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HSK
individuality / personality
HSK 3
individual / personal / oneself
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *个* | 个* | *个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual
HSK 1
stature; height; size (of a person or object) / (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
HSK 2
individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
HSK 4
last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
size / height / stature
HSK 5
individual
HSK 4
every / various / separately, one by one
HSK 4
whole / entire / total
HSK 3
by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
to personalize / to customize / customization
the next one
a number of / each and every one / one by one; one after another
first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
personal privacy; private matters
each; every
one by one; one after another
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *个* | 个* | *个
personal digital assistant (PDA)
a few / several / how many
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
previous one
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
one-China policy
self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage)
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
individual case; special case
HSK 7-9
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
next week
last week
(coll.) about one; one or so
Gejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州, Yunnan
tall person / (of a person) tall
specific example / rare instance
everybody / everyone
to live miles apart
many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
which / who
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
therein / in this
the same; of the same type
share (in a listed company)
size / height / stature
HSK 7-9
One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
which
to change from day to day
(Tw) microeconomics
personal income tax (abbr. for 個人所得稅|个人所得税)
(coll.) tall person
personal injury
one and a half
personal computer; PC
number of items or individuals
each one individually; each and every
these
(coll.) today
a person in the know
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
half of sth
Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
until this moment
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
single / alone / individually / an odd one
Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)
one by one / one after another
one by one / in turn
(pronoun) this / (adjective) this
lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom) / fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
(not) a single person / (no) one
to hold hands
individualism
size / height
(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头 "expert", my ass!)
physique
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
the second person / (fig.) someone else / third party
personal savings
personality cult
continuously / persistently / incessantly
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress / reliable
stupid great hulk of a man
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
individual competition / individual race
(dialect) each one; every one
a one-person exhibition
individuality / clear-cut personality
the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things

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