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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *放* | 放* | *放
to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *到* | 到* | *到
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
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
  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
to go out
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *去* | 去* | *去
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
HSK 1
to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *送* | 送* | *送
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with
HSK 1
to go in
HSK 1
to go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
to go to bed / to sleep
HSK 1
to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class
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 return / to go back
HSK 1
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
to enter / to join / to go into
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
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
(in the) past; former; previous / to go over; to pass by
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *往* | 往* | *往
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous
HSK 2
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
to go abroad; to leave the country
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
HSK 2
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married
HSK 2
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *造* | 造* | *造
to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops
HSK 3
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
HSK 3
to experience; to go through / experience (CL:,)
HSK 3
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
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return
HSK 3
profound / deep / deep-going
HSK 3
to go up
HSK 3
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
to take a walk; to go for a walk
HSK 3
to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *却* | 却* | *却
but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *归* | 归* | *归
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash
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 go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
to go bankrupt / to close down
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烧* | 烧* | *烧
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
to continue / to go on / to last
HSK 4
to go upstairs
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
HSK 4
to go on foot / to walk
HSK 4
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue
HSK 5
to return to / to come (or go) back
HSK 5
despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拼* | 拼* | *拼
to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words)
HSK 5
to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绕* | 绕* | *绕
to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex
HSK 5
to rise / to go up
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搞* | 搞* | *搞
to do / to make / to go in for / to set up / to get hold of / to take care of
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绕* | 绕* | *绕
variant of 繞|绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour
HSK 5
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
to go on an official or business trip
HSK 5
exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
HSK 5
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
to go up by one grade; to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于
HSK 6
to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *入* | 入* | *入
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时) / abbr. for 入聲|入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese "iri")
HSK 6
to go through; to pass through / to be in general use
HSK 6
to go along / to follow
HSK 6
to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
HSK 6
as for / as to / to go so far as to
HSK 6

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