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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL: 棟|栋, , , , 間|间
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *點* | 點* | *點
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兩* | 兩* | *兩
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *來* | 來* | *來
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *間* | 間* | *間
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *二* | 二* | *二
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雙* | 雙* | *雙
two / double / pair / both / even (number)
HSK 3
emotion; sentiment / affection; feelings between two persons
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歸* | 歸* | *歸
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倆* | 倆* | *倆
two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个) / both / some
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
HSK 7-9
bidirectional / two-way / interactive
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兼* | 兼* | *兼
double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擔* | 擔* | *擔
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
HSK 7-9
gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
HSK 7-9
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
HSK 7-9
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together
HSK 7-9
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
second / number two / next / secondary
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肽* | 肽* | *肽
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仕* | 仕* | *仕
to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京二胡
two-character surname Ximen
lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries; a battle of the giants
double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible
two-character surname Ouyang
the second time / second / number two
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
both of them; the two of them
2-in-1 / two-in-one
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
(formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb)
special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
buy one, get one free / two for the price of one
huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閣* | 閣* | *閣
pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf
time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *貳* | 貳* | *貳
two (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / to betray
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马 or 諸葛|诸葛)
both countries; the two countries
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to split in two / to divide
two-character surname Baili
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Murong
splitcharactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *421* | 421* | *421
four grandparents, two parents and an only child
two legs / both feet
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
two-character surname Wanyan
teahouse (usu. of two stories)
two-character surname Xuanyuan
splitcharactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *CP* | CP* | *CP
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")
to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict
9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
two-character surname Situ
two-character surname Xiahou
one or two; a few / a little; just a bit
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
the two of us
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
two-character surname Zhangsun

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