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  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
HSK 1
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
HSK 3
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to )
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
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  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
different / distinct / not the same / not alike
HSK 2
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  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *吹* | 吹* | *吹
to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
HSK 2
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
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  *头* | 头* | *头
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *苦* | 苦* | *苦
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
HSK 4
accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個|个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
HSK 3
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
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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  *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
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
big and strong; formidable; powerful
HSK 3
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
bad / harmful / unhealthy
HSK 5
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  *安* | 安* | *安
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培)
HSK 4
to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)
HSK 3
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  *病* | 病* | *病
illness / CL: 場|场 / disease / to fall ill / defect
HSK 1
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
plastic bag
HSK 4
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  *被* | 被* | *被
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
to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
skill / ability / capability / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
beginning of the year
HSK 3
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
(loanword) a blog; a blogger
HSK 5
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
HSK 2
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
HSK 5
(facial) expression / to express one's feelings
HSK 4
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
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  *层* | 层* | *层
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
incessant
HSK 5
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
need not
HSK 1
graduate
HSK 4
to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of
HSK 3
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  *冰* | 冰* | *冰
ice / CL: 塊|块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine
HSK 4
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police
HSK 5
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
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
pocket / bag; sack
HSK 4
greater than; bigger than; more than
HSK 5
house / building / CL: ,
HSK 3
to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate
HSK 4
to combine / to link / to integrate / binding / CL:
HSK 3
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
school building; academic building
HSK 1
broadcast / CL: 個|个 / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize
HSK 3
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
banking / finance / financial
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
refrigerator / (old) icebox
HSK 4
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  *并* | 并* | *并
and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge
HSK 3
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  *并* | 并* | *并
to combine / to amalgamate
HSK 3
sad; sorrowful
HSK 5
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
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  *且* | 且* | *且
and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)
HSK 7-9
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance
HSK 5
heart; innermost being / (math.) incenter
HSK 3
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  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
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
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
HSK 4
to construct / building / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
background; backdrop; context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
beginning / to start
HSK 6
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *棒* | 棒* | *棒
stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 5
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
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  *归* | 归* | *归
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
not the only one / not only
HSK 3
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
HSK 6
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being / to be born with; to be blessed with
HSK 5
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  *贴* | 贴* | *贴
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
HSK 4
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5

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