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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
power; force; strength
HSK 3
motive power / (fig.) motivation; impetus
HSK 3
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
manpower / labor power
HSK 5
power / influence / a force (military, political etc)
HSK 5
physical strength / physical power
HSK 5
number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
HSK 6
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  *权* | 权* | *权
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
HSK 6
power / authority
HSK 6
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
regime / political power
HSK 6
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
electricity grid; power grid / electrified wire netting
HSK 7-9
rate of work / power (output)
HSK 7-9
authority / power over others
HSK 7-9
authority / authoritative / power and prestige
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
wind force / wind power
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
to have a power failure / power cut
HSK 7-9
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
HSK 7-9
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
nuclear power plant
HSK 7-9
infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
HSK 7-9
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *威* | 威* | *威
power / might / prestige
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
wind power
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雄* | 雄* | *雄
male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence
hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
powerful country / great power
electric power plant
electric consumption / power wastage
to experience a power outage; to have a power failure
(raised to the) nth power
magic / magic power
to hold power / in office
scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
to save electricity / power saving
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
thermal power
machinery and power-generating equipment / electromechanical
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
remarkable ability / magical power
majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power
lung capacity; lung power / boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
a power (i.e. a dominant country)
battery-powered vehicle
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幂* | 幂* | *幂
(math.) power; exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover; veil
military strength / military power / military capability
a power station / an electricity generating plant
(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
(coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)
power meter / ammeter / amperemeter / wattmeter / kilowatt-hour meter
hydroelectric power
majestic / awesome / full of power and grandeur
power
foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries)
power transformation
to wield (power etc)
nuclear power
hydraulic power
to seize power
royalty / royal power
real power; genuine power
power / might
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
lit. mole cricket and ants / fig. tiny individuals with no power
in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue
to recover one's power or authority / restoration (of a past regime)
imperial power
to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
to consume electricity / power consumption
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian
military leadership / military power
to check and balance (power) / checks and balances
strength / power / efficacy
magic power
(optics) magnifying power
lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him

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