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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
HSK 2
life (one's time on earth)
HSK 3
to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth)
HSK 4
on time / before deadline / on schedule
HSK 4
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
HSK 6
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
every time / on each occasion / whenever
HSK 7-9
as scheduled / on time / punctual
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
on schedule / on time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赊* | 赊* | *赊
to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
(sports) to call a time-out / to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed
to be available at any time / to be on call
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
to finish a job on time / to produce the goods
reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读. For example, has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 may be pronounced as its synonym 色子, and in Wu dialects, is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读. For example, has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
to fail to come out on time / to miss a deadline
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred)
to place a bet (with sb) / to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a business venture)
on time; on schedule
double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc) / to make an inventory / (math.) point that has integer coordinates
to turn one's head; to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past
to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
to have nothing to do / to have time on one's hands
8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.
to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
it's getting late; time's getting on
time travel series (on TV)
to waste time on worthless activities
piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资


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