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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
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  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
HSK 2
same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general
HSK 2
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *而* | 而* | *而
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
HSK 4
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
HSK 4
even; so much so that
HSK 4
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
like this; so; such
HSK 5
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
HSK 5
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
as for / as to / to go so far as to
HSK 6
to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
HSK 6
unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
and so on / and such
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
even more (so)
HSK 6
no wonder! / so that's why!
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竟* | 竟* | *竟
unexpectedly / actually / to go so far as to / indeed
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
so far / to date / until now
HSK 7-9
and even / to go so far as to
HSK 7-9
to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
up until now / so far
HSK 7-9
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乃* | 乃* | *乃
to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon
HSK 7-9
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd
HSK 7-9
so much (that) / even (to the extent that)
HSK 7-9
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爾* | 爾* | *爾
thus / so / like that / you / thou
and so on; and so forth; and what not
to save / to get rid of (so saving space)
readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on!
in order to / so as to
therefore / thus / so
already / to be already so; to have long been the case
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咁* | 咁* | *咁
so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *廝* | 廝* | *廝
(bound form) together; each other / (bound form) male servant / (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮 and 這廝|这厮)
to divert one's attention; to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
therefore / so / consequently
until now; so far
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
and so on / in a similar fashion
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
so-and-so / such-and-such
it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
(idiom) to know that it is so but not why it is so
indeed / really (very much so)
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
this so-and-so
so angry it's unbearable / bitter about unbearable grievances
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
inside and out / or so
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
thus and so / such and such
(coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers
to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
so big / such a big
far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
water so clear you can see the bottom
to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise
careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss / daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)
not always; not entirely / not necessarily so; not entirely correct
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all; to be well accustomed (to sth)
so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
if / if so
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on

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