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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *系* | 系* | *系
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *系* | 系* | *系
to tie / to fasten / to button up
HSK 4
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *结* | 结* | *结
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel)
HSK 4
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绑* | 绑* | *绑
to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拴* | 拴* | *拴
to tie up
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捆* | 捆* | *捆
a bunch / to tie together / bundle
HSK 7-9
to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
HSK 7-9
tie / link / bond
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
surname Tie
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *括* | 括* | *括
(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up / (bound form) to include; to comprise / to put (text) in brackets / Taiwan pr. [gua1]
to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score
to bind / to tie / to link
a draw (in competition) / a tie
to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
to establish ties; to contact / (electricity) to connect (components) in series
to form ties / to become attached (to sb, sth)
to tie a knot / to tie
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縻* | 縻* | *縻
to tie up
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缬* | 缬* | *缬
knot / tie a knot
to tie-dye
to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties
superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5]
(sports) draw / tie
bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere
lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缚* | 缚* | *缚
to bind / to tie / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
sleeper / tie
string to tie hair
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
draw / tied game
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
(sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缯* | 缯* | *缯
to tie / to bind
blood is thicker than water / fig. family ties are closer than social relations
to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want); to sell on a tie-in basis
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority
to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襻* | 襻* | *襻
button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together; to stitch together
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绁* | 绁* | *绁
to tie / to bind / to hold on a leash / rope / cord
to tie up / to bind / to tether / bondage (BDSM)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縢* | 縢* | *縢
bind / cord / tie up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缳* | 缳* | *缳
to bind / to tie / lace / noose (for suicide) / hangman's noose
agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words / gaping and speechless
to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絷* | 絷* | *絷
to connect / to tie up
railroad tie / sleeper
to seek to profit by family ties
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荮* | 荮* | *荮
(dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紟* | 紟* | *紟
a sash / to tie
to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
(literary) to break off relations with a friend / to sever ties with sb
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敿* | 敿* | *敿
tie up (laces)
(idiom) to take all one's family along; encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *䌸* | 䌸* | *䌸
to tie up
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緤* | 緤* | *緤
variant of 紲|绁 / to tie / to bind
(literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head; (fig.) childhood
cable tie
to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
to tether / to tie up / (fig.) to restrict / to keep a hold on
to tie in to
booklet; brochure / (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)
to marry / to tie the bridal veil
clumsy in speech / tongue tied
bond / ties (of friendship etc)
cable tie
to marry / to tie the bridal veil
to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married
tie (music)
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
to tie on / to buckle up / to fasten
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom) / to break all friendly ties
trussed / with hands tied behind the back
bow tie
tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom)
cable tie / plastic strap
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
dull-witted and tongue-tied
to split up / to break all ties
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
to strengthen moral ties between people / to have sexual intercourse (of a married couple)
(archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
hands tied and expecting the worst

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