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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
skill / ability / capability / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
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  *会* | 会* | *会
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
ability / skill
HSK 3
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
technology; technique; skill / CL: 門|门, 種|种, 項|项
HSK 3
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
HSK 5
skill / technique
HSK 4
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
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  *练* | 练* | *练
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
HSK 2
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
HSK 3
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
to pick up (a skill) in a very short time; to take to sth like a duck to water
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
artistic skill
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
acting / performing skills
HSK 7-9
clumsy / awkward / lacking skill
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
(Tw) life skills education; education in practical, emotional, social and moral aspects of daily living
to reach the pinnacle (of artistic skill)
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
cooking skills / culinary talent
to have real skill / to know one's stuff
HSK 7-9
(coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圣* | 圣* | *圣
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred
without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)
skill / art
HSK 7-9
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
(slang) young boy who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond his age
driving skills
(slang) young girl who displays skills, maturity, or coolness beyond her age
to learn a skill or art
HSK 7-9
trick; scheme; ploy / skill
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
art of healing / medical skill
singing skill
master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
skillful execution and strategic planning; technical and tactical skills (abbr. for 技術|技术 + 戰術|战术)
competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament
HSK 7-9
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
skill / talent / agility
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
ability / skill
person skilled in a trade / skill
to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth
to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair
meager skill / my poor talents (humble)
(of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
HSK 7-9
(of metal) to rust; to become rusty / (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding
unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow
HSK 7-9
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  *耍* | 耍* | *耍
to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
HSK 7-9
skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
to practice (work skills)
to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills
chess skill
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伎* | 伎* | *伎
artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it
(idiom) possessing both integrity and artistic skills
秦越人 (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝 era
to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
animal training / skill with animals / shoushu - "Animal skill" or "Beast-fist" - Martial Art (esp. fictional)
diplomatic skills
Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
(idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology ( was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨)
"honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
insignificant talent / skill of no high order / minor accomplishment
not having any special skill / without any qualifications
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form
Jia Sixie, sixth century writer and author of agricultural encyclopedia Essential skill to benefit the people 齊民要術|齐民要术
to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
military skills / valor / valorous
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艺* | 艺* | *艺
skill / art

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