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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *分* | 分* | *分
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
HSK 1
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  *到* | 到* | *到
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
HSK 1
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
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  *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
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  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
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  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
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  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with ) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart
HSK 2
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
HSK 2
important point; main point; focus / key (project etc) / to focus on; to put the emphasis on
HSK 2
point of view / viewpoint / standpoint / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
angle / point of view
HSK 2
merit / benefit / strong point / advantage / CL: 個|个, 項|项
HSK 3
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  *指* | 指* | *指
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to indicate / to point out
HSK 3
weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *处* | 处* | *处
(bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point
HSK 4
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
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  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
to point out / to remind (sb of sth) / to suggest / suggestion / tip / reminder / notice
HSK 5
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
to point out / to indicate / to instruct / directives / instructions / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *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
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  *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
candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well
HSK 5
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
starting point
HSK 6
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
HSK 6
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
percentage point
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) focal point; focus
HSK 6
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  *撑* | 撑* | *撑
to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support
HSK 6
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  *未* | 未* | *未
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
HSK 7-9
main point / essential
HSK 7-9
to comment / a point by point commentary
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
HSK 7-9
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  *磅* | 磅* | *磅
scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) / (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)
HSK 7-9
opportunity / turning point / juncture
HSK 7-9
parking spot / unloading point / garage place / stand for taxi
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
to prove a point / to expound on / to demonstrate or prove (through argument) / proof
HSK 7-9
spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer
HSK 7-9
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine)
HSK 7-9
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
HSK 7-9
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
weak point / failing
HSK 7-9
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
HSK 7-9
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
acupuncture point / location of a grave
HSK 7-9
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秃* | 秃* | *秃
bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren; bare; denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something
HSK 7-9
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
a doubtful point
HSK 7-9
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
breach / gap / breakthrough point
HSK 7-9
starting point / (fig.) basis / motive
HSK 7-9
initial / starting (point)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叮* | 叮* | *叮
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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  *机* | 机* | *机
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坤* | 坤* | *坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *观* | 观* | *观
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook
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  *穴* | 穴* | *穴
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟)
to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
point / speck
decimal point
boiling point
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庚* | 庚* | *庚
age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *申* | 申* | *申
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辰* | 辰* | *辰
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals)
starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锋* | 锋* | *锋
point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team)
point of time (in time-based systems)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辛* | 辛* | *辛
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
melting point
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颖* | 颖* | *颖
head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding
point mass / particle
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  *亥* | 亥* | *亥
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece
stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence
main point / emphasis
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戌* | 戌* | *戌
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates)

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