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HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
how? / what? / why?
HSK 1
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  *話* | 話* | *話
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL: 種|种, , , ,
HSK 1
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  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much / 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
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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
which ones? / who? / what?
HSK 1
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
what's to be done
HSK 2
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
how / what kind
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
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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
what kind?; what sort?
HSK 2
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  *爭* | 爭* | *爭
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
HSK 3
how / what way / what
HSK 3
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
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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
no matter what or how / regardless of whether...
HSK 4
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
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  *憑* | 憑* | *憑
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof
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
(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
let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
HSK 7-9
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
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
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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
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
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
and then (what follows next)
HSK 7-9
to do what one is told / obedient
HSK 7-9
words and actions / what one says and what one does
HSK 7-9
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
so-called / what is called
HSK 7-9
words / expression / what one says
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
to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says)
HSK 7-9
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
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
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
HSK 7-9
to do what needs to be done, without delay
HSK 7-9
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  *嗎* | 嗎* | *嗎
(coll.) what?
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  *嘛* | 嘛* | *嘛
used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 / (Tw) (coll.) what?
what kind? / how, what / somewhat
tonic / healthy concoction / (fig.) just what the doctor ordered / (Tw) pirated software
in any case; no matter what
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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 )
no matter (who, what etc)
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
(literary) what is? / what is the meaning of?
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  *什* | 什* | *什
what
inner feelings / what is deep in one's heart
what time? / when?
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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  *召* | 召* | *召
surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
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  *麼* | 麼* | *麼
suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么, what?, indefinite 這麼|这么 thus, etc
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  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
and so on; and so forth; and what not
target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
at what time?; when?
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
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  *甚* | 甚* | *甚
excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
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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?
what one does / doings
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute)
(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
what one is good at
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)
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  *奚* | 奚* | *奚
(literary) what? / where? / why?
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
to understand what one is reading or watching
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
how about / what kind of
known / what one knows
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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
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
to understand (on hearing) / to catch (what is spoken)
to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc)
the wording and purport of what one writes
(literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion; view
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation
to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements
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  *嗯* | 嗯* | *嗯
(nonverbal grunt as interjection) / OK, yeah / what?
what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
where? / what place?
what course to follow / what path to take
stake (in a gamble) / (what is at) stake

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