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HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
how? / what? / why?
HSK 1
which ones? / who? / what?
HSK 1
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  *话* | 话* | *话
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
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  *呢* | 呢* | *呢
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation
HSK 1
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
how / what kind
HSK 2
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
what kind?; what sort?
HSK 2
what's to be done
HSK 2
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  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
how / what way / what
HSK 3
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  *争* | 争* | *争
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
HSK 3
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
no matter what or how / regardless of whether...
HSK 4
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  *凭* | 凭* | *凭
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof
HSK 5
too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
HSK 5
contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
HSK 5
it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately
HSK 5
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
HSK 7-9
and then (what follows next)
HSK 7-9
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
HSK 7-9
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
HSK 7-9
words and actions / what one says and what one does
HSK 7-9
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant
HSK 7-9
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  *捧* | 捧* | *捧
to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands
HSK 7-9
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says)
HSK 7-9
let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
HSK 7-9
words / expression / what one says
HSK 7-9
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to do what needs to be done, without delay
HSK 7-9
to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
HSK 7-9
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  *吗* | 吗* | *吗
(coll.) what?
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  *么* | 么* | *么
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc
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  *嘛* | 嘛* | *嘛
used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what?
what one is good at
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?
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  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up?
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  *嗯* | 嗯* | *嗯
(nonverbal grunt as interjection) / OK, yeah / what?
what one acquires / one's gains
at what time?; when?
what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
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  *胡* | 胡* | *胡
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written )
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  *蜀* | 蜀* | *蜀
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
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  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
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  *屁* | 屁* | *屁
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc)
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  *什* | 什* | *什
what
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  *奚* | 奚* | *奚
(literary) what? / where? / why?
no matter what / despite / to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
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  *孰* | 孰* | *孰
who / which / what
to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
what one hears and sees (idiom)
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  *召* | 召* | *召
surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
selective listening / to hear what one wants to hear
the wording and purport of what one writes
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分)
how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree; to what extent
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
to understand what one is reading or watching
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
to practice what one preaches (idiom)
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
where? / what place?
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
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  *甚* | 甚* | *甚
excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China
(literary) what is? / what is the meaning of?
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
to know what's what
stake (in a gamble) / (what is at) stake
to know what's going on
what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation
discourse / words / utterance / what one says / manner of speech
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  *乜* | 乜* | *乜
used in 乜斜 / (Cantonese) what?
to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
(idiom) unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about
to repeat (one's own words or sb else's) / (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned
what harm is there in (doing sth)
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different
to stop (what one is doing)

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