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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
to fall asleep
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
along with / in the wake of / following
HSK 5
to signify / to mean / to imply
HSK 5
to have / to possess
HSK 5
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
to go along / to follow
HSK 6
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
near
HSK 6
attire; clothes; dress
HSK 7-9
to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment
HSK 7-9
towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor
HSK 7-9
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
in front of / in the presence of
HSK 7-9
towards
HSK 7-9
relying on / on the basis of
HSK 7-9
to follow / following / along
HSK 7-9
steady / calm and collected / not nervous
HSK 7-9
immediately afterwards / shortly after that
HSK 7-9
to follow after / immediately afterwards
carrying on one's back
clothes
to wear
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
not worthwhile
to adhere / attachment
in order to / because of / for the sake of
to take it easy
to be unable to reach
sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
(HK) swimsuit (loanword from Japanese "mizugi")
to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business!
to succeed by a lucky stroke
to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate
to adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate
to be considered outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
alive
to protect / to guard / to shield
to be occupied with (doing sth)
no need / need not
by means of; through; with the help of
unwise move / to make an unwise move
closed
(coll.) to try to
to find
to follow
to guess correctly
afloat
to droop; to hang down; to dangle
to be able to touch / tangible
can't touch; can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
to fall asleep; to get to sleep
urgently
to be unable to find
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
to ignite / to kindle
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
in accordance with
to obtain
Asanga (Buddhist philosopher, c. 4th century AD)
(of income etc) to be unassured; to lack a reliable source
important thing / crucial thing
thus / in this way / like this
(do sth) that way; like that
backwards; in reverse; upside down
to brave / to face dangers
having nothing better to do
(coll.) to blame sb for sth
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
evident / clear / undoubted
head-on / red-handed
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上
let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will
to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business
variant of 花招
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply


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