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HSK
erhua variant of 麵條|面条
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *条* | 条* | *条
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
condition; circumstance; term; factor / requirement; prerequisite; qualification / situation; state; condition / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(informal) note / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 5
french fries / french fried potatoes / chips
HSK 6
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
clause (of contract or law) / CL: 項|项
HSK 7-9
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
bleak; desolate / (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
HSK 7-9
(of a woman) slim / slender / graceful
HSK 7-9
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
HSK 7-9
unconditional
HSK 7-9
long narrow table
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
conditioned reflex
chain / CL: , 條|条
willow twig; osier; wicker
creed / article of faith
to defecate (slang)
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
requirement / necessary condition (math)
heavenly decree; divine commandment; (fig.) unbreakable taboo; absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国
cat treat tube; squeeze-up cat treat
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
entry (in a dictionary)
slip of paper
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
stripe
barcode
branch / twig / stem
economic depression
spoke (of wheel)
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
rack (and pinion)
short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute
to write an IOU or promissory note
a bar / a strip
clause / explanatory section in a document
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
four of a kind / quads (poker)
brief note
noodles
(textiles) sliver / tampon (abbr. for 衛生棉條|卫生棉条)
a sawblade
barcode
rule
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变
french fries
steel bar
receipt
leave of absence request (from work or school)
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things
to be of one mind / to think or act alike
regulations
old fox; slick customer
magnetic stripe
lath
rattan
youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) / CL: / slick and sly person
(bird species of China) striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striata)
unhurried / calm / composed / leisurely
erhua variant of 炸土豆條|炸土豆条
thong / leather strap / pimp / procurer
paper docket confirming a transaction
long narrow table
arrangement / order / tidiness
stick moxibustion / poling (TCM)
Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
leave of absence request (from work or school) / excuse note / CL: 張|张
(wheel) spoke
weal (e.g. from whipping) / streak
regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
(idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
(literary) systematic arrangement / coherent presentation
travel pass
label / tag
stark naked
commandment / precept
a law
bamboo strip
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
seal
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
bar chart
to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
three of a kind (poker)
terms of use
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
gold bar
char kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)

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