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HSK
telephone / CL: / phone call / CL: / phone number
HSK 1
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  *第* | 第* | *第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
HSK 1
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
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  *来* | 来* | *来
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *半* | 半* | *半
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
HSK 1
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  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
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  *万* | 万* | *万
ten thousand / a great number
HSK 2
numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
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  *场* | 场* | *场
large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams
HSK 2
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
number of people
HSK 2
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  *轻* | 轻* | *轻
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful / (before a number) to be less than
HSK 2
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  *双* | 双* | *双
two / double / pair / both / even (number)
HSK 3
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
HSK 3
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  *线* | 线* | *线
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
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  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
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  *单* | 单* | *单
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code
HSK 4
to increase / to grow in number
HSK 5
amount / number
HSK 5
number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
HSK 6
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  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
bubble; foam / blister / to soak; to steep; to infuse / to dawdle; to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions
HSK 6
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  *入* | 入* | *入
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时) / abbr. for 入聲|入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese "iri")
HSK 6
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
HSK 6
quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc)
HSK 6
age (number of years old)
HSK 6
as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right
HSK 6
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  *码* | 码* | *码
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
HSK 7-9
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  *标* | 标* | *标
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
to number / numbering / serial number
HSK 7-9
whole number / integer (math.) / round figure
HSK 7-9
age limit / fixed number of years
HSK 7-9
account number; account; username
HSK 7-9
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  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
amount / sum of money / fixed number
HSK 7-9
a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating
HSK 7-9
to double / to increase by a certain number of times
HSK 7-9
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
unknown number / (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
HSK 7-9
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
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  *数* | 数* | *数
number; figure / several; a few
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  *京* | 京* | *京
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)
a very long time (etymology: in mathematics, n represents an arbitrarily large number)
(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)
to own a controlling number of shares in a company
forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
number; amount / somewhat
number of items or individuals
(of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area
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  *额* | 额* | *额
forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount
ordinal number / serial number / sequence number
number of written characters; number of words; word count
number of military unit
small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute
number of days / fate / destiny
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
(linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number
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  *奇* | 奇* | *奇
odd (number)
the Third (of numbered kings)
(loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
a number of / each and every one / one by one; one after another
inverse number / reciprocal (math.)
page number
odd number
lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
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  *喷* | 喷* | *喷
(of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale
population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account
prime number
lot number / batch number
many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment)
book number (esp. ISBN)
license plate / number plate
to dial a telephone number
even number
account number; account; username
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity
student ID number
edition (of a book etc) / edition number

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