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HSK
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
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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  *会* | 会* | *会
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
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  *请* | 请* | *请
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
HSK 1
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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
table / desk / CL: 張|张,
HSK 1
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  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important
HSK 1
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  *问* | 问* | *问
to ask; to inquire
HSK 1
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  *叫* | 叫* | *叫
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1
Excuse me, may I ask...?
HSK 1
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  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
to request / to require / requirement / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand / CL: 點|点
HSK 2
to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:
HSK 2
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  *办* | 办* | *办
to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) / (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办, admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室)
HSK 2
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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
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  *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
to request; to ask / request (CL:個|个)
HSK 2
(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
HSK 2
basketball / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 2
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
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  *练* | 练* | *练
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
HSK 2
sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
HSK 2
ability / skill
HSK 3
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
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  *胜* | 胜* | *胜
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
HSK 3
technology; technique; skill / CL: 門|门, 種|种, 項|项
HSK 3
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
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  *台* | 台* | *台
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
skill / ability / capability / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
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  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
leather / skin / fur / CL: 張|张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty
HSK 3
risk; hazard
HSK 3
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  *跳* | 跳* | *跳
to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate
HSK 3
specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose) / specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) / (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
HSK 3
sky
HSK 3
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  *演* | 演* | *演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
HSK 3
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss
HSK 3
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
HSK 3
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  *巧* | 巧* | *巧
opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely
HSK 3
skirt / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
to ask for guidance / to consult
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
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  *轮* | 轮* | *轮
wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
HSK 4
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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
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
skill / technique
HSK 4
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  *盘* | 盘* | *盘
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
HSK 4
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  *腰* | 腰* | *腰
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
HSK 4
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
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  *晒* | 晒* | *晒
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
HSK 4
practiced / proficient / skilled / skillful
HSK 4
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  *伞* | 伞* | *伞
damask silk / variant of 傘|伞
HSK 4
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
head / skull / brains / mental capability / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
HSK 5
despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
HSK 5
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  *拼* | 拼* | *拼
to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words)
HSK 5
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
technical ability / skill
HSK 5
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
task / problem / issue
HSK 5
beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL: , / (coll.) bandit
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
HSK 5
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
suburban district; outskirts; suburbs
HSK 5
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
HSK 5
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive
HSK 5
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  *塔* | 塔* | *塔
pagoda (abbr. of 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:) / (loanword) (pastry) tart
HSK 6
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  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
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  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
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  *揭* | 揭* | *揭
to take the lid off / to expose / to unmask
HSK 6
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
(husked) rice
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk
HSK 6
to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
HSK 6
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
writing desk
HSK 6
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting)
HSK 6
to expose / to unmask / to ferret out / to disclose / disclosure
HSK 7-9
to ski / skiing
HSK 7-9

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