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Pīnyīn
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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淺* | 淺* | *淺
shallow / light (color)
HSK 4
(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
light color
simple introduction / primer
buff / pale yellow
blunt / direct (i.e. not tactful)
(idiom) easy to understand
shallow study / superficial / scant knowledge
bas-relief
light (color) / pale / vague (feeling)
shallow reef / shoal
to scratch / shallow plowing
primary, elementary or coarse analysis
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
depth (archaic)
shallows / shoal / sandbar
Asakusa (district of Tokyo known for its traditional atmosphere and Sensō-ji, a 7th-century Buddhist temple)
dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
shallow opinion / humble opinion
simple / easy to understand
shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
meager / slight
shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep
shallow and crude / meager (knowledge or skill)
to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
superficial
simple
shallow water
to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition
easy / simple / suitable for beginners
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淺* | 淺* | *淺
sound of moving water


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