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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *改* | 改* | *改
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
HSK 2
correct / right / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to correct / to make right
HSK 6
to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
HSK 7-9
upright / regular / proper / correct
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纠* | 纠* | *纠
to gather together / to investigate / to entangle / to correct
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *矫* | 矫* | *矫
to correct / to rectify / to redress / strong / brave / to pretend / to feign / affectation
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
to correct / to make a correction
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
to proofread and correct / to edit and rectify / to correct / to calibrate
to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
to correct (e.g. sight or hearing) / to rectify / to cure
efficacious / effective / (of a prediction) accurate / correct
to correct an error
to answer correctly / (literary) to respond; to reply
to correct an error
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喔* | 喔* | *喔
(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)
real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation
to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
not to glance sideways (idiom) / to gaze fixedly / to be fully concentrated / to preserve a correct attitude
correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
to correct printing errors
diction; enunciation / (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
to correct / to amend / to redress (evils)
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
to correct (a bad habit etc)
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韪* | 韪* | *韪
correct / right
upright / honest / proper / correct
(idiom) each in the correct place; each is provided for
to check and correct
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
to proofread and correct
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枻* | 枻* | *枻
oar / stand for correcting a bow
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挢* | 挢* | *挢
to raise / to lift / to pretend / counterfeit / unyielding / variant of 矯|矫 / to correct
(Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc)
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
to guess correctly
to refute and correct
to correct (in writing) sb's errors or misconceptions
to set right / to correct
to correct oneself / to renege / to break one's word
to correct (improve) a translation
nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
old friend / correct interpretation
not always; not entirely / not necessarily so; not entirely correct
to deviate from the correct course / (fig.) to go astray
to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)
to proofread and correct
to correct printing errors
correcting lens
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啱* | 啱* | *啱
correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (Cantonese)
to give the correct time
bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
political correctness / politically correct
to suppose correctly
to do things right / to use the correct method
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
correct usage
correct line (i.e. the party line)
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
to correct an error


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