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  *口* | 口* | *口
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 1
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  *那* | 那* | *那
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]) / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) / then (in that case)
HSK 1
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
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  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻|只, 雙|双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
HSK 2
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  *條* | 條* | *條
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?
HSK 2
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  *海* | 海* | *海
ocean / sea / CL: 個|个, / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous
HSK 2
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  *件* | 件* | *件
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
HSK 2
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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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  *付* | 付* | *付
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things
HSK 3
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燒* | 燒* | *燒
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
HSK 4
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
HSK 5
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
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  *副* | 副* | *副
secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
HSK 6
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  *股* | 股* | *股
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
HSK 6
to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
HSK 6
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  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1 nan2]
HSK 7-9
(of two things) to come into contact / to meet / to hand over to / to take over from / to associate with / to have friendly relations with / to have sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things
HSK 7-9
as things really are / realistic
HSK 7-9
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  *釘* | 釘* | *釘
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
HSK 7-9
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
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  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
work / (lots of) things to do
HSK 7-9
to attend simultaneously to two or more things / to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
HSK 7-9
to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly
HSK 7-9
current custom / current way of doing things
HSK 7-9
(physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual
HSK 7-9
to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
HSK 7-9
scales (to weigh things)
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to spoil things; to dampen spirits / to feel deflated; to be dispirited
HSK 7-9
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
HSK 7-9
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  *粒* | 粒* | *粒
grain / granule / classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
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
common sense; the way people usually feel about things
some; certain (things)
luck / to create the universe / god (as the creator of all things) / the Creator
to hold in storage / to retain / to harbor (feelings) / to entertain (sentiments) / (of abstract things) to exist / there is
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  *林* | 林* | *林
(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score / not many; only a few
to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
(various things) such as / such as (the following)
(coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers
affairs of life / things of the world
to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
to take things philosophically
(of sunlight) to bathe all things; to shine gloriously
things change with the passage of time (idiom)
to have a clear view of things / to adapt to circumstances
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
to do things right / to use the correct method
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂)
to muddle things up / to goof off / to hang around
historical remains / things that have survived since ancient times / (of such things) to survive
(of things) durable / (of people) sturdy; tough
to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
broad-minded / accepting / philosophical (about things)
perfectly round / (fig.) accommodating / considerate / smooth (way of doing things)
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
all things
cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
all living things
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
all things / all that exists
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唄* | 唄* | *唄
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
to stay behind to take care of things
lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end
(idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight
lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / fig. too many good things to see; a feast for the eyes
to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment
(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
trivial matters / petty things
to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
to mix; to blend / (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people)
to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage
to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up

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