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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
sentence / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哪* | 哪* | *哪
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of after a word ending in "n")
HSK 4
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啦* | 啦* | *啦
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence
HSK 7-9
to sentence / to condemn
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哦* | 哦* | *哦
sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy / may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of
sentence
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刑* | 刑* | *刑
punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
to sentence (to prison etc)
sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
disciple; apprentice; believer / on foot / bare; empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
(law) to determine the sentence
sentence pattern (in grammar)
sentence / penalty / punishment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘞* | 嘞* | *嘞
sentence-final particle similar to , but carrying a tone of approval
example sentence
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哟* | 哟* | *哟
(sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song)
sentence-making
comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree / quite / rather
to sentence / to condemn
to serve a prison sentence
to carry out a (death) sentence / execution
to send away to serve a penal sentence
to be lenient (in sentencing)
prison sentence
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
simple sentence (grammar)
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row
to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
words and sentences
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喔* | 喔* | *喔
(Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
suspended sentence / probation
a line of verse / a sentence
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呐* | 呐* | *呐
sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊 or variant of )
one sentence / brief remark
(literary) death sentence; decapitation
parallel (sentences) / parallel prose
parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
negative sentence
declarative sentence
affirmative sentence
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
(PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书 / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree
number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc)
person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence
(slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech) (loanword from Korean verb ending "seumnida") / (jocular) a Korean
to affirm the original sentence (law)
imperative sentence
life sentence
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
discourse / group of sentences with clear meaning / narrative
imperative sentence
to sentence (a criminal)
to complete a prison sentence
unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment)
one-word sentence
to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
(linguistics) inverted sentence
to sentence (sb) to pay compensation
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
start of phrase or sentence
(slang) to have served several sentences; recidivist; old lag
to commute a prison sentence to a fine (Tw)
deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
noncustodial (sentence)


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