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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
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  *紧* | 紧* | *紧
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
HSK 3
near
HSK 6
to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)
HSK 7-9
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  *近* | 近* | *近
near / close to / approximately
HSK 2
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
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  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
to be close to / to approach; to draw near
HSK 5
close; near / similar to
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  *微* | 微* | *微
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
HSK 7-9
near-synonym
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  *迩* | 迩* | *迩
recently / near / close
almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds
to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near
HSK 7-9
Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
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  *拢* | 拢* | *拢
to gather together; to collect / to approach; to draw near to / to add; to sum up / to comb (hair)
near / beside
to approach / to draw near to
HSK 7-9
Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong
well-known far and near (idiom)
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
(literary) very close; very near
to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑)
Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful
near at hand / imminent / within sight
Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
pretty close / very near / about right
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  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
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  *傍* | 傍* | *傍
near / approaching / to depend on / (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb / Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 via its near homophone 照屎)
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
Yangshan Deepwater Port (near Shanghai)
Near East
(computing) near-field communication (NFC)
Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同
Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name / Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany
near and far; far and wide
the tomb of the First Emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山 near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
far and near / distance
archaeological site near Xi'an
Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi
to come close / to get near to / front
Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌 in north Henan)
to approach / to get close to / to sneak up on / near to
the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an
(Tw) (computing) near-field communication (NFC)
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *濒* | 濒* | *濒
to approach / to border on / near
Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墘* | 墘* | *墘
(Minnan dialect) beside / near / (used in place names)
Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415)
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
corner of eye near temple
(computing) near-field communication (NFC)
the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河 in the late Ming or early Qing
United States / name of a country that formerly existed near Samarkand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汔* | 汔* | *汔
near
near to / approaching (collapse)
Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods
Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork / Ballycotton, music band
near-Earth object (NEO)
Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC
both near and distant treated alike (idiom)
Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan / also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant
Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet
Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
Death is near at hand. (idiom)
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Yangshan Port (deepwater port near Shanghai)
Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓟* | 蓟* | *蓟
surname Ji / ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山 near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遒* | 遒* | *遒
strong / vigorous / robust / to draw near / to come to an end
Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC

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