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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
sound; voice
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 一) 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
the South Pole / the south magnetic 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: 根
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:段)
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: 次
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
sound of rain
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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 品)
natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
(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 一: 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
money to gamble with / (fig.) resources one can afford to risk
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
water resource
(physics) acoustic field; sound field / soundstage
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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: 份, 個|个
HSK 4
change in sound; altered pronunciation / (music) chromatic alteration of pitch; altered note; accidental / (linguistics) phonological alternation
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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)
South America
to sleep soundly
north and south / north to south
HSK 5
the sound of a bell
thick, peppery soup originating in Henan, commonly eaten for breakfast
human resource efficiency (abbr. for 人力資源效能|人力资源效能)
personnel office / human resources (HR)
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism, attested by 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
(slang) chicken (playful term, from the sound a chicken makes) / (slang) prostitute; hooker (via 雞|鸡 "prostitute")
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  *哇* | 哇* | *哇
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting
fine-sounding but empty words
new energy; alternative energy (energy from nontraditional sources, such as solar, wind, nuclear and hydrogen energy)
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
(of energy, natural resources etc) renewable
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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
(idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)
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  *铛* | 铛* | *铛
clank / clang / sound of metal
inside source; mole; insider / inside information; insider connections / (military) interior lines / internal telephone line
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, a city in 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
(idiom) to waste both 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)

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