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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *查* | 查* | *查
to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
HSK 2
to check / to inquire / to consult (a document etc) / inquiry / query
HSK 5
to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out
HSK 6
to find out / to discover
HSK 6
to search for / to look up
HSK 7-9
to investigate and find out / to ascertain
HSK 7-9
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
HSK 7-9
to scrutinize / to examine / to check
to examine; to investigate; to try to determine
inspection / to examine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *查* | 查* | *查
surname Zha
to check
to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source
to check / to verify
to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
Charles
Chapman (name)
to check the sentries
Chad (Tw)
to seize / to confiscate
to audit accounts / to inspect accounting books
look-up method for Chinese characters
Charleston
to investigate
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
to inquire about
Chavez, Spanish name
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *查* | 查* | *查
variant of
to check the guard posts / (coll.) to check up on sb (spouse, employee etc)
ticket inspector
night patrol / to make nightly rounds
Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34
to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify
to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down
to investigate
to follow up a study / to investigate
to check / to tally / to inventory
to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions / to search and confiscate (forbidden items); to raid
to inspect a room / to do the rounds (medical)
to conduct a bed check
to obtain (information) from a database etc
to confiscate
to check / to consult / to look up
Charlemagne (c. 747-c. 814), King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor from 800
chakra (loanword)
(Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter / to barge into people's home on false pretences
Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor
chakra
Chagas disease / American trypanosomiasis
Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛 as largest island
Cha Quan - "Cha Fist" - Martial Art
to check / to investigate / to probe (into)
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
Charlie Hebdo (French magazine)
to prohibit / to ban / to suppress
to search for and seize (criminals, smuggled goods etc)


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