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HSK
clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
HSK 2
clear-headed / sober / awake
HSK 4
to clear up / to tidy up / to dispose of
HSK 5
early morning
HSK 5
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
clean / to clean
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
cleaner / janitor / garbage collector
HSK 6
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
list of items
HSK 7-9
to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
cool / refreshing / (of clothing) skimpy / revealing
HSK 7-9
clear; distinct
HSK 7-9
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆
HSK 7-9
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales)
HSK 7-9
mosque
HSK 7-9
quiet / peaceful and quiet
HSK 7-9
fresh and clean
HSK 7-9
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
Qingjiang river in Hubei
sweet scent / fragrant odor
to stir-fry / to saute
fresh and pure
(mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly; each and every one
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *清* | 清* | *清
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911) / surname Qing
poor but upright / destitute
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
(phonetics) voiceless sound
broth / clear soup / consommé
Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism)
detergent / cleaning solution
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
meager
Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize
to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear
Chiang Mai, city in Thailand
fresh and cool / relaxed
clear spring
limpid; glistening
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
Qing troops; Manchu soldiers
to take an inventory of stock / to clear out one's stock
delicate and pretty
to purge a political party of undesirable elements
clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
cool breeze / fig. pure and honest
steamed in broth
Qing dynasty person
(of a location) quiet and secluded / beautiful and secluded
pure / innocent
definition / sharpness / clarity
to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea 忠清北道
customs clearance
Qingshuihe county in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
Qinghe, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
to clear (a place) / to evacuate
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
to clear one's throat / to hawk
Qingshui, a county in Tianshui City 天水市, Gansu
liquidation
posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
(of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
fair criticism / just comment
to stew meat without seasoning
Qingcheng, a district of Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市, Guangdong
to check / to make inventory
to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
(of sound) clear and resonant; bright / (of eyes) bright / (of water) crystal-clear; limpid / clear (in one's mind)
clear
Qingjian County in Yulin 榆林, Shaanxi
Puritan
to sing opera arias without staging, costume or makeup / to sing a cappella
to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive)
cleaner
(of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet
to tidy up / to mop up / a sweep (against crime)
light intellectual conversation
see 清水縣|清水县 / Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name)
fresh water / drinking water / clear water
to investigate thoroughly / to carefully inspect / to verify / to ferret out (undesirable elements)
street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper
idle / leisurely
honest and upright (idiom)

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