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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盖* | 盖* | *盖
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扣* | 扣* | *扣
to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *露* | 露* | *露
dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose
HSK 6
to be covered with / to be filled with
HSK 6
to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above
HSK 7-9
to cover
HSK 7-9
cover (of a publication)
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
to pay / to cover the costs
HSK 7-9
to cover up / to conceal / to go into hiding
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide / covert / under cover
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闷* | 闷* | *闷
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
to cover the whole (area) / to be found throughout
HSK 7-9
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
to cover / to comprise / to include
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *遮* | 遮* | *遮
to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
cover / lid / shell
HSK 7-9
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
to conceal oneself / to go into hiding / to take cover
HSK 7-9
to hide / to cover (one's tracks)
HSK 7-9
to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敷* | 敷* | *敷
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
HSK 7-9
(of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笼* | 笼* | *笼
to envelop; to cover / (used in 籠子|笼子) large box / Taiwan pr. [long2]
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
vegetation / plant cover
to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding
to cover (a previously recorded song) / cover version (of a song)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
to hide / to cover up / to conceal
the back cover of a book
cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
sleeve cover / outer sleeve
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焖* | 焖* | *焖
to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖)
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔽* | 蔽* | *蔽
to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覆* | 覆* | *覆
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize
to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幂* | 幂* | *幂
(math.) power; exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover; veil
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蔀* | 蔀* | *蔀
(literary) to cover; to shelter / (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庇* | 庇* | *庇
to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor
covered truck / caravan / van
cover; casing
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焘* | 焘* | *焘
cover over / to envelope
covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time
covered all over
sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弢* | 弢* | *弢
bow case / to cover
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
to shield / to harbor / to cover up
to contain in a concealed form / to keep covered up / implicit
winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *輤* | 輤* | *輤
a pall to cover the hearse
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
snow / snow cover / snow mantle
book cover / book jacket
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奄* | 奄* | *奄
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
to cover one's face; to wear a mask / brazen; shameless
to vanish / to hide / to cover one's traces
cover / outside
hidden / covered / concealed
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
shelter; screen; cover; protection
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball)
covered bridge / (aviation) passenger boarding bridge; jet bridge
to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
mist covered water
to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade
to cover up one's embarrassment / to hush up a scandal
huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袟* | 袟* | *袟
book cover
muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in
lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *葆* | 葆* | *葆
dense foliage / to cover
income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet
duvet cover; quilt cover / (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase
lit. covered in dust (idiom) / fig. travel-worn
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掤* | 掤* | *掤
arrow-quiver cover
head and face filthy with grime (idiom) / covered in dirt / dejected and depressed
cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp
to cover densely
(traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild / (fig.) to prettify; to glorify
items issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists (stamps, postcards, first day covers etc)

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