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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
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  *写* | 写* | *写
to write
HSK 1
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  *白* | 白* | *白
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
HSK 1
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
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  *笔* | 笔* | *笔
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: ,
HSK 2
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:
HSK 2
to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation
HSK 3
to write / to compose / writing / written works
HSK 3
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  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
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  *编* | 编* | *编
to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up
HSK 4
to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:
HSK 4
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to write down / to record / written account
HSK 4
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  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
to reply / to write back / letter written in reply / CL:
HSK 5
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  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
HSK 6
to write
HSK 7-9
to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter
HSK 7-9
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
HSK 7-9
to write / to compose
HSK 7-9
medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice
HSK 7-9
to fill in a form / to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
HSK 7-9
to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out
HSK 7-9
to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
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  *识* | 识* | *识
to record / to write a footnote
to cancel; to annul; to deregister / (accounting) to write off
to write by hand
to write personally / personal letter
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  *志* | 志* | *志
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
to compile / to write
to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
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  *著* | 著* | *著
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding
to write a word incorrectly / typo / (medicine) to mistakenly transplant (an infected organ etc)
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  *默* | 默* | *默
silent / to write from memory
to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language
to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate / written comments from a superior
to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history)
the wording and purport of what one writes
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
(accounting) to charge against / to write off
to audit and write off
to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style
to write an account (of events)
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb
writing / to write / to compile
to write about mysterious or supernatural things
to write an article
ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form
ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
to make a living by writing / to write (as an author)
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
to write (an article for publication)
to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche
to write jointly / to co-author
to write / to do the actual writing
to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write
person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
to write off at one stroke
(idiom) to be nothing to write home about
to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
to write at a tremendous speed
(old) to instruct the young / to teach a child to read and write / as easy as ABC
to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
to write elegantly
to award posthumously / to write down afterwards / retrospective account
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom) / to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
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  *泐* | 泐* | *泐
to write
lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
to write off / to cancel an account / to draw a line under
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
to write the title of a book on a label
to compose (a piece of writing) / to write / (written) work / writer
to write off / to cancel an item from accounts
to write off / to cancel
Chinese character (Hanzi) / the native script used to write a nation's language
to write a poem on the order of the Emperor
blog article / to write a blog article (netspeak)
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited
to unwittingly write the wrong thing
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
to wield the pen / to write
to send a letter to; to write to
"sensational headline writers", people who write misleading titles in order to generate clicks from Internet users / clickbait
to write / to compose

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