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HSK
华山
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
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  *狼* | 狼* | *狼
HSK 7-9
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (informal, as opposed to courteous )
HSK 1
 
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
真的
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
成了
to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
一个
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
中国
China
HSK 1
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  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
 
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  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
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  *了* | 了* | *了
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
HSK 1
 
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  *了* | 了* | *了
to finish / (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无 or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least / to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了)
HSK 3
 
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  *了* | 了* | *了
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
HSK 3
 
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  *了* | 了* | *了
unofficial variant of
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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
佩服
to admire
HSK 7-9
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (informal, as opposed to courteous )
HSK 1
 
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh!
HSK 4
 
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?
 
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up?
 
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you!
 
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
HSK 2
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  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
每次
every time
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  *都* | 都* | *都
surname Du
 
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  *都* | 都* | *都
all; both; entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all
HSK 1
 
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  *都* | 都* | *都
capital city / metropolis
认真
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
 
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  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (informal, as opposed to courteous )
HSK 1
 
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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
博客
(loanword) a blog; a blogger
HSK 5
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
 
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(coll.) this
就是
exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with ) even; even if
HSK 3
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  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
感受
to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
HSK 3

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