain (the same) / yet
HSK 5
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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
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  *记* | 记* | *记
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
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  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
HSK 4
(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends)
remarkable; outstanding
HSK 4
ceremony; celebration
HSK 5
to dominate; to reign supreme
(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
HSK 5
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit
HSK 7-9
to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
(of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme
HSK 4
premium / award money / bonus
HSK 4
strong medicine; potent remedy / (fig.) drastic measure
to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement)
HSK 5
to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
to collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
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  *死* | 死* | *死
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
HSK 3
(humorous) extreme laziness / (coll.) indolent cancer (esp. thyroid cancer)
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
(coll.) "leftover man" – a man who remains single beyond the typical marrying age

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