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HSK
to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *该* | 该* | *该
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
to become; to turn into
HSK 2
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing
HSK 2
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *向* | 向* | *向
variant of / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *交* | 交* | *交
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轮* | 轮* | *轮
wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弯* | 弯* | *弯
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:
HSK 4
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit
HSK 4
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by
HSK 5
to manufacture / to turn out (a product)
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *转* | 转* | *转
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
HSK 6
as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *负* | 负* | *负
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
HSK 6
to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拐* | 拐* | *拐
to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for ) / variant of 枴|拐
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扭* | 扭* | *扭
to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips
HSK 6
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about
HSK 7-9
(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
HSK 7-9
human emotions / social relationship; friendship / favor; a good turn
HSK 7-9
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拨* | 拨* | *拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粉* | 粉* | *粉
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝) / to be a fan of
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
HSK 7-9
to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
HSK 7-9
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
to reject / to turn down / to overrule
HSK 7-9
to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
HSK 7-9
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
to alternate; to take turns
HSK 7-9
to rotate; to take turns
HSK 7-9
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扳* | 扳* | *扳
to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup
HSK 7-9
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
HSK 7-9
to replace / alternately; in turn
HSK 7-9
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
HSK 7-9
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
to turn one's head / to turn around
HSK 7-9
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
actually / as it turns out / indeed / of course
HSK 7-9
to make a sudden turn
HSK 7-9
an upset (esp. in sports) / unexpected turn of events / to pull off a coup / a breakthrough
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绞* | 绞* | *绞
to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn
HSK 7-9
(to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
HSK 7-9
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
to lose color / to turn pale
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纽* | 纽* | *纽
to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
grindstone / to grind / to turn round
to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
mutual / interactive / each other / alternately / in turn / interaction
to turn around
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
to turn to (sth else); to switch to
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
to turn over sth repeatedly
to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遭* | 遭* | *遭
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident
to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc) / to yield / to turn out / produce / products
to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
to turn right
to turn out to be true / verified / true
to turn up one's nose / to show disdain for / to regard superciliously
one by one / in turn
to turn back / to reverse
to reckon / to consider / to turn over in one's mind
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垡* | 垡* | *垡
to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names)
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out

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