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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
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  *末* | 末* | *末
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
HSK 4
to point out / to remind (sb of sth) / to suggest / suggestion / tip / reminder / notice
HSK 5
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *端* | 端* | *端
(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
the tip of a tree; treetop
HSK 7-9
sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
HSK 7-9
tip; extremity
end; tip; extremity
tip of the nose
Lüshun port, on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 / in Lüshunkou district of Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颖* | 颖* | *颖
head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芒* | 芒* | *芒
awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of , Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梢* | 梢* | *梢
tip of branch
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
tip / end / last few days
(loanword) tip / hint / suggestion / piece of advice
tip of tongue / apical
tip of a needle / syringe needle
silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
barb / barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
bamboo shoot tip
tip of brow
tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard
nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil
bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杪* | 杪* | *杪
the limit / tip of branch
lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 側鋒|侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
tip of the nose / (dialect) nose
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
excellent / tip-top
terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
Please note: / tip / hint
to tip / to dump by tipping from a vehicle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挝* | 挝* | *挝
ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of / to strike; to beat
tip
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镩* | 镩* | *镩
ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud
tip of the eyebrows / top margin on a page
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
payment for tea / (old) tip; gratuity
tip-off
to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
to reward / to tip / to give a gratuity
Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园)
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱 into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
tip of the iceberg
to provide information to a news organization; to tip off / information provided to a news organization; a tip-off
to overturn / to topple / to tip
ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip
to report secretly / to tip off
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戟* | 戟* | *戟
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
the tip / the end / the very end
emperor's or general's banner erected on an ivory-tipped pole at a military camp or headquarters (in ancient times)
to disclose information; to tip off
tip / gratuity / monetary reward / bonus
ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
to write with the tip of the brush tilted / (fig.) to resort to devious means
tipping point
outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
filter-tipped cigarette
Sedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
foul tip
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush
bamboo pole's uppermost tip / (fig.) acme
the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
tip of the foot / toes
(old) drinking money / tip


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