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  *号* | 号* | *号
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1
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  *字* | 字* | *字
letter / symbol / character / word / CL: 個|个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
HSK 1
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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
name (of a person or thing) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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  *称* | 称* | *称
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
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  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
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name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
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  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
list of names
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surname and given name; full name
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like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
HSK 2
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  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
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to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
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evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
HSK 2
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  *姓* | 姓* | *姓
family name; surname / to be surnamed ...
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *总* | 总* | *总
general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL: 頂|顶
HSK 4
to register (one's name)
HSK 4
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
to sign (one's name) / signature
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to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
name / term of address / title
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  *签* | 签* | *签
to sign one's name / to write brief comments on a document / inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签) / visa
HSK 5
brand name / trademark
HSK 6
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
place name / toponym
HSK 6
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
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bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:
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  *标* | 标* | *标
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
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  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
HSK 7-9
code name
HSK 7-9
family name
HSK 7-9
to call out (a name etc) / to shout
HSK 7-9
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
HSK 7-9
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
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not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name
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  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
(used in place names) plain; flatland / (dialect) sandbar; shoal
HSK 7-9
see 和田地區|和田地区 / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)
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  *并* | 并* | *并
short name for Taiyuan 太原
BYD Company (company name)
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  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
abbr. for country names that begin with : Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc
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  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]
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  *辽* | 辽* | *辽
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁 province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)
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  *翼* | 翼* | *翼
surname Yi / alternative name for 絳|绛, the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
Lianjiang, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Lienchiang County, the official name of the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島|马祖列岛, a county of the ROC (based in Taiwan)
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  *沪* | 沪* | *沪
short name for Shanghai
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  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
used in place names
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  *苏* | 苏* | *苏
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration
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  *郝* | 郝* | *郝
ancient place name / surname Hao
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  *葵* | 葵* | *葵
used in the names of various herbaceous plants
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  *榕* | 榕* | *榕
Rong, another name for Fuzhou 福州
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  *鑫* | 鑫* | *鑫
(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
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  *鲁* | 鲁* | *鲁
surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国 / Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东
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  *郑* | 郑* | *郑
the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / surname Zheng / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan
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  *鄀* | 鄀* | *鄀
place name
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  *莱* | 莱* | *莱
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
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  *沈* | 沈* | *沈
short name for 瀋陽|沈阳
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  *乌* | 乌* | *乌
abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰, Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦 etc / surname Wu
William or Wilhelm (name)
Xinhua (New China), the name of various businesses, products and organizations, notably the Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社
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  *皖* | 皖* | *皖
short name for Anhui Province 安徽省
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  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
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  *成* | 成* | *成
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都
Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make
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  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳
Longhua, the name of numerous streets, railway stations, temples and city districts etc, notably Longhua Temple 龍華寺|龙华寺 in Shanghai and Longhua District 龍華區|龙华区 of Shenzhen, Guangdong
to supply products to be marketed under the buyer's brand name / to manufacture OEM products
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
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  *姬* | 姬* | *姬
surname Ji / family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代 (1046-256 BC)
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西
Sony (former name of the company used prior to 2009 in some markets including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, now replaced by 索尼 in all markets)
(computing) domain name
(common place name)
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  *柏* | 柏* | *柏
(used for transcribing names)
Yongjia county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang / reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晉懷帝|晋怀帝
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  *妮* | 妮* | *妮
girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2]
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  *堡* | 堡* | *堡
(bound form) fortress; stronghold / (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) / (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡)
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  *堡* | 堡* | *堡
village (used in place names)
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  *邵* | 邵* | *邵
surname Shao / place name
Jobs (name) / see also 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯, Steve Jobs
pen name / pseudonym
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  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
used in 閩侯|闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian)
Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成 emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
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  *蔚* | 蔚* | *蔚
surname Yu / place name
Nanshan or Namsan, common place name / Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
given name of Qing Emperor Xianfeng 咸豐|咸丰
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器|松下电器

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