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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
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  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
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  *系* | 系* | *系
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
HSK 3
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  *系* | 系* | *系
to tie / to fasten / to button up
HSK 4
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
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  *贴* | 贴* | *贴
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
HSK 4
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  *结* | 结* | *结
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
HSK 4
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
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  *绑* | 绑* | *绑
to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap
HSK 7-9
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  *捆* | 捆* | *捆
a bunch / to tie together / bundle
HSK 7-9
to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
HSK 7-9
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  *拴* | 拴* | *拴
to tie up
HSK 7-9
tie / link / bond
HSK 7-9
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  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
surname Tie
to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score
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  *帖* | 帖* | *帖
invitation card / notice
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  *帖* | 帖* | *帖
rubbing from incised inscription
a draw (in competition) / a tie
to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
to establish ties; to contact / (electricity) to connect (components) in series
to form ties / to become attached (to sb, sth)
to tie a knot / to tie
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
to tie-dye
to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5]
(sports) draw / tie
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  *括* | 括* | *括
(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up / (bound form) to include; to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1]
bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere
lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight
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  *缚* | 缚* | *缚
to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
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  *萜* | 萜* | *萜
terpene (chemistry)
sleeper / tie
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  *缬* | 缬* | *缬
knot / tie a knot
string to tie hair
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  *鉄* | 鉄* | *鉄
old variant of 鐵|铁
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
draw / tied game
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  *縻* | 縻* | *縻
to tie up
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
(sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff
to tie up / to bind / to tether / bondage (BDSM)
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  *帖* | 帖* | *帖
fitting snugly / appropriate / suitable / variant of 貼|贴 / to paste / to obey
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
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  *缯* | 缯* | *缯
to tie / to bind
blood is thicker than water / fig. family ties are closer than social relations
to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want); to sell on a tie-in basis
to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch
tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority
to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs)
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  *襻* | 襻* | *襻
button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together; to stitch together
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  *縢* | 縢* | *縢
bind / cord / tie up
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  *呫* | 呫* | *呫
to mutter / to talk indistinctly
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  *缳* | 缳* | *缳
to bind / to tie / lace / noose (for suicide) / hangman's noose
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
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  *絷* | 絷* | *絷
to connect / to tie up
railroad tie / sleeper
to seek to profit by family ties
(idiom) to take all one's family along; encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
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  *紟* | 紟* | *紟
a sash / to tie
to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
(literary) to break off relations with a friend / to sever ties with sb
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  *怗* | 怗* | *怗
peaceful / quiet
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  *敿* | 敿* | *敿
tie up (laces)
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  *餮* | 餮* | *餮
(literary) greedy; gluttonous
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
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  *驖* | 驖* | *驖
dark brown horse
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  *荮* | 荮* | *荮
(dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw
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  *鐡* | 鐡* | *鐡
variant of 鐵|铁, iron
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  *緤* | 緤* | *緤
variant of 紲|绁 / to tie / to bind
(literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head; (fig.) childhood
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  *銕* | 銕* | *銕
old variant of 鐵|铁
cable tie
to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
to tether / to tie up / (fig.) to restrict / to keep a hold on
to tie in to
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
tie (music)
clumsy in speech / tongue tied
cable ties / zip ties
bond / ties (of friendship etc)
cable tie
trussed / with hands tied behind the back
to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
to marry / to tie the bridal veil
to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married
tie (music)
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
to tie on / to buckle up / to fasten
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties
bow tie
dull-witted and tongue-tied

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