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汉语
Chinese language
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *说* | 说* | *说
to persuade
 
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  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
 
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  *说* | 说* | *说
variant of 說|说
HSK 1
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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
 
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of
HSK 1
 
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
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  *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
 
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  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
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  *茶* | 茶* | *茶
tea / tea plant / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 1
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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
英语
English (language)
HSK 2
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  *里* | 里* | *里
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
 
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  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
 
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  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
 
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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
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  *则* | 则* | *则
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items
HSK 7-9
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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
 
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  *是* | 是* | *是
variant of
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *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
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of
HSK 1
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect this entry
  *茶* | 茶* | *茶
tea / tea plant / CL: , 壺|壶
HSK 1

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