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  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
用得着
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
耍赖
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
HSK 7-9
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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
准备好了
to be ready
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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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  *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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  *二* | 二* | *二
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
HSK 1
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  *三* | 三* | *三
surname San
 
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  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
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  *哈* | 哈* | *哈
abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan / abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Harbin
 
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  *哈* | 哈* | *哈
(interj.) ha! / (onom. for laughter) / (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore / (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇)
 
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  *哈* | 哈* | *哈
a Pekinese; a pug / (dialect) to scold
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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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  *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
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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
这么
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
 
variant of 這麼|这么
HSK 2
软绵绵
soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy
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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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  *像* | 像* | *像
to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
HSK 2
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  *块* | 块* | *块
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
HSK 1
豆腐
tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
真是
indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
 
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to supply / to provide
健身房
gym / gymnasium
丢脸
to lose face / humiliation
HSK 7-9

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