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Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *須* | 須* | *須
must / to have to / to wait
HSK 7-9
need not / not obliged to / not necessarily
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬚* | 鬚* | *鬚
beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel
HSK 7-9
key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
shaver / razor
must; have to
beard / CL: , 綹|绺
shaving cream
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
there is no need / why should
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
fibrous root
man or men (formal)
tentacles / feelers / antennae
asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜
groundless; baseless
in a flash / in a jiffy
tendril
to grow a beard
see 老生
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers / to do sth very daring
tendril
mustache shaped like character
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
dragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy strands
(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
bushman (African ethnic group)
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
aftershave
(Beijing dialect) intact / in one piece
woman with a manly spirit
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
roots
Yokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
short period of time / a moment
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
hematite Fe2O3
beard / whiskers
feelers (zoology) / tassel (botany)
whiskers / mustache
hair and beard
baleen whale / Mysticeti


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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