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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
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
this year
HSK 1
this side / here
HSK 1
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
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  *者* | 者* | *者
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后 or to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
HSK 3
barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more)
HSK 3
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
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  *此* | 此* | *此
this; these
HSK 4
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
since; as; this being the case
HSK 4
now / this moment
HSK 5
like this; so; such
HSK 5
hereby / from this
HSK 5
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
this moment / now / at present
HSK 5
local / this locality
HSK 6
for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end
HSK 6
before this / before then / previously
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
this time
HSK 6
this place / here (literary)
HSK 6
the current period / this term (usually in finance)
HSK 6
this matter
HSK 6
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  *兹* | 兹* | *兹
now / here / this / time / year
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd
HSK 7-9
(coll.) now / this moment / also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
thus / if this happens then
HSK 7-9
apart from this / in addition to this
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *这* | 这* | *这
(coll.) this
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  *斯* | 斯* | *斯
(phonetic) / this
(pronoun) this / (adjective) this
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
this kind of
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  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
this past year / over the last years
this morning
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  *今* | 今* | *今
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
like this / this way
to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
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  *轼* | 轼* | *轼
(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
this month / the current month
this life
this year's / the current year's
the world / this world / the world of the living
here / this place
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
using this as a pretext; thereby
tonight / this evening
here / this place
therein / in this
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
at this point / thus / from then on
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  *劳* | 劳* | *劳
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)
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  *砻* | 砻* | *砻
(dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
this life / this age
mundane world (in religious context) / this mortal coil
(botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant
time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
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  *恁* | 恁* | *恁
to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]
(dialect) today / (literary) the present; this age
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
in this world / under the sun
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  *铡* | 铡* | *铡
lever-style guillotine / to chop using this type of guillotine
current / this year
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.)
this morning
for this reason
to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世
(literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many
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  *抵* | 抵* | *抵
to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
on this (occasion) / at this time when ... / on this occasion
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
upon seeing this, ... / in response, ...
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
(literary) in this way / so
only / solely / this one alone
to die / to depart this mortal coil
not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
next month / after this month
this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good.
this city / this town
either this or that / one or the other
to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose / fertilizer produced by this method

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