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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
website / web address / URL
HSK 4
big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
HSK 4
handsome guy / lady-killer / handsome (form of address)
HSK 4
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
to respect; to revere; to esteem / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
HSK 5
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词
HSK 7-9
to call; to address as / form of address; appellation
HSK 7-9
wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
address
HSK 7-9
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
addressable (computing) / accessible via an address
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臣* | 臣* | *臣
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
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  *娅* | 娅* | *娅
(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names)
term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称) / to praise sb in their presence
(literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
(archaic form of address) his excellency the army commander
to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address; honorific title
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant
name and address of the sender enclosed / details inside
eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
(dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman
Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males)
stack address (computing)
aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)
(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祢* | 祢* | *祢
you (used to address a deity)
gentlemen (form of address)
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
title; appellation; form of address
to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 媽媽|妈妈)
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife)
honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
(old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
(honorific written address) My dear friend
(often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
(Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
business address; office address
address book / directory
little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
current address / place of residence
mailing address; postal address
funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
address resolution protocol / ARP
email address
destination address / target address
(computing) network address translation
water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
husband's father; father-in-law / grandpa; grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch
grandpa (polite form of address for old man)
home address
broadcast address
speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to the Federal Assembly etc)
father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
telephone contact notebook; address book
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
delivery address
absolute address (computing)
mail address
contact address
uniform resource locator (URL), i.e. web address
issue that needs to be addressed first (before another issue can be resolved)
return address
self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
multicast address / multistation address
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *娭* | 娭* | *娭
see 娭姐, father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
to address / to search for address / to input data into memory
source address
relative address (computing)
destination address
old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:

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