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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
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  *报* | 报* | *报
to report; to inform; to announce / to respond; to reply / to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名) / to reward; to recompense / to take revenge; to retaliate / newspaper / periodical; journal / bulletin / telegram
HSK 3
sign / trademark / brand
HSK 3
to raise one's head; to look up / (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth / (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
HSK 5
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
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  *记* | 记* | *记
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
sign; mark; symbol; logo / to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
HSK 4
sign; indication; mark; indicator
HSK 7-9
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
HSK 6
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  *征* | 征* | *征
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
Pisces (star sign)
traffic sign
sign of human habitation
(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness
HSK 7-9
to bind over (as surety) / to sign an undertaking
(medical) sign / physical sign
(math.) plus sign (+)
to sign (an agreement)
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
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
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
personal guarantee / to sign as guarantor
sign language
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
omen / prior indication / first sign
constellation / astrological sign
HSK 7-9
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  *栽* | 栽* | *栽
to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down
HSK 7-9
multiplication sign (math.)
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / (fig.) inauspicious; everything points to disaster
to sign (a signature)
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
street sign; road sign; street nameplate
omen / sign (of sth yet to occur) / prior indication / to foreshadow
HSK 7-9
V sign (hand gesture)
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)
hissing sound / to hiss (as a sign of displeasure)
Aquarius (star sign)
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for 白羊座
gesture; sign; signal
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / also called 水瓶座
percent sign (%)
(math.) equals sign =
autograph / to sign one's name
to sign to acknowledge receipt of sth (e.g. a delivery or document)
shop sign / signboard / (fig.) pretense
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
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  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm
first sign (of budding talent)
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
the twelve signs of the zodiac
Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
Gemini (star sign)
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed
hangtag; swing tag / hanging sign
sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
to sign up for a class
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
plus-minus sign (±) / plus and minus signs (+ and -)
sign language
single sign-on (SSO)
to use sign language
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
to register / to sign in
signal / sign (traffic control etc)
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
sign / symptom
Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
to sign (a contract, treaty etc)
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂)
to show signs of anger / to flush with annoyance
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
Aries (star sign)
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
(of an author, musician etc) to sign (books, records etc) purchased by fans
(idiom) to leave no trace; to have no detectable clues or signs

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