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  *想* | 想* | *想
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
HSK 1
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  *向* | 向* | *向
towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
HSK 2
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  *响* | 响* | *响
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
HSK 2
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  *向* | 向* | *向
to tend toward / to guide / variant of
HSK 2
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  *向* | 向* | *向
variant of / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly
HSK 2
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  *像* | 像* | *像
to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
HSK 2
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
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  *项* | 项* | *项
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
HSK 4
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  *箱* | 箱* | *箱
box / trunk / chest
HSK 4
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  *乡* | 乡* | *乡
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
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  *享* | 享* | *享
to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of
HSK 7-9
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  *镶* | 镶* | *镶
to inlay / to embed / ridge / border
HSK 7-9
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  *享* | 享* | *享
old variant of
HSK 7-9
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  *相* | 相* | *相
surname Xiang
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  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
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  *相* | 相* | *相
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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  *向* | 向* | *向
surname Xiang
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  *项* | 项* | *项
surname Xiang
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  *象* | 象* | *象
elephant / CL: 隻|只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
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  *降* | 降* | *降
to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame
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  *祥* | 祥* | *祥
auspicious / propitious
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  *巷* | 巷* | *巷
lane / alley
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  *湘* | 湘* | *湘
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
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  *详* | 详* | *详
detailed / comprehensive
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  *襄* | 襄* | *襄
surname Xiang
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  *襄* | 襄* | *襄
(literary) to assist
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  *阌* | 阌* | *阌
wen xiang, Henan province
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  *厢* | 厢* | *厢
box (in theater) / side room / side
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  *庠* | 庠* | *庠
(archaic) a school
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  *橡* | 橡* | *橡
oak / Quercus serrata
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
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  *缃* | 缃* | *缃
light yellow color
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  *饷* | 饷* | *饷
soldier's pay
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  *飨* | 飨* | *飨
(literary) to offer food and drinks / to entertain
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  *忀* | 忀* | *忀
to stroll / to ramble
Xiang opera (Hunan)
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  *骧* | 骧* | *骧
(literary) to run friskily (of a horse) / to raise / to hold high
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴 in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
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  *葙* | 葙* | *葙
see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
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  *鲞* | 鲞* | *鲞
dried fish
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  *珦* | 珦* | *珦
a kind of jade
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  *晑* | 晑* | *晑
bright / clear
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  *蚃* | 蚃* | *蚃
(literary) insect larva / Taiwan pr. [xiang4]
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  *蟓* | 蟓* | *蟓
silkworm
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  *翔* | 翔* | *翔
to soar / to glide / variant of 詳|详 / (slang) shit
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  *膷* | 膷* | *膷
hashed beef / soup
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  *欀* | 欀* | *欀
inner lining of wooden utensils / component beam used in building construction / species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)
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  *瓖* | 瓖* | *瓖
ornaments
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  *饷* | 饷* | *饷
variant of 餉|饷
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
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  *郷* | 郷* | *郷
Japanese variant of 鄉|乡
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  *芗* | 芗* | *芗
aromatic herb used for seasoning / variant of
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  *㿝* | 㿝* | *㿝
old variant of
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  *夅* | 夅* | *夅
old variant of
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  *鄕* | 鄕* | *鄕
variant of 鄉|乡 / country / village
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变
Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衖* | 衖* | *衖
variant of
Cai Xiang (1012-1067), Song calligrapher
Xiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
same as 斑竹, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's concubines (Ehuang 娥皇 and Nüying 女英, known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃) upon learning of his death
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times
Xiang'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变
four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚, Mi Fu 米芾 and Cai Xiang 蔡襄
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
cord to hold up sleeves
lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴 / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽


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