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HSK
signal
HSK 2
parentheses; brackets
HSK 4
model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
HSK 4
slogan / catchphrase / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *號* | 號* | *號
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
to call / to appeal
HSK 5
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
signal light / car indicator
nine-ball (billiards game)
bass tuba / euphonium
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
colon (punct.)
desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits)
Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
code name
HSK 7-9
employee number
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
license plate / number plate
mark / symbol / notation / seal
HSK 7-9
medium-sized
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
HSK 6
nickname
HSK 7-9
nickname
HSK 7-9
asterisk * (punct.)
to be known as; to be nicknamed / to be purportedly / to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
HSK 7-9
C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池) / AA battery (Tw) (PRC equivalent: 五號電池|五号电池)
reserved seat; assigned seat
ordinal number / serial number / sequence number
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
alias
Kosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia
semiotics / semiology
first issue
to register (at a hospital etc) / to send by registered mail
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
flashing light / indicator light
identification number / IMEI
to dial a telephone number
name; title / good reputation
to number / numbering / serial number
HSK 7-9
number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign
store / a business
lottery
tilde ( ~ )
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 泰坦尼克號|泰坦尼克号
exclamation mark ! (punct.)
plus sign + (math.)
last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc
to cry out loud without tears
angle brackets < >
area code
student ID number
honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc
car rear indicator
hyphen
to answer a call to action
round brackets; parentheses ( )
Space Shuttle Discovery
ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
AAA battery (Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池|四号电池)
official account (on a social networking platform)
serial number / product key (software)
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
second best person / second-rate person
(music) flat (♭)
issue number (of a magazine etc)
full stop / period (punct.)
legband (on a bird)
an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command
to wail / to cry out in distress
seat number
2nd day of the month
the fifth / fifth day of a month
dial tone
punctuation / a punctuation mark
vehicle registration plate / license plate
to be named / named
AA battery (PRC) / Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
square brackets [ ]
Soyuz (union), Russian spacecraft series
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature
driver (golf)
(coll.) to go pee / to go to the bathroom
multiplication sign (math.)
signal processing
braces; curly brackets { }
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
unquote / end of quote
title of honor / term of respect
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)
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912

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