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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
这个
(pronoun) this / (adjective) this
网站
website
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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  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
虽然
although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)
HSK 2
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  *没* | 没* | *没
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
HSK 1
 
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  *没* | 没* | *没
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
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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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  *过* | 过* | *过
surname Guo
 
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  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
 
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  *过* | 过* | *过
(experienced action marker)
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多少
number; amount / somewhat
 
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
文字
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *但* | 但* | *但
but; yet; however; still / merely; only; just
HSK 2
有一点
a little; somewhat
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  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
可以
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
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  *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
你们
you (plural)
HSK 1
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  *讲* | 讲* | *讲
to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasize / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture
HSK 2
如果
if / in case / in the event that
HSK 2
你们
you (plural)
HSK 1
真的
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
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  *想* | 想* | *想
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
HSK 1
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  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
一个
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
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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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  *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
环境
environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL: 個|个 / ambient
HSK 3
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  *来* | 来* | *来
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
学习
to learn / to study
HSK 1
中文
Chinese language
HSK 1
不要
don't!; must not
HSK 2
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
大城市
major city; metropolis
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
城市
city; town / CL:
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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
。。。。。
不要
don't!; must not
HSK 2
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
大学
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书 in Confucianism
 
university / college / CL:
HSK 1
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
初中
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
高中
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
 
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
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  *教* | 教* | *教
surname Jiao
 
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  *教* | 教* | *教
to teach; to instruct
HSK 1
 
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  *教* | 教* | *教
(bound form) to teach; to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
英语
English (language)
HSK 2
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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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  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
这样
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
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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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(bound form) bull's-eye; target
地方
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
 
area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
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  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
大会
general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL: 個|个, 屆|届
HSK 4
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  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
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
身边
at one's side / on hand
HSK 2
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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
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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
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  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
 
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  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
够用
adequate / sufficient / enough
英语
English (language)
HSK 2
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  *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
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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
交流
to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
HSK 3
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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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  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
HSK 1
这样
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
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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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(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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  *吗* | 吗* | *吗
(coll.) what?
 
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  *吗* | 吗* | *吗
 
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  *吗* | 吗* | *吗
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
HSK 1

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