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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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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  *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
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  *静* | 静* | *静
still / calm / quiet / not moving
HSK 3
touching / moving
HSK 3
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
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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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / 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
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
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
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
touching; moving
HSK 6
valley / ravine
HSK 6
cost of living / living expenses / alimony
HSK 6
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic
HSK 7-9
canyon / gill / ravine
HSK 7-9
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
HSK 7-9
to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions
HSK 7-9
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
to carve / to engrave / carving
HSK 7-9
divine / hallow / holy / sacred
HSK 7-9
to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake
HSK 7-9
to save money (in a bank) / 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
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn 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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love / affectionate; loving
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瘾* | 瘾* | *瘾
addiction / craving
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
misgivings; apprehensions / to worry about; to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news
HSK 7-9
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-9
to satisfy a craving / to get a kick out of sth / gratifying / immensely enjoyable / satisfying / fulfilling
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
to brew / to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
HSK 7-9
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
to save; to put aside / savings
HSK 7-9
Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Central Java, province of Indonesia
Hainan Island, China's southernmost province, off the coast of Guangdong
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *云* | 云* | *云
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia) / Amharic / Ethiopian
vinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl)
Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道|全罗北道 and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容, Jiangsu Province
Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has
Benxi, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)
Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
receiving much help (from outside) / well supported
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *陕* | 陕* | *陕
abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province
Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *占* | 占* | *占
to observe / to divine
the world / this world / the world of the living
Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Yongzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *客* | 客* | *客
customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance
Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied
Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter (Tw)
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force

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