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  *第* | 第* | *第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
HSK 1
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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
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  *班* | 班* | *班
team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL: 個|个 / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 1
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  *级* | 级* | *级
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
HSK 2
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *流* | 流* | *流
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
HSK 2
(exam) grade / mark / score / fraction
HSK 2
achievement / performance records / grades / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 2
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
grade / rank / status
HSK 5
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  *品* | 品* | *品
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
HSK 5
to go up by one grade; to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade
HSK 6
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  *档* | 档* | *档
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
HSK 6
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  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
(military) rank / level / grade
HSK 7-9
rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste
HSK 7-9
grade / class / quality / level
HSK 7-9
class "A"; top grade
to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
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  *咖* | 咖* | *咖
coffee / class / grade
to grade / to give a mark
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
grade 2 / second class / category B
special grade / top quality
echelon (military formation) / (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
(job) position / level / grade / rank
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
to grade / to rank / to establish the level of sb or sth
grade 4 / fourth class / category D
to grade exam papers
differential (between grades) / salary differential
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等)
unified goods / goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced
grade A / first-class
to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss
top-quality / top-grade
low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior
grade
gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
grade / exam mark
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
(sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
level / rank / grade / rating
to grade exam papers
special grade / top quality
grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period)
high-grade ore
inferior quality / substandard / low-grade
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
(old) low-grade brothel
superior grade
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
(literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time / to be promoted ahead of time
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
low grade ore
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  *鹇* | 鹇* | *鹇
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc) / to sleep in the same bed as one's child
first class / grade A
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
grade (quality of product)
(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试)
(education) grade point
negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
grade (i.e. quality) / rank
costume / ceremonial dress (determining the grade of an official)
grade 3 / third class / category C
land grader / road grader
a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year); the lower division (of a school etc)
third rank / third category / third grade / grade C
consumer-grade; consumer-level
Grade One State protected (species)
a grade A war criminal
credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc)
student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
(silver) of low purity / low grade
rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
grade separation (civil engineering)
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
eight grade wage scale (system)
preoccupied with school grades / overemphasis on test scores
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
to grade (a student's work); to rate (sb's performance); to give a score
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
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  *曹* | 曹* | *曹
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
weapons-grade
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
high-grade well-tempered steel
to be inferior to / to be of a lower grade than


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