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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *插* | 插* | *插
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棒* | 棒* | *棒
stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挺* | 挺* | *挺
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贴* | 贴* | *贴
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
HSK 4
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凸* | 凸* | *凸
to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墨* | 墨* | *墨
ink stick / China ink / CL: 塊|块 / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
HSK 6
band-aid; sticking plaster
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拐* | 拐* | *拐
cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff
HSK 6
to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
stick; rod
HSK 7-9
non-stick pan
to hold fast to / to stick to
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
big stick (policy etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
HSK 6
non-stick pan (Tw)
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
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
gear lever / stick shift
not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
to insert; to stick in; to plug in
not stick to one pattern
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铉* | 铉* | *铉
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
crutches / crutch / walking stick
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
pole / stick / club / gang of bandits
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
to plug into / to insert / to stick in
to stick up / to point sth up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翘* | 翘* | *翘
to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt
HSK 7-9
both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes
to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏貼|黏贴
to pout / to stick out one's lips
club; staff; stick
to glue to; to paste onto; to stick on
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棍* | 棍* | *棍
stick; rod; truncheon / scoundrel; villain
HSK 7-9
incense stick
stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean
selfie stick / also written 自拍杆
to protrude / to stick out
(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
to adhere / to stick to
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叮* | 叮* | *叮
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
stick figure; stick person
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坨* | 坨* | *坨
mound; heap; lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子 etc) to stick together; to form a clump
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
to adhere / to stick together
adhesion / to adhere / to cohere / to stick
manual gear change / shift stick
meter stick; metric ruler one meter in length
lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
sticking plaster / adhesive bandage
(lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粘* | 粘* | *粘
to glue; to paste / to adhere; to stick to
HSK 7-9
to stick up for a wrongdoer
to persist / to continue upholding / to persevere / to stick to sth / stubborn
to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
to appear suddenly / projection / bit sticking out
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
(cuisine) basil-flavored (abbr. for 九層塔香|九层塔香) / cone-shaped incense stick
(Sony) memory stick
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
wooden stick
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc) / probe; sensor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黏* | 黏* | *黏
sticky; glutinous / (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
(Tw) to stick (to sth) / adhesion (medicine)
selfie stick
to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
joss stick and candle
glue stick
to stick close to / to press up against
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捶* | 捶* | *捶
to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
HSK 7-9
not to stick to the old conventions
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摽* | 摽* | *摽
to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with; to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit; to beat
a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
to bludgeon / to hit with a big stick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撅* | 撅* | *撅
to protrude / to stick out / to pout (also written ) / to embarrass (people)
stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative

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