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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *也* | 也* | *也
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)
immediately afterwards / shortly after that
HSK 7-9
(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things / (of sth that was once popular) to be resurrected; to make a comeback
common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
(idiom) (usu. after ) (having done such-and-such) everything is now fine; that's the end of the matter; (one is) all set
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *番* | 番* | *番
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
HSK 6
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute)
the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911
Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
kite (lit. "wind zither", traditionally explained as being named after kites fitted with bamboo whistles that produced musical sounds when flown)
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *PU* | PU* | *PU
the degree of suspicion that a woman might, after she marries, cheat on her husband (abbr. for "paternity uncertainty")
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
duvet cover; quilt cover / (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase
ratoon rice; rice plants that regrow from stubble after the first harvest, yielding a second crop
after that / then
after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities
from that / following from that / after that
meat that is not refrigerated after the animal is slaughtered
(after a personal attribute) people who have that attribute; people of that type


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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