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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *睡* | 睡* | *睡
to sleep / to lie down
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *下* | 下* | *下
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *床* | 床* | *床
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坏* | 坏* | *坏
bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to sit down
HSK 1
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *低* | 低* | *低
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赏* | 赏* | *赏
to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)
HSK 4
to reduce; to lower; to bring down
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *降* | 降* | *降
to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
to go bankrupt / to close down
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *躺* | 躺* | *躺
to recline / to lie down
HSK 4
to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement
HSK 4
to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper
HSK 4
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
to spread / to circulate / to hand down
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沉* | 沉* | *沉
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
HSK 4
to write down / to record / written account
HSK 4
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拆* | 拆* | *拆
to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open
HSK 5
to resolve / to decompose / to break down
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摔* | 摔* | *摔
to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
HSK 5
up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about; more or less
HSK 5
to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
HSK 5
to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
HSK 5
deposit / down payment
HSK 5
down-filled garment
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磨* | 磨* | *磨
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拖* | 拖* | *拖
to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砍* | 砍* | *砍
to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb
HSK 7-9
to reduce speed; to slow down
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坠* | 坠* | *坠
to fall / to drop / to weigh down
HSK 7-9
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
HSK 7-9
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拦* | 拦* | *拦
to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)
HSK 7-9
to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity
HSK 7-9
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
to leave behind / to hand down
HSK 7-9
to reject / to turn down / to overrule
HSK 7-9
to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
HSK 7-9
down payment / advance payment
HSK 7-9
to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress
HSK 7-9
to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垂* | 垂* | *垂
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
HSK 7-9
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
HSK 7-9
to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) / to close down
HSK 7-9
to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扒* | 扒* | *扒
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
HSK 7-9
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塌* | 塌* | *塌
to collapse / to droop / to settle down
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
to bow / (literary) to bend down
HSK 7-9
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
HSK 7-9
to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栽* | 栽* | *栽
to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down
HSK 7-9
to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concede
HSK 7-9
to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
HSK 7-9
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
(medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a standstill
HSK 7-9
to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
HSK 7-9
to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
HSK 7-9
plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest
HSK 7-9
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
to despise / to disdain / to look down upon
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
to look down on / to underestimate
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
a problem appears / to break down
HSK 7-9
knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
HSK 7-9
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
HSK 7-9
to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抑* | 抑* | *抑
to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or

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