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HSK
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
to withdraw money from a bank
HSK 6
ATM
HSK 6
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
to try to please
(law) to get sb to bail one out (from jail)
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
to take a sample
to retrieve
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
(dialect) match (for lighting fire)
to collect evidence
to select a scene (for filming, sketching etc)
orientation / direction
to make trouble / to make fun of
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc)
to access / to make use of
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
to make fire
to win the trust of
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
to be released on bail (law)
to take out / to extract / to draw out
to reach a consensus
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
viewfinder (of a camera etc)
to take the best / to absorb the essence
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
to withdraw money
to withdraw money
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
modulo (math.)
to take an impression (dentistry etc)
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers) / viewfinder / viewing frame
substituent (chemistry)
to collect material
sample size (statistics)
to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
to unfollow
to remove / to take away
via / by way of / en route to
to take silver / to come second in a competition


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