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  *太* | 太* | *太
highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely
HSK 1
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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
very; really / unusual; extraordinary
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
not very / not too / not often
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挺* | 挺* | *挺
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
HSK 2
very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts
HSK 2
like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
HSK 2
unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by ) in particular
HSK 2
very good
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *美* | 美* | *美
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
HSK 3
full of / brimming with / very full / permeated
HSK 3
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
HSK 4
cold (climate) / frigid / very cold
HSK 4
huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous
HSK 4
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
very long / endless
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
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  *凍* | 凍* | *凍
to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *特* | 特* | *特
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯, tex
HSK 6
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  *當* | 當* | *當
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
HSK 6
very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)
HSK 6
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
not very / not particularly
HSK 6
not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠻* | 蠻* | *蠻
barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless
HSK 7-9
very wealthy person
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *良* | 良* | *良
good / very / very much
HSK 7-9
to feel very apologetic
HSK 7-9
very early in the morning / in the wee hours
HSK 7-9
vile / nasty / of very poor quality
HSK 7-9
very late at night
HSK 7-9
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part
HSK 7-9
old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
HSK 7-9
that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row
HSK 7-9
poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
very far away
HSK 7-9
very happy; elated
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煞* | 煞* | *煞
fiend / demon / very / (Tw) SARS (loanword)
(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巨* | 巨* | *巨
very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
a very long time (etymology: in mathematics, n represents an arbitrarily large number)
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand
very old person / venerable old person
(onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc
magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool
(standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim
very small / very few / very minor
to select very carefully
that very same year
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *殊* | 殊* | *殊
(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special; remarkable / (literary) very; extremely
misua; wheat vermicelli (very thin variety of wheat noodles used esp. in Fujian)
this or that very day / in the next few days
very friendly / intimate
(suffix) very / extremely
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
that very day / the same day
(formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb)
very likely / prone to
with great difficulty / very difficult
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甚* | 甚* | *甚
excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
at this very moment
very fragrant / luxurious / beautiful
for a very long time
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俄* | 俄* | *俄
suddenly / very soon
very fast / at lightning speed / (coll.) razor-sharp
to get mad; to be very angry
I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
very impressed; stunned; amazed / to astonish; to impress greatly
to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忒* | 忒* | *忒
(dialect) too / very / also pr. [tui1]
god of wealth / very wealthy man
rococo (loanword) / very ornate
one instant / very short time / the twinkle of an eye
to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
very / greatly
splitcharactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *BM* | BM* | *BM
Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
very able person
very fierce
very bright / well-lit
very few / rarely
(Tw) very large bowl
cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely
(literary) very fortunate
(the) very first
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齁* | 齁* | *齁
to snore / thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food / (dialect) very / extremely
very / extremely
the very front
to starve to death / to be very hungry
(idiom) meticulous; very careful or attentive
(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one
very loudly / at the top of one's voice

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