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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紙* | 紙* | *紙
paper (CL:張|张,) / classifier for documents, letters etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *張* | 張* | *張
to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *團* | 團* | *團
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
paper / treatise / thesis / CL: / to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL: 張|张, 紮|扎
HSK 7-9
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
paper bag
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挼* | 挼* | *挼
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior
ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *構* | 構* | *構
to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *令* | 令* | *令
classifier for a ream of paper
paper clip
joss paper made to resemble paper money
paper towel / napkin / facial tissue / CL: 張|张,
paper
folder / file (paper)
exam paper
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
paperback / paper-cover
toilet paper
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
paper matrix in which type is set
scrap paper
piece of paper with short note / short letter
bank notes / paper currency / CL: 張|张
toilet paper / bathroom tissue
photographic paper
filter paper
slip of paper
kraft paper
wrapping paper
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
joss paper made to resemble paper money
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
letter paper / writing paper
to review (a paper or manuscript)
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write
fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
letter / letter paper
paper clip
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榖* | 榖* | *榖
paper mulberry tree
waste paper
paper pulp
papercutting (Chinese folk art) / to make paper cutouts
notebook / paper notepad / laptop computer
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裱* | 裱* | *裱
to hang (paper) / to mount (painting)
short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute
paper pattern as model in dressmaking / paper patten
squared paper / graph paper / grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈔* | 鈔* | *鈔
money / paper money / variant of
lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
wide belt / sash / (packaging) paper sash around a book or other product
to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
to put pen to paper
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
to put pen to paper
title page / flyleaf / end paper
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
paper tiger
to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc)
money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession
draft paper
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箔* | 箔* | *箔
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
wax paper / stencil paper
to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc)
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
ash from burnt paper
(idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
rice paper / membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
joss paper
print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
photocopier paper
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
carbon paper
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潢* | 潢* | *潢
dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll
paper clip
toilet paper
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哧* | 哧* | *哧
(onom.) giggling / breathing / tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

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