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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灯* | 灯* | *灯
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亮* | 亮* | *亮
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轻* | 轻* | *轻
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *光* | 光* | *光
light; ray (CL:) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of
HSK 3
light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *束* | 束* | *束
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浅* | 浅* | *浅
shallow / light (color)
HSK 4
(stage) lighting / light
HSK 4
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
HSK 4
electric light / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淡* | 淡* | *淡
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of ) nitrogen
HSK 4
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
according to; in light of
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *依* | 依* | *依
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
HSK 7-9
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed
HSK 7-9
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *映* | 映* | *映
to reflect (light) / to shine / to project (an image onto a screen etc)
HSK 7-9
to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嫩* | 嫩* | *嫩
young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
HSK 7-9
rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance
HSK 7-9
red light
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales)
HSK 7-9
light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation
HSK 7-9
light (machinery, aircraft etc)
HSK 7-9
to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)
HSK 7-9
to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory
HSK 7-9
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
HSK 7-9
to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拾* | 拾* | *拾
to ascend in light steps
(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
to grow light (at daybreak)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燃* | 燃* | *燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
light rain / drizzle
vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat
light beam
electric light / lightning / electro-optical
fluorescent light
light energy (e.g. solar)
light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通)
light-year
to shine on / to light up / to irradiate
to illuminate / to turn on the lights / to light (a blaze)
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昱* | 昱* | *昱
bright light
tail light (on vehicle)
to light a lamp
to illuminate / to light up / lighting
light makeup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *晔* | 晔* | *晔
bright light / to sparkle
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缃* | 缃* | *缃
light yellow color
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
to install / to fit (e.g. a light bulb)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绸* | 绸* | *绸
(light) silk / CL:
relevant / to have to do with / (physics) (of light etc) coherent
to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燧* | 燧* | *燧
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object
light source
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皙* | 皙* | *皙
(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion
colored light
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom) / period of peace and prosperity / noble and benevolent character
quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
light color
to reflect light
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昀* | 昀* | *昀
sun light / used in personal name
to light a fire for cooking
the speed of light
breeze / light wind
light-sensitive
light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful
to diffuse light
light of firefly / fairy light
polarized light
lightweight and portable / light and convenient
(of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering

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