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HSK
preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
accurate; exact; precise
HSK 2
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
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 make preparations
international human rights norms
not sure / maybe
front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
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)
(statistics) standard deviation
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
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
applicable anywhere (idiom)
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
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
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
Standard Model (of particle physics)
standard / norm
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
completely unprepared
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼|国标码
ready at any moment
accounting standards council
telescopic sight; scope (on a rifle)
standard time
standards organization / standards body
standard language
definite and reliable information
reserve fund
Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
Dsungaripterus (genus of pterosaur)
semifinal
standard / norm / criterion
quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics)
Rayleigh criterion (optics)
sighting device / sight (for a firearm etc)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
to aim in front of a moving target
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

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