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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *記* | 記* | *記
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
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  *號* | 號* | *號
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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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
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *報* | 報* | *報
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
sign; mark; symbol; logo / to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
HSK 4
symbol; mark; sign
HSK 4
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
(production) target; quota / index; indicator / sign; signpost / (computing) pointer
HSK 5
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
HSK 5
to sign (one's name) / signature
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簽* | 簽* | *簽
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
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
constellation / astrological sign
HSK 7-9
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  *標* | 標* | *標
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徵* | 徵* | *徵
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
sign; indication; mark; indicator
HSK 7-9
(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness
HSK 7-9
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *押* | 押* | *押
to mortgage / to pawn / to detain in custody / to escort and protect / (literary) to sign
HSK 7-9
omen / sign (of sth yet to occur) / prior indication / to foreshadow
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
to sign (an agreement)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
omen / portent / sign
HSK 7-9
to register / to sign in
to warn / a warning sign
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *署* | 署* | *署
office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
autograph / to sign one's name
jointly (signed, declared, sponsored)
Taurus (star sign) / Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
sign language
bus stop sign; train station sign
Pisces (star sign)
omen / sign (that sth is about to happen) / warning sign
secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
Gemini (star sign)
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誌* | 誌* | *誌
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
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  *符* | 符* | *符
mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide
Aquarius (star sign)
to sign (a signature)
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed
to sign for the acceptance of sth (e.g. a delivery etc)
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
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  *勢* | 勢* | *勢
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Leo (star sign) / Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
to issue (a document) / to sign and issue officially
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跡* | 跡* | *跡
footprint / mark / trace / vestige / sign / indication / Taiwan pr. [ji1]
omen / prior indication / first sign
plus sign + (math.)
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
to sign / to put one's name to
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
minus sign - (math.)
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
sign; indication; symptom
traffic sign
to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支
(a person's) rebellious appearance / signs of an impending rebellion / (physics) reversed phase
label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
road sign
trace / sign
signal / sign (traffic control etc)
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
sign of human habitation
to sign / to make one's mark
lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
work chant / prison cell / type / sort / mark / sign / signal / (Tw) brokerage firm
(math.) equals sign =
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊, Taurus 金牛, Gemini 雙子|双子, Cancer 巨蟹, Leo 獅子|狮子, Virgo 室女, Libra 天秤, Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎, Sagittarius 人馬|人马, Capricorn 摩羯, Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶, Pisces 雙魚|双鱼
sign / symptom
first sign (of budding talent)
to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor
to make a V sign (esp. when posing for photos)
ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor)
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
negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign
to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud)
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
(math.) plus sign (+)
to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position)
inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)

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