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HSK
wages; pay / CL:
HSK 3
to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen
HSK 4
to pay (money)
HSK 3
to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *划* | 划* | *划
to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth)
HSK 4
to take note of; to pay attention to
HSK 3
treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
HSK 4
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *还* | 还* | *还
to pay back / to return
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸟* | 鸟* | *鸟
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
to pay a fee
HSK 3
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
to pay a visit; to call on
HSK 5
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:
HSK 6
to pay a sum of money / payment
HSK 7-9
to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垫* | 垫* | *垫
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
HSK 7-9
to pay attention to / to emphasize
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *付* | 付* | *付
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things
HSK 3
to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
HSK 4
to pay / to cover the costs
HSK 7-9
to pay (taxes or dues)
HSK 7-9
to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *省* | 省* | *省
(bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
to heed / to pay attention to
HSK 7-9
to pay / to spend money / to fork out
HSK 7-9
you get what you pay for
to pay
level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缴* | 缴* | *缴
to hand in; to hand over; to pay / to capture (weapons); to seize
HSK 7-9
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
to pay the restaurant bill
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *交* | 交* | *交
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of
HSK 2
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
to pay a visit
HSK 7-9
to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
HSK 7-9
overtime pay
to salute / to pay one's respects to / to pay tribute to / to pay homage to
HSK 7-9
lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction
to be well worth the money one pays (for it); to be great value
to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth) / (idiom) unheeding; reckless
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
thoughtless / not pay attention to
to pay a fee
HSK 7-9
(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public; high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
to pay (taxes etc)
HSK 7-9
to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
HSK 7-9
to be careful; to pay attention to
HSK 7-9
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
IC card used for paying fares on public transportation systems such as buses and subways
to pay
to spend; to pay out / expenses; expenditure
HSK 5
to pay taxes
HSK 7-9
to pay no attention to / not to mind
lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose / fig. you bet, you pay
(old) (military and police) pay; wages / (Tw) salary
to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
HSK 7-9
to deliver / to pay
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
paying special care / with particular attention
to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拜* | 拜* | *拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
(formal) to visit; to pay a visit
to pay taxes
to pay extra; to pay more
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying
to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
to pay a visit
to dine and dash / to leave without paying
to pay close attention (to sth)
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
to draw government pay / to be in public service / salary of an official
to pay in cash
to pay with one's life
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
repayment / to pay back money
HSK 7-9
to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
to dismiss with severance pay / to pay sb off
to completely ignore (idiom) / to pay no attention to / not to be in the least concerned about
guarantor; person paying bail
leave of absence without pay
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
to be able to pay / affordable
to lose money; to suffer a financial loss / to pay for damages
HSK 7-9
to pay back
to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of
HSK 7-9
to ignore / to brush off / to dismiss / to pay no attention to
for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of
HSK 7-9
forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)

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