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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
to approve; to ratify
HSK 3
accurate; exact; precise
HSK 2
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *準* | 準* | *準
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
standard time
imprecise
to be valid; to count / authentic
to grant / to approve / to permit
to authorize / to investigate then ratify
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
to allow / to grant / to permit
HSK 7-9
ready at any moment
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
HSK 7-9
in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
norm / standard / criterion
HSK 7-9
to take aim at; to target
HSK 7-9
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
technology standard
nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
birth permit
double standard
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
to make preparations
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间
not sure / maybe
(statistics) standard deviation
to approve / to permit / approval / permission
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
mother-to-be
reserve requirement (finance)
standard language
not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow
standard / norm
yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
certainly / for sure
industry standard
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
code of conduct / standard of conduct
to give special approval
standardization
standards organization / standards body
to be ready
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
to aim in front of a moving target
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
evidence (that one can rely on) / grounds (for believing sth)
official portrait
accuracy
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
brigadier general; commodore
geoid
standard conditions for temperature and pressure
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
completely unprepared
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
to calculate precisely / to identify; to discern; to tell
to guarantee / reliable / for sure
international human rights norms
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
Standard Model (of particle physics)
reserve fund
nonstandard / unconventional
deposit-reserve ratio
(drug etc) approval number
Dsungaripterus (genus of pterosaur)
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
to comply with a standard / standards-compliant
values / standards
to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
applicable anywhere (idiom)
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
definite and reliable information
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN) / German Institute for Standardization
standard / norm / criterion
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
gauge
to observe and make sure / to check
access / admittance
(exam) admission ticket
access to markets
directrix line of a parabola / guide line
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
forbidden / not allowed
par (golf)
accurate / exact / precise / precision
certainly
(coll.) unreliable
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value

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