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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
on the road / on the way; en route
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拿* | 拿* | *拿
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as : to mark the following noun as a direct object)
HSK 1
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
HSK 2
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
way; manner; style; mode; pattern / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
how / what way / what
HSK 3
only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with ) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in")
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
HSK 5
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things
HSK 5
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality
HSK 5
the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *样* | 样* | *样
manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
HSK 6
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
way; means; channel
HSK 6
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夺* | 夺* | *夺
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose
HSK 6
along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time
HSK 6
style / style of work / way
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone
HSK 7-9
to guide / to show / to point (the way) / directions / guidance / guidelines
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
HSK 7-9
flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筹* | 筹* | *筹
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
HSK 7-9
in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
HSK 7-9
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
(physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual
HSK 7-9
have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈
HSK 7-9
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
current custom / current way of doing things
HSK 7-9
to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion
HSK 7-9
brains / mind / head / way of thinking
HSK 7-9
to lose the way / lost / labyrinth / labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
HSK 7-9
method / way / approach
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呛* | 呛* | *呛
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
HSK 7-9
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
bidirectional / two-way / interactive
HSK 7-9
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
by the way / while out doing sth else / conveniently
HSK 7-9
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
HSK 7-9
to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concede
HSK 7-9
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way / (fig.) to instruct
HSK 7-9
to be in the way; to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter
HSK 7-9
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
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
way of doing sth / the right social connection
HSK 7-9
at one's wit's end / unable to find a way out
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
HSK 7-9
(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited
HSK 7-9
that's just the way it is / exactly!
HSK 7-9
to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
HSK 7-9
Milky Way
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *般* | 般* | *般
sort / kind / class / way / manner
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *备* | 备* | *备
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; in every possible way
to get lost / to lose one's way
to stop / to bar the way
esophagus; gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *途* | 途* | *途
way / route / road
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
smart move / clever way of doing sth
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呗* | 呗* | *呗
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
like this / this way
way bill / transport charge
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
one time (all the way through) / once through
in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
to stop on the way for a rest
half-way line / median line
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
Milky Way Galaxy / the galaxy (our galaxy)
to start on a journey / to be on one's way
to lose one's way
in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means

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