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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
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  *车* | 车* | *车
car / vehicle / CL: 輛|辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
HSK 1
outer appearance / form / shape / formality / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to form; to take shape
HSK 3
form; shape / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to model; to shape / appearance; style; design; form; pose
HSK 4
shape / form / pattern / morphology
HSK 5
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  *枪* | 枪* | *枪
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL: , , 桿|杆, 條|条, / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots
HSK 5
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  *样* | 样* | *样
manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
HSK 6
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
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  *形* | 形* | *形
to appear / to look / form / shape
HSK 6
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
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  *状* | 状* | *状
(bound form) form; appearance; shape / (bound form) state; condition / (bound form) to describe / (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit / (bound form) certificate
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  *象* | 象* | *象
elephant / CL: 隻|只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
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  *态* | 态* | *态
(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice
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  *呈* | 呈* | *呈
to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color)
to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
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  *锤* | 锤* | *锤
hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer
to take shape / shaping / forming
original shape / the same as before
shape of face / physiognomy
cuneiform (letters) / wedge-shape
lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process
shaping / reshaping / plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科)
form / shape / type / style / pattern
to change (appearance) / to change shape
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  *廓* | 廓* | *廓
(bound form) extensive; vast / (bound form) outline; general shape / (bound form) to expand; to extend
original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character
tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)
to lose shape / to deform
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
form / shape / structure / design
to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own
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  *拗* | 拗* | *拗
(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
shape of face
unusual condition / something odd / strange shape
horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶, compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
(of a shape) sharp and clearcut / (of a person) definite in his opinion
to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life
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  *镟* | 镟* | *镟
to shape on a lathe / to peel with a knife / to turn in (a screw)
door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
similar in shape and appearance
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
handle in the shape of a hoop
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  *侀* | 侀* | *侀
shape / statute
shape and color / appearance / facial expression
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  *檃* | 檃* | *檃
tool used for shaping wood (old)
facial contour; facial shape
variant of 臉型|脸型, shape of face / physiognomy
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  *櫽* | 櫽* | *櫽
tool used for shaping wood (old) / old variant of
shape of face
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
crescent moon / crescent shape
(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
the spoon shape slope on the nape
to mold (into seductive shape) / to dress up (usu. derogatory) / to sex up
Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
gear-shaping
erotic (loanword mimicking the shape of Japanese katakana エロ, pronounced "ero")
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
sawtooth shape / zigzag
cruciform / cross shape
V-shape; chevron; herringbone
to embody into / to apply to / to take the shape of / specific to
flared; funnel-shape; trumpet-shape
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
horseshoe shape
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
to copy / to follow the original shape / faithful restoration
(of a deity) to take a material shape / to appear
in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition
shape resembling the character or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
(of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance / worthless object
to begin to take shape / to be about to materialize
to be likely or possible / to begin to take shape / to be likely to succeed
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
to lose shape / to deform
body shape
a type of wonton made in a shape similar to that of a quail (in ancient times)


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