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HSK
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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
涵义
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
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  *其* | 其* | *其
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
HSK 5
用意
intention / purpose
HSK 7-9
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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
HSK 1
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  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
 
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  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important
HSK 1
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  *把* | 把* | *把
to hold; to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
HSK 3
 
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handle
一切
everything / every / all
HSK 3
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  *穷* | 穷* | *穷
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
HSK 4
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  *运* | 运* | *运
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
HSK 5
晦气
bad luck / unlucky / calamitous / wretched
统统
totally
HSK 7-9
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  *扫* | 扫* | *扫
to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
HSK 4
 
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  *扫* | 扫* | *扫
(bound form) a (large) broom
出门
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married
HSK 2
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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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  *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
习俗
custom / tradition / local tradition / convention
HSK 7-9
寄托
to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *着* | 着* | *着
variant of 著|着
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
variant of 著|着
HSK 4
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
variant of 著|着
HSK 1
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
variant of 著|着
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
 
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  *着* | 着* | *着
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
 
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to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
人们
people
HSK 2
破旧立新
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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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
愿望
desire / wish
HSK 3
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  *和* | 和* | *和
old variant of
HSK 1
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
surname He
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
 
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(literary) harmonious (variant of )
HSK 1
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  *辞* | 辞* | *辞
old variant of 辭|辞
HSK 7-9
 
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  *辞* | 辞* | *辞
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词
HSK 7-9
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  *旧* | 旧* | *旧
old / opposite: new / former / worn (with age)
HSK 3
迎新
to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
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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
祈求
to pray for / to appeal

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