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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
restaurant / hotel / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
rest / to rest
HSK 1
wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club
HSK 2
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
restaurant / CL:
HSK 2
someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *克* | 克* | *克
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *克* | 克* | *克
variant of / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *约* | 约* | *约
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried
HSK 3
to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
to restrict / to limit to / to constrain / restriction / constraint
HSK 5
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
to reinstate / to resume / to restore / to recover / to regain / to rehabilitate
HSK 5
restaurant / CL:
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歇* | 歇* | *歇
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while
HSK 5
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL: 間|间,
HSK 5
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
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  *忍* | 忍* | *忍
to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself
HSK 5
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
HSK 6
to bring under control / to regulate / to restore to good condition / (coll.) to fix (a person) / to prepare (a meal etc)
HSK 6
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *框* | 框* | *框
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
HSK 7-9
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish / to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *限* | 限* | *限
to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound
HSK 7-9
to restrict to / to limit
HSK 7-9
to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
HSK 7-9
to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
HSK 7-9
at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth
HSK 7-9
to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
HSK 7-9
to cure; to restore to health / uplifting; heartwarming
HSK 7-9
overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 7-9
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  *憋* | 憋* | *憋
to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath)
HSK 7-9
to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
HSK 7-9
restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
HSK 7-9
disturbance / crisis / disputes / restlessness / CL: 場|场
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *趴* | 趴* | *趴
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
HSK 7-9
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
restaurant
HSK 7-9
to untie / (fig.) to ease restrictions
HSK 7-9
to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
HSK 7-9
fickle and impatient / restless / giddy / scatterbrained
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of
HSK 7-9
wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled
HSK 7-9
restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
HSK 7-9
to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
restless insomnia
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
to abandon restraint and have a fling (idiom)
to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *休* | 休* | *休
to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
to make restitution
Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪 to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
restriction mapping (in genomics) / restriction pattern
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杜* | 杜* | *杜
birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict
to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms
"keep the change" (restaurant expression)
restrictions on entry and exiting / control over access
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out
trammels / fetters / yoke / to restrain / to hinder / restraint
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枕* | 枕* | *枕
(bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
restless
(literary) restless; unsettled
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
to be limited / to be restricted / to be constrained
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泥* | 泥* | *泥
restrained
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
to restrict the use of motor vehicles (in a particular area)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彸* | 彸* | *彸
restless, agitated
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
meal; food (esp. as provided by a service, e.g. airline, restaurant or institution)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敛* | 敛* | *敛
(literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself) / to collect; to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
resurgence / recovery / restoration

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