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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *門* | 門* | *門
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
school / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讀* | 讀* | *讀
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
to go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
school building; academic building
HSK 1
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
kindergarten / nursery school
HSK 4
graduation / to graduate / to finish school
HSK 4
sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc)
HSK 4
academic degree / place in school
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
HSK 5
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
to run a school
HSK 6
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
to go to school
HSK 7-9
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宗* | 宗* | *宗
school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
HSK 7-9
to change schools / to transfer to another college
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *業* | 業* | *業
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot
HSK 7-9
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
to quit school
HSK 7-9
to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
HSK 7-9
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
HSK 7-9
group; sect; clique; faction; school
HSK 7-9
to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake
HSK 7-9
evening school / night school
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *校* | 校* | *校
(bound form) school; college / (bound form) (military) field officer
(older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc)
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
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
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
medical school
Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
cram class / cram school / evening classes
middling / average / impartial / (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school")
optional course (in school)
elementary school (Tw)
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school
integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme
literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory
junior high school (Tw) / abbr. to 國中|国中
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
junior high school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民中學|国民中学
vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school
school begins / give a course / teach a subject
School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names
school district
to stop classes / to close (of school)
to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
senior high school student
school song
school report or transcript
school building
many schools of thought / many people or households
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 (369-286 BC)
senior high school / abbr. to 高中
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師|高级工程师) / (Tw) industrial vocational high school (abbr. for 高級工業職業學校|高级工业职业学校)
to attend school
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
to study at school
branch of a school
school of thought

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