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  *鸥* | 鸥* | *鸥
common gull
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  *飞* | 飞* | *飞
to fly
HSK 1
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  *满* | 满* | *满
Manchu ethnic group
 
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  *满* | 满* | *满
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented
HSK 2
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  *浦* | 浦* | *浦
surname Pu
 
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  *浦* | 浦* | *浦
river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)
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  *渔* | 渔* | *渔
fisherman / to fish
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  *舟* | 舟* | *舟
boat
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
variant of
 
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
variant of
 
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
(bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
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  *鹤* | 鹤* | *鹤
crane
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  *伴* | 伴* | *伴
partner; companion; comrade; associate / to accompany
HSK 7-9
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  *闲* | 闲* | *闲
enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲) idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
 
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  *闲* | 闲* | *闲
idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
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  *亭* | 亭* | *亭
pavilion / booth / kiosk / erect
仙客来
cyclamen (loanword)
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  *游* | 游* | *游
surname You
 
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  *游* | 游* | *游
to swim / variant of 遊|游
HSK 3
 
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  *游* | 游* | *游
to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel
HSK 3
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  *径* | 径* | *径
footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly
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  *踏* | 踏* | *踏
 
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  *踏* | 踏* | *踏
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot
HSK 6
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  *花* | 花* | *花
surname Hua
 
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  *花* | 花* | *花
flower / blossom / CL: , , , , , / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
HSK 1
 
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  *花* | 花* | *花
old variant of
HSK 1
 
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  *花* | 花* | *花
variant of / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
HSK 1
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  *烟* | 烟* | *烟
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷|缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
HSK 3
 
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  *烟* | 烟* | *烟
tobacco (variant of 煙|烟)
HSK 3
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  *上* | 上* | *上
 
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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
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  *流* | 流* | *流
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
HSK 2
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  *溪* | 溪* | *溪
creek / rivulet
 
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  *溪* | 溪* | *溪
variant of
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  *远* | 远* | *远
far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
HSK 1
 
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  *远* | 远* | *远
to distance oneself from (classical)
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  *棹* | 棹* | *棹
variant of
 
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  *棹* | 棹* | *棹
oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat
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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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  *篷* | 篷* | *篷
sail
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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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