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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)
HSK 1
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL: 個|个
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
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
address / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
handsome guy / lady-killer / handsome (form of address)
HSK 4
father's younger brother; paternal uncle / form of address used by children for a male one generation older
HSK 4
to respect; to revere; to esteem / honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
HSK 5
big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
HSK 4
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
(coll.) young man; polite or friendly form of address or reference for a young male
web address; URL
HSK 4
(coll.) babe; darling; (Internet slang) (term of endearment used to address one's followers) bestie; fam
form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males)
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
(historical) term used by an emperor's son or daughter to address him
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
(historical) form of address used by an emperor or imperial children for their mother (the empress or the empress dowager) / (historical) the empress dowager (as a title or form of reference)
(coll.) male cousin through a female relative / (coll.) friendly form of address between men of similar age / (coll.) nickname for a person from Jiangxi
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
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
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)
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
address
HSK 7-9
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称) / to praise sb in their presence
(old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
gentlemen (form of address)
husband's father; father-in-law / grandpa; grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch
aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
to call; to address as / form of address; appellation
HSK 7-9
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
issue that needs to be addressed first (before another issue can be resolved)
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)
name and address of the sender enclosed / details inside
current address / place of residence
(dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint
(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant
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
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
address book / directory
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
destination address
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
email address
(coll.) wife's younger sister; sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her)
lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
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
to address / to search for address / to input data into memory
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
(honorific written address) My dear friend
to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address; honorific title
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
return address
title; appellation; form of address
business address; office address
eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
home address
(literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
stack address (computing)
funeral oration / eulogy / elegiac address
delivery address
(Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
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)
broadcast address
mail address
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
grandpa (polite form of address for old man)
absolute address (computing)
destination address / target address
my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife)
benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
addressable (computing) / accessible via an address
(often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *娭* | 娭* | *娭
see 娭姐, father's mother / granny (dialect) / respectful form of address for older lady
Catholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)
(computing) network address translation
contact address
I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祢* | 祢* | *祢
you (used to address a deity)
(archaic form of address) his excellency the army commander
mailing address; postal address
old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臣* | 臣* | *臣
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
multicast address / multistation address

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