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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桿* | 桿* | *桿
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
HSK 6
railing / banister
HSK 7-9
lever / pry bar / crowbar / financial leverage
gear lever / stick shift
chipper (golf)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
pole / CL: 條|条,
joystick
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf)
the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆 and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆)
(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight) / (fig.) backing; support
control lever; joystick
the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm
arrow shaft
electric pole / telephone pole
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
par (golf)
surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal; model; benchmark
joystick / control lever
fishing rod / CL:
to craft facile prose; to play around with words
tension bar
mast
electric trolley pole
selfie stick / also written 自拍杆
a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
flagpole
a pole / a prop
screw
top bar / crown bar
backswing (golf)
(dialect) leg
wooden pole / wood (golf club)
fishing rod
electric pole / telegraph pole
driver (golf)
chip (golf shot)
telephone pole / utility pole
(finance) leverage / gearing
spoon (golf)
lasso on long wooden pole
tappet (machine part)
gear lever
swing (golf)
to write for a living
gun barrel
sand wedge (golf)
club (golf) / cue (billiards) / also written 球桿|球杆
worm (mechanical engineering)
financial leverage / leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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