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HSK
in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement) / (physics) coincidence
HSK 4
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
Vladivostok (Russian port city) (Chinese name: 海參崴|海参崴)
phonetic component of a Chinese character (e.g. the component in )
rest (music)
not in harmony
quaver / eighth note
inconsistent / not in agreement with / not agree or tally with / not conform to
character (computing)
wildcard character (computing)
semiotics / semiology
crotchet (music)
(music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
sigil; talismanic mark or symbol; (ritual) seal
indicator
minim (music)
string (computing)
to match / to tally
(computing) placeholder
punctuation / a punctuation mark
(computing) escape character
operator (computing)
Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
(music) tuplet
(computing) "carriage return" character (ASCII code 13)
page break
drive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing)
hyphen
Württemberg, region of southwest Germany, former state around Stuttgart 斯圖加特|斯图加特
amulet; protective talisman; charm
rune
writing symbol
(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers
a Daoist talisman
the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation
string (as in "character string")
to comply with a standard / standards-compliant
(of one's words) to be in accord with reality (idiom)
same sign, joint aim (idiom); fig. completely compatible / identical
dieresis / umlaut / diacritical mark separating two adjacent syllables
token
(idiom) to say one thing and do another
Baden-Württemberg, southwest German state, capital Stuttgart 斯圖加特|斯图加特
double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)
tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)
apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案)
see 虎符
mnemonic symbol; mnemonic code
prime symbol (′) (math., linguistics etc)
semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component in )
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mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide
semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component in )
a charm to protect against evil spirits
synoptic gospels (i.e. Matthew, Mark and Luke, with similar accounts and chronology)
non-Latin characters
universal character set UCS
optical character recognition (OCR)
good luck charm
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
universal resource locator (URL), i.e. webaddress
unsigned (i.e. the absolute value, regardless of plus or minus sign)
a talisman or lucky charm
hyphen
talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers (also called 符籙|符箓) / to invoke the magical power of such a talisman / a tiger tally 虎符 sent with great urgency
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan) / Bopomofo / abbr. to 注音一式
start frame delimiter (SFD)
amulet / protective talisman / charm
charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing)
delimiter (computing)
token ring (computing)
apostrophe


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