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HSK
to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
HSK 1
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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
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  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
HSK 1
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
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  *才* | 才* | *才
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only / (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
HSK 2
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
HSK 2
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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
HSK 3
benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
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  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
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  *饿* | 饿* | *饿
hungry / to starve (sb)
HSK 1
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  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
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  *使* | 使* | *使
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
HSK 3
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
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  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
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  *安* | 安* | *安
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培)
HSK 4
to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
HSK 3
to transmit; to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive
HSK 5
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
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain; to give an account; to brief / to confess; to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
HSK 5
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
cheap; inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly
HSK 2
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
HSK 4
to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
HSK 5
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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
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  *让* | 让* | *让
to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like )
HSK 2
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  *科* | 科* | *科
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show / expression; manifestation
HSK 2
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
confidence / faith (in sb or sth) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *密* | 密* | *密
dense; close; thick / intimate; close / (bound form) secret; confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
HSK 4
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  *急* | 急* | *急
urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious
HSK 2
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid / a talking-to; a bitter lesson / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 4
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  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
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  *寄* | 寄* | *寄
to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail
HSK 4
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  *某* | 某* | *某
some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such
HSK 3
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  *送* | 送* | *送
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with
HSK 1
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
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  *该* | 该* | *该
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
HSK 2
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  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
to submit (a report etc) / to refer (a problem) to sb
HSK 6
to talk (with sb) / to have a conversation / talk / conversation / CL:
HSK 3
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
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  *转* | 转* | *转
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
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
to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
HSK 2
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
to discipline sb / to punish / disciplinary action / to deal with (a matter) / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
to wrap; to package (goods etc) / packaging; packing materials / (fig.) to present attractively; to craft an image; to package (sb or sth)
HSK 5
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
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  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 5
to shake (sb) awake
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:
HSK 6
(idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death
to slit sb's throat
a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else
HSK 6
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  *相* | 相* | *相
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
HSK 4
to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement)
HSK 5
blessings / to wish sb well
HSK 4
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  *粗* | 粗* | *粗
(of sth long) wide; thick / (of sth granular) coarse / (of a voice) gruff / (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
HSK 4
(slang) to confront sb boldly and resolutely
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
HSK 5
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
to deprive / to expropriate / to strip (sb of his property)
HSK 7-9
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  *垫* | 垫* | *垫
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
HSK 7-9
trouble; inconvenience / inconvenient; troublesome; annoying / to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
HSK 3
to express one's love (for sb)
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  *Q* | Q* | *Q
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
HSK 4
to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble
HSK 7-9
(idiom) beauty of helping others succeed; act of helping sb fulfill their wish
to beat sb up
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  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
HSK 7-9
to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
HSK 7-9

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