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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
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
(coll.) to defecate; to poop
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
(slang) to build up a social media account (from scratch)
tuba
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)
door number / (Tw) mobile phone number
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.)
ordinal number / serial number / sequence number
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
alias
Kosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia
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; to assign numbers / 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 point; exclamation mark (!)
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
hyphen
round brackets; parentheses ( )
Space Shuttle Discovery
ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
official account (on a social networking platform)
serial number / product key (software)
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
(music) flat (♭)
issue number (of a magazine etc)
full stop / period (punct.)
legband (on a bird)
to wail / to cry out in distress
seat number
2nd day of the month
the fifth / fifth day of a month
punctuation / a punctuation mark
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
(coll.) to go pee / to go to the bathroom
multiplication sign (math.)
braces; curly brackets { }
(music) tuba / (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format / (polite) your (given) name / (coll.) number two; poop; to defecate
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
(math.) equals sign =
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
signal
turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator
account number; account; username
(archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account
quotation mark (punct.)
bugle
the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
tortoise shell brackets 〔〕
lot number / batch number
Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
trademark
HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette fired on by PLA forces on the Yangtze River in 1949, triggering the Amethyst Incident
Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)
radical sign √ (math.)
exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
secret signal; password; countersign
(math.) plus or minus sign; ±
apostrophe

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