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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
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  *南* | 南* | *南
south
HSK 1
voice / sound / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *于* | 于* | *于
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
HSK 6
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
south / south side / southern part / to the south of
HSK 1
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  *细* | 细* | *细
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
HSK 4
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects
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
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
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
robust / sound
HSK 5
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
HSK 3
to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police
HSK 5
south pole
HSK 5
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  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace
HSK 2
to record sound / an audio recording (CL:)
HSK 3
electric power source
HSK 4
to visit; to call on (a person or place) / (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc) / (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story) / CL:
HSK 3
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  *响* | 响* | *响
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
HSK 2
southeast
HSK 2
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  *汤* | 汤* | *汤
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
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  *拼* | 拼* | *拼
to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words)
HSK 5
southern part
HSK 3
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  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
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  *川* | 川* | *川
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China
(linguistics) oral speech sounds
HSK 7-9
to commemorate; to honor the memory of / memento; keepsake; souvenir
HSK 3
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
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  *片* | 片* | *片
thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
southwest
HSK 2
wholeheartedly / heart and soul
HSK 7-9
radiation source
ballast stone; (fig.) source of stability
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  *㴋* | 㴋* | *㴋
sound of rain and wind
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
Southeast Asia
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
type-B ultrasound
material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
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  *酸* | 酸* | *酸
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid
HSK 4
South America
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
Samsung (South Korean electronics company) / Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
South America
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
personnel office / human resources (HR)
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
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  *产* | 产* | *产
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
HSK 7-9
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  *嘚* | 嘚* | *嘚
(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
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  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
B-mode ultrasonography / prenatal ultrasound scan / abbr. for B型超聲|B型超声
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  *哇* | 哇* | *哇
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting
source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
HSK 7-9
Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia (Tw)
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
renewable (resource)
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  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409–436) / surname Yan
Russo-Ukrainian
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  *铛* | 铛* | *铛
clank / clang / sound of metal
wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul
(a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition; physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
HSK 7-9
Cantonese seafood soup
implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest
HSK 7-9
think tank; intellectual resource
South Africa / Southern Africa
source code (computing) (Tw, HK)
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
Lingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道, South Korea
to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
waste of manpower and resources
laid back; leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
soufflé (loanword)
original source / place of origin / provenance
to cry out / to bark out a sound
quick-witted / resourceful
HSK 7-9
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  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录
old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
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  *咍* | 咍* | *咍
(interj.) / happy / sound of laughter
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌, human shield)
historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书
division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9

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