| | between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms | HSK 1 |
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| | to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office | HSK 1 |
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| | to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, 份, 項|项 | HSK 1 |
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| | letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | HSK 1 |
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| | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society | HSK 1 |
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| | tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed | HSK 1 |
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| | 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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| | dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, 席, 句, 口, 番 | HSK 1 |
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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| | down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action | HSK 1 |
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| | best / had better ...; it would be best to ... | HSK 1 |
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| | to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) | HSK 1 |
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| | two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid | HSK 1 |
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| | (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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| | hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 | HSK 1 |
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| | to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来) | HSK 1 |
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| | female / woman / daughter | HSK 1 |
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| | two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | HSK 1 |
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| | matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁|桩, 回 | HSK 1 |
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| | mountain; hill (CL: 座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | HSK 1 |
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| | hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | HSK 1 |
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| | 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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| | team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | HSK 1 |
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| | cooked rice / CL: 碗 / meal / CL: 頓|顿 / (loanword) fan / devotee | HSK 1 |
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| | woman | HSK 1 |
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| | old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents | HSK 1 |
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| | house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, 幢, 座, 套, 間|间 | HSK 1 |
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| | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word | HSK 1 |
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| | younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter) | HSK 1 |
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| | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est / (after 之) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 "the greatest in the world") | HSK 1 |
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| | younger sister / young woman / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1 |
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| | tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard | HSK 1 |
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| | 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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| | to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks) | HSK 1 |
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| | to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind | HSK 1 |
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| | to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc) | HSK 1 |
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| | shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: 家 / the business world | HSK 1 |
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| | 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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| | net / network | HSK 2 |
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| | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) | HSK 2 |
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| | cat (CL: 隻|只) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem | HSK 2 |
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| | to practice / field work / to intern / internship | HSK 2 |
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| | to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, 片 / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette | HSK 2 |
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| | unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married | HSK 2 |
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| | word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL: 首) | HSK 2 |
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| | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive / hard-working; conscientious | HSK 2 |
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| | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation | HSK 2 |
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| | to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | HSK 2 |
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| | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL: 本 | HSK 2 |
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| | school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate | HSK 2 |
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| | road; path (CL: 條|条, 股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) | HSK 2 |
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| | married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL: 個|个, 位 | HSK 2 |
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| | to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL: 項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc | HSK 2 |
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| | colleague; co-worker | HSK 2 |
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| | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression | HSK 2 |
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| | to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall | HSK 2 |
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| | urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious | HSK 2 |
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| | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent | HSK 2 |
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| | 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 |
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| | new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | nature (the natural world) | HSK 2 |
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| | won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable | HSK 2 |
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| | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to | HSK 2 |
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| | way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | two / double / pair / both / even (number) | HSK 3 |
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| | work (of art) / opus / CL: 部, 篇 | HSK 3 |
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| | value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | HSK 3 |
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| | old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age) | HSK 3 |
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| | (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 |
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| | artificial / manpower / manual work | HSK 3 |
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| | to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation | HSK 3 |
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| | to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把 in 管... 叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards | HSK 3 |
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| | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | HSK 3 |
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| | wonderful / marvelous / brilliant | HSK 3 |
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| | to connect / to arrest / to worry | HSK 3 |
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| | ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | HSK 3 |
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| | victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) | HSK 3 |
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| | to carve wood | HSK 3 |
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| | the whole world / worldwide; global | HSK 3 |
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| | value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty | HSK 3 |
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| | girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | emotion; sentiment / affection; feelings between two persons | HSK 3 |
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| | only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) 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 |
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| | to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior | HSK 3 |
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| | sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post | HSK 3 |
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| | article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: 篇, 段, 頁|页 | HSK 3 |
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| | to live / alive / living / work / workmanship | HSK 3 |
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| | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to | HSK 3 |
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| | employee; staff member; worker | HSK 3 |
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| | broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of | HSK 3 |
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| | to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects | HSK 3 |
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| | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他, 誰也沒來|除了他, 谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語, 他也會法語|除了英语, 他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French") / (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B") | HSK 3 |
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| | quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip") | HSK 3 |
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| | factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant | HSK 3 |
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| | knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs | HSK 3 |
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| | worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth) | HSK 3 |
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| | to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard | HSK 3 |
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