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  *课* | 课* | *课
subject / course / CL: 門|门 / class / lesson / CL: , 節|节 / to levy / tax / form of divination
HSK 1
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
HSK 2
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
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  *静* | 静* | *静
still / calm / quiet / not moving
HSK 3
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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
touching / moving
HSK 3
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
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  *沟* | 沟* | *沟
ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:
HSK 5
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  *厅* | 厅* | *厅
(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department
HSK 5
to deposit money (in a bank etc) / bank savings / bank deposit
HSK 5
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
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  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
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  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
HSK 6
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  *醋* | 醋* | *醋
vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry)
HSK 6
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
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
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
touching; moving
HSK 6
valley / ravine
HSK 6
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic
HSK 7-9
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  *瘾* | 瘾* | *瘾
addiction / craving
HSK 7-9
to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake
HSK 7-9
to carve / to engrave / carving
HSK 7-9
canyon / gill / ravine
HSK 7-9
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
to save; to put aside / savings
HSK 7-9
racing bicycle; racing car; sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
HSK 7-9
deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love / affectionate; loving
HSK 7-9
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
misgivings; apprehensions / to worry about; to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
divine / hallow / holy / sacred
HSK 7-9
to save money (in a bank) / savings
HSK 7-9
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
to perform divination with sticks / to draw lots / a ballot (in share dealing)
HSK 7-9
hesitation / misgivings / doubt
HSK 7-9
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  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success
HSK 7-9
to divine
HSK 7-9
to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news
HSK 7-9
to satisfy a craving / to get a kick out of sth / gratifying / immensely enjoyable / satisfying / fulfilling
HSK 7-9
to brew / to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
HSK 7-9
(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited
HSK 7-9
to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions
HSK 7-9
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
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  *浙* | 浙* | *浙
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
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  *云* | 云* | *云
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
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  *辽* | 辽* | *辽
short name for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁 province / Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)
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  *占* | 占* | *占
to observe / to divine
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  *卫* | 卫* | *卫
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
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  *青* | 青* | *青
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province
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  *幽* | 幽* | *幽
remote / hidden away / secluded / serene / peaceful / to imprison / in superstition indicates the underworld / ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
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  *贵* | 贵* | *贵
abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州
actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance
other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 in Hunan province
(administrative) province-level
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  *皖* | 皖* | *皖
short name for Anhui Province 安徽省
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter
Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市 (abbr. to 雲|云 or )
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琼* | 琼* | *琼
abbr. for Hainan Province 海南
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琼* | 琼* | *琼
jasper / fine jade / beautiful / exquisite (e.g. wine, food) / abbr. for Hainan province
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浅* | 浅* | *浅
sound of moving water
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
the whole province
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吧* | 吧* | *吧
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265-420) / Western Jin 西晉|西晋 (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋 (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西
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  *赣* | 赣* | *赣
abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省 / Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省
province
Qingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
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  *黎* | 黎* | *黎
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩
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  *湘* | 湘* | *湘
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China / abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
white vinegar / plain vinegar
land west of the Yellow river / Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces
provincial Party committee
ethylene / vinyl
provinces and cities
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  *州* | 州* | *州
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
divination
Binhai (place name) / Binhai New District, subprovincial district of Tianjin / Binhai county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu / fictitious city Binhai in political satire / Primorsky, a territory in the far east of Russia
Dechen County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Baiyü county (Tibetan: dpal yul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

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