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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *個* | 個* | *個
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箇* | 箇* | *箇
variant of 個|个
HSK 1
height / stature / build / size
HSK 2
individuality / personality
HSK 3
whole / entire / total
HSK 3
individual / personal / oneself
HSK 3
individual
HSK 4
every / various / separately, one by one
HSK 4
individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
HSK 4
last month
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
size / height / stature
HSK 5
individual case; special case
HSK 7-9
size / height / stature
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 一個勁|一个劲
HSK 7-9
size / height
(coll.) (suffix) my ass! / yeah, right!
which / who
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *個* | 個* | *個
(pronoun) this / (adjective) this
personal computer; PC
each; every
(coll.) tomorrow
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
idiot / blockhead / clod / oaf
(coll.) yesterday
each one individually; each and every
half of sth
single / alone / individually / an odd one
number of items or individuals
a number of / each and every one / one by one; one after another
one by one / one after another
(dialect) oneself; by oneself
tall person / (of a person) tall
one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress / reliable
(coll.) today
a person of short stature / a short person
one or two / a couple of
individualism
self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage)
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
continuously / persistently / incessantly
personality cult
alone
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
(not) a single person / (no) one
one by one / in turn
tall person
a one-person exhibition
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
these
Gejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州, Yunnan
erhua variant of 挨個|挨个
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
a person in the know
lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams
previous one
personal digital assistant (PDA)
to change places / to swap places
erhua variant of 單個|单个
honest and trustworthy (idiom)
by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
everybody / everyone
tall and strong physique
which
me personally; the sort of person I am
a few / several / how many
to personalize / to customize / customization
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
share (in a listed company)
first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
(Tw) microeconomics
last week
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
next week
the second person / (fig.) someone else / third party
until this moment
any one of (a list of possibilities)
the same; of the same type
personal savings
Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢 by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)
one-China policy
three women makes a crowd
therein / in this
(dialect) each one; every one
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) / this is your last chance
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
two-China (policy)

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