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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *考* | 考* | *考
to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胜* | 胜* | *胜
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *板* | 板* | *板
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赢* | 赢* | *赢
to beat / to win / to profit
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扁* | 扁* | *扁
flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of
HSK 6
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捶* | 捶* | *捶
to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
HSK 7-9
to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law)
HSK 7-9
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揍* | 揍* | *揍
to hit; to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth)
HSK 7-9
clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers
HSK 7-9
to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat
HSK 7-9
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
to be a real headache / to find sth a real headache / to beat one's brains
HSK 7-9
(slang) to hit sb; to beat sb
to beat sb at their own game (idiom)
to defeat / to beat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岗* | 岗* | *岗
(bound form) hillock; mound / sentry post; policeman's beat / (bound form) job; post
to kill / to beat to death
to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
to suppress / to beat down
beat (music) / meter
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拷* | 拷* | *拷
to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝)
(coll.) to beat it / to take French leave
to beat / to lash
to viciously beat (sb) up / CL: 頓|顿
no match for / cannot beat
to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg)
to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge
to beat sb / to beat (a drum)
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剋* | 剋* | *剋
to scold / to beat
to beat; to pound; to thump
to bargain / to cut or beat down a price
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搏* | 搏* | *搏
to fight / to combat / to seize / (of heart) to beat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擂* | 擂* | *擂
to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor; to make a din; to kick up a fuss about
to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous
(coll.) to leave; to beat it
(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism
to beat back / to repel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捣* | 捣* | *捣
to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
drum beat / rhythm
to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out
to beat rhythmically / to throb / to pulsate
to reconnoiter; to case the joint / to cut it fine; to arrive with no time to spare / to dance to the beat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舂* | 舂* | *舂
to pound (grain) / beat
to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
to beat back / to repel / to repulse
lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殴* | 殴* | *殴
to beat up / to hit sb
to smack / to beat
two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搷* | 搷* | *搷
to beat / to winnow
wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擗* | 擗* | *擗
(literary) to beat the breast / to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
to beat sb soundly
to gang up and beat
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
to beat and scold
to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咢* | 咢* | *咢
beat a drum / startle
to beat the summer heat
to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail
get out of here! / beat it!
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to beat against the shore (of waves)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抶* | 抶* | *抶
beat / flog
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
(idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
to beat a gong / to sound the retreat
to steal away / to beat it
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
to beat the gong to open a performance
to beat the summer heat
to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挝* | 挝* | *挝
ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of / to strike; to beat
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
to beat the summer heat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *椓* | 椓* | *椓
beat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搉* | 搉* | *搉
consult / knock / beat
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit

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