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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
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  *性* | 性* | *性
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
individuality / personality
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
nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
gender / sex
HSK 3
nature / characteristic / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
woman / the female sex
HSK 5
the male sex / a male
HSK 5
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
property / characteristic
HSK 5
one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods)
HSK 6
acute
HSK 7-9
toughness
HSK 7-9
hidden / crypto- / recessive (gene)
HSK 7-9
reason / rationality / rational
HSK 7-9
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
neutral
HSK 7-9
malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation)
HSK 7-9
flexibility / elasticity
HSK 7-9
human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes
HSK 7-9
positive / masculine
HSK 7-9
natural instincts / nature / inherent quality
HSK 7-9
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature
HSK 7-9
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
HSK 7-9
negative / feminine
HSK 7-9
perception / perceptual / sensibility / sensitive / emotional / sentimental
HSK 7-9
nature / innate tendency
HSK 7-9
patience
HSK 7-9
overall character
HSK 7-9
nature / temperament
HSK 7-9
life
HSK 7-9
you might as well (do it) / simply / just
HSK 7-9
attribute / property
HSK 7-9
(physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual
HSK 7-9
specific / specificity / idiosyncrasy
symmetry
(chemistry) activity / active / activated
spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals)
flexibility
one's nature / temperament
sex / lovemaking
alkaline
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
wild nature / unruliness
sexual intercourse
rationalism
(chemical, electrical) polarity / polarized
(medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis
to personalize / to customize / customization
linear / linearity
possibility; probability
eosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)
character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
female
medicinal effect
sex appeal / eroticism / sexuality / sexy
natural disposition
magnetic / magnetism
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
acidity
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc) / lexical category
mental or spiritual cultivation
brave / staunch / unyielding
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
gonad; sex gland
male
vicious circle
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
sex organ
linear programming
to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative
solubility
inert (chemistry) / apathy / inertia / laziness
visible / conspicuous / phanero- / dominant (gene)
willful / headstrong / unruly
real / the nature of sth
swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
rigid / inflexible / hard (drug)
rigidity
sapiosexuality
sexual fetish
innate character / natural disposition / attitude
brutal
plasticity
nature / characteristic / moral character
ductility
natural disposition
impatient
the spirit or character of a political party
sex
licentious
false positive
moral integrity
(coll.) revolting behavior / CL:
to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")

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