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HSK
preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
accurate; exact; precise
HSK 2
to approve; to ratify
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
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
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
norm / standard / criterion
HSK 7-9
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
to take aim at; to target
HSK 7-9
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 沒準|没准
HSK 7-9
to allow / to grant / to permit
HSK 7-9
to approve / to permit / approval / permission
to make preparations
brigadier general; commodore
international human rights norms
not sure / maybe
access / admittance
front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
reserve requirement (finance)
code of conduct / standard of conduct
gauge
to comply with a standard / standards-compliant
industry standard
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
to authorize / to investigate then ratify
(statistics) standard deviation
to obtain permission
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
(exam) admission ticket
yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
standard conditions for temperature and pressure
to observe and make sure / to check
accuracy
on time; on schedule
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
to be valid; to count / authentic
technology standard
standardization
certainly
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
values / standards
not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
certainly / for sure
to give special approval
applicable anywhere (idiom)
to grant / to approve / to permit
to calibrate
standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz)
par (golf)
evidence (that one can rely on) / grounds (for believing sth)
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
official portrait
(coll.) unreliable
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
directrix line of a parabola / guide line
to guarantee / reliable / for sure
variant of 一準|一准
approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow
variant of 保准
definite idea; certainty; clear plan; definite guidelines
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
accurate / exact / precise / precision
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
to be ready
mother-to-be
lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard
double standard
standard conditions for temperature and pressure
imprecise
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间
unable to say / can't say precisely
nonstandard / unconventional
nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
to calculate precisely / to identify; to discern; to tell
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN) / German Institute for Standardization
deposit-reserve ratio
to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC)
geoid
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
access to markets
Standard Model (of particle physics)
standard / norm
forbidden / not allowed
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
completely unprepared
Jungar Banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
birth permit

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