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HSK
variant Chinese character
variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)
rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
(logic, computing) XOR; exclusive or
dissident
heterosexuality / heterosexual love
(of twins) fraternal / dizygotic
foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
isomeric (chemistry)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *异* | 异* | *异
different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate
dissenting words
exoticism / local color / exotic
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
dissident
foreign country
stranger
difference / peculiar
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
heterogeneous
comparison / differences and similarities
exotic / foreign
different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
unpleasant odor
alienation (philosophy) / (of speech) dissimilation
(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
HSK 7-9
dissident
isopropanol / isopropyl alcohol C3H8O
foreign country / alien land
member of another religion / heathen / pagan / heretic / apostate
objection; dissent
HSK 7-9
different tribe
word having alternative pronunciations
dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others
hetero- / variety
amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
asynchronous
allosaurus
differing opinion
asynchronous transfer mode / ATM
(bird species of China) aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus)
dissident / dissenting / dissent
transvestism
fraternal twins
heresy / heathenism
variant character / loan word / variant written form (for the same word) / different edition
to shift; to alter / unusual change; abnormal move
different function
variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划 and 筆畫|笔画 / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature
HSK 7-9
heterosexism
dissenter / dissident
variant
(math.) skew lines
unusual / extraordinary
extraordinary splendor
(religion) a vision / strange phenomenon
different place / abroad
a heretic
unusual condition / something odd / strange shape
isobutane
common nettle (Urtica dioica)
not the usual type / atypical / heterotype
(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
unusual; abnormal / extremely; exceptionally
HSK 6
to use the same method to treat different diseases (TCM)
heterogeneous network
foreign land / a place far from home
different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark
carbylamine / isocyanide
isoalloxazine (name of organic chemical)
isomer (chemistry)
extraordinary image
(Tw) heterosexual man; straight man
variant form (of a Chinese character)
heresy
isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
(Tw) heterosexual woman; straight woman
isoprene rubber
unusual sound; strange noise / to make a strange sound
eccentric / unusual person / talented individual
disloyalty / infidelity
pica (medicine)
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
heterosexual sex
sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
isoprene
allosaurus / also written 異特龍|异特龙
feeling surprised at sth
allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
rare perfume
extraordinary talent
Ibuprofen or Nurofen / nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil, Motrin, Nuprin etc, used as analgesic and antipyretic, e.g. for arthritis sufferers / also called 布洛芬
isotretinoin (used in acne treatment)
transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code
(chemistry) isopropylbenzene C9H12 (aka cumene)


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