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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吧* | 吧* | *吧
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弟* | 弟* | *弟
younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *我* | 我* | *我
I; me; my
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咱* | 咱* | *咱
I or me / we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
HSK 2
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搬* | 搬* | *搬
to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敢* | 敢* | *敢
to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture
HSK 3
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
brothers / younger brother / CL: 個|个 / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal
HSK 4
(physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity
HSK 4
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
gas (i.e. gaseous substance)
HSK 5
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
HSK 5
I; me; myself / oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *码* | 码* | *码
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丙* | 丙* | *丙
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl
HSK 7-9
to condense / to coagulate / coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets) / aggregation / coherent
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *框* | 框* | *框
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
HSK 7-9
convention (i.e. international agreement)
HSK 7-9
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context
HSK 7-9
eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
newspaper (i.e. a company) / CL:
HSK 7-9
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *持* | 持* | *持
to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
HSK 7-9
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
(literary) I; me / variant of 餘|余
HSK 7-9
to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货 and 送貨|送货) / to deliver (goods)
HSK 7-9
to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
HSK 7-9
if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
HSK 7-9
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
HSK 7-9
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
HSK 7-9
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
(banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse
HSK 7-9
minor (i.e. person under 18)
HSK 7-9
only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique
HSK 7-9
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert
HSK 7-9
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *载* | 载* | *载
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
average transaction value per customer (i.e. the average amount a customer spends per visit or transaction)
maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时, i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
geographical location / (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区 and cell used to specify a character in a CJK character set)
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
If I had known earlier...
to study / to learn from a master / (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student
dealer / seller / distributor / broker / agency / franchise (i.e. company) / retail outlet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吾* | 吾* | *吾
(old) I; my
eyeball / fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *予* | 予* | *予
(archaic) I / me
cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臣* | 臣* | *臣
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
legendary person / legend (i.e. person)
Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县 i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
"Mr Perfect" (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang)
my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
(military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain
size (i.e. area) of a country, geographical region or school campus etc / (fig.) scope / extent
remnant / leftover / tolerance (i.e. allowed error)
(of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc) / (electricity) no-load (used to describe the condition of a transformer when there is no load connected to its secondary coil)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艾* | 艾* | *艾
Chinese mugwort or wormwood / moxa / to stop or cut short / phonetic "ai" or "i" / abbr. for 艾滋病, AIDS
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)

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