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  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
HSK 1
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  *樓* | 樓* | *樓
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
HSK 2
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
usually / in many cases / more often than not
HSK 3
more (than sth else) / even more
HSK 3
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
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  *強* | 強* | *強
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强
HSK 3
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  *勝* | 勝* | *勝
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
HSK 3
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  *弱* | 弱* | *弱
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
HSK 4
within / less than
HSK 4
speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
HSK 4
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
HSK 4
only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ...
HSK 5
incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to
HSK 5
greater than; bigger than; more than
HSK 5
to be lower than
HSK 5
greater than / to exceed
HSK 5
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *於* | 於* | *於
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
HSK 6
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
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  *賽* | 賽* | *賽
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
HSK 6
less than, <
HSK 6
record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional)
HSK 7-9
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
HSK 7-9
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
HSK 7-9
willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y)
HSK 7-9
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
to be excessive; to be more than is required
HSK 7-9
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
over fifty percent / more than half
HSK 7-9
no less than / not inferior to
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *似* | 似* | *似
to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *物* | 物* | *物
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乎* | 乎* | *乎
(classical particle similar to 於|于) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗, , , expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其 + {verb1} + 不如 + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely
fully / no less than / as much as / extremely
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
more than ten / a dozen or more
(idiom) more than enough
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
not beyond the scope of / nothing more than
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous / gilding the lily
grain crops other than rice and wheat
more than half
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑟* | 瑟* | *瑟
a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甚* | 甚* | *甚
excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
(idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation
in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
worse than a dog or pig / lower than low
to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
more than / greater than
commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临)
half dead / more dead than alive
up to; no less than; as much as
(of fuse wire) to melt; to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)
to be better than
not only; far from; more than
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
nothing other than / to differ in no way from / the same as / to amount to
to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
more than ten; a dozen or more
rather die than submit (idiom)
older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
many times / on more than one occasion
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC

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