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HSK
everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you
HSK 3
seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
position / status / place / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
a post; a job
HSK 6
academic degree / place in school
HSK 5
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
to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
HSK 6
position; post; job
HSK 5
all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
HSK 7-9
(pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs
HSK 6
to settle a matter in one go
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
parking space; parking spot
HSK 7-9
dual degree (academic)
the title of Emperor
to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
HSK 7-9
bargaining position
metric units
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
price level
HSK 7-9
parking spot / unloading point / garage place / stand for taxi
HSK 7-9
public institution / (Tw) business enterprise; company; firm
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
doctoral degree; PhD
original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste
HSK 7-9
bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) / berth / bunk
HSK 7-9
bachelor's degree
geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区 and cell used to specify a character in a CJK character set)
international unit
to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done)
HSK 7-9
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
positioning (marketing)
this (person)
(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. [qia3wei4]) / booth seating
acupuncture point / location of a grave
HSK 7-9
vendor's booth
a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat
HSK 7-9
berth (for a ship) / parking space (for a vehicle)
(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark!
(economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位 "gold standard") / one's own department or unit / central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位 "school-centered approach")
berth
wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
electric potential / voltage
tonnage
seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
second place
overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)
order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke , Marquis , Count , Viscount , Baron
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
official rank and salary
unit of volume
to succeed to the throne / accession
digit / (Tw) digital
subunit
phase (waves)
direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
power and position (politics)
tide level
administrative unit (e.g. province , prefecture 地區|地区 or county 縣|县)
relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area
thermal unit / unit of heat
astronomical unit (AU)
third place
par
decimal system
production unit
posture
sonic location system (esp. underwater sonar); acoustic positioning
unit of length
master's degree
ladies and gentlemen; all of you present
honorary doctorate / Doctor Honoris Causae
workstation
title of king / kingship
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset
unit in charge of construction / builder
bunk; berth
honorary degree / academic degree Honoris Causa
work unit
imperial throne
ad space; ad slot
honorary degree / (U.K. etc) honours degree
rank / class / (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
offside (sports)
many-sided / versatile / various aspects / all-round / multidirectional
counterpoint (in music etc) / to align / alignment
to shift / shift / translocation / displacement / (medicine) dislocation
to succeed to a title / to inherit
(car racing) pole position / (obstetrics) cephalic presentation (i.e. head-first birth)
woman-on-top sex position
to abdicate / to resign a position
phoneme
transposition / displacement / inversion / translocation / to displace / to transpose
index (rotating gauge) / cam gradation
(logistics) storage location / place to store goods / (finance) position
shipping space / cabin berth / cabin seat

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