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HSK
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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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  *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
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
HSK 1
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  *叫* | 叫* | *叫
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
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  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
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
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  *少* | 少* | *少
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1
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  *成* | 成* | *成
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
HSK 2
habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
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  *爱* | 爱* | *爱
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
HSK 1
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  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
to be in (some state, position, or condition)
HSK 4
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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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  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful / (before a number) to be less than
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be
HSK 1
to get angry; to be furious / vitality; liveliness
HSK 1
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
to be concerned about; to care about
HSK 2
insurance / to insure / safe / secure / be sure / be bound to / CL:
HSK 3
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)
HSK 2
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  *值* | 值* | *值
value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty
HSK 3
preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
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  *听* | 听* | *听
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
HSK 1
to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt
HSK 3
to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
HSK 2
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to
HSK 2
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  *长* | 长* | *长
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
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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
to call / to be called
HSK 2
clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
HSK 2
to like; to be fond of
HSK 1
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
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 / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
(of a sound) to come through / to be heard / (of news) to arrive
HSK 3
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
HSK 2
not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter
HSK 4
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb / knowledge / understanding / awareness / cognition
HSK 1
what's to be done
HSK 2
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
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  *见* | 见* | *见
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
HSK 1
to be good at; to be adept at
HSK 4
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
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  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
to be a guest or visitor
HSK 3
to equal / to be tantamount to
HSK 2
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  *会* | 会* | *会
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to exist / to be / existence
HSK 3
to be located at / to be situated at / to lie
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
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  *完* | 完* | *完
to finish / to be over / whole / complete / entire
HSK 2
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
to declare to be untrue / to deny
HSK 3
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
HSK 4
careful; attentive; cautious / to be careful; to look out / (dialect) thrifty; frugal
HSK 5
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on / interest; hobby
HSK 1
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
HSK 3
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to be applicable
HSK 3
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
to be lower than
HSK 5
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  *代* | 代* | *代
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
HSK 3
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  *怕* | 怕* | *怕
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps
HSK 2
to be interested
HSK 4
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
to be afraid; to be scared
HSK 3
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
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  *非* | 非* | *非
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
HSK 4
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
to be familiar with; to know well
HSK 5
to be capable of / to be able to / can
HSK 2
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
HSK 4
to worry; to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry / Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
HSK 4
to leave hospital / to be discharged from hospital
HSK 2
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
to be poisoned
HSK 5
to be patient / patience
HSK 5
anxious / worried / uneasy / to worry / to be anxious
HSK 4
best / had better ...; it would be best to ...
HSK 1

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