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HSK
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
middle school
HSK 1
schoolgirl / female student / girl
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *点* | 点* | *点
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
HSK 1
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
student / schoolchild
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
school / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *读* | 读* | *读
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
HSK 1
to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
to go to school / to attend school
HSK 1
middle-school student / high school student
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
school building; academic building
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *选* | 选* | *选
to choose / to pick / to select / to elect
HSK 2
again; once more; re-
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *响* | 响* | *响
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises
HSK 2
to repeat / to duplicate / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
variant of 重複|重复
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
chopsticks / CL: 對|对, , , 雙|双
HSK 2
can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Chinese cabbage / pak choi / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *重* | 重* | *重
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 Ππ); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
class (group of students) / grade (in school)
HSK 3
full of / brimming with / very full / permeated
HSK 3
spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学)
HSK 3
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
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
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
ample / sufficient / adequate / full / fully / to the full
HSK 4
graduation / to graduate / to finish school
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash
HSK 4
to select; to pick / choice; option; alternative
HSK 4
chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 4
sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc)
HSK 4
to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen
HSK 4
insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
psychology / mentality
HSK 4
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抽* | 抽* | *抽
to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
HSK 4
to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堵* | 堵* | *堵
to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
HSK 4
to smoke (tobacco)
HSK 4
to draw a prize / a lottery / a raffle
HSK 4
to choose / to select
HSK 4
to smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽菸|抽烟)
HSK 4
battery charger
HSK 4
scholarship / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 4
to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
HSK 4
kindergarten / nursery school
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丑* | 丑* | *丑
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
HSK 5
conflict / to conflict / clash of opposing forces / collision (of interests) / contention
HSK 5
scholar
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
adequate / sufficient / abundant
HSK 5
to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臭* | 臭* | *臭
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
HSK 5
to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愁* | 愁* | *愁
to worry about
HSK 5
research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
academic degree / place in school
HSK 5
self- / ego (psychology)
HSK 6
house pet
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of
HSK 6
to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
HSK 6
to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *评* | 评* | *评
to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)
HSK 6
repercussions / reaction / echo
HSK 6
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
to rebuild / to reestablish / reconstruction / rebuilding
HSK 6
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
variant of 衝擊|冲击
HSK 6
to run a school
HSK 6
to learn; to master / institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
HSK 6
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
to worship / adoration
HSK 6
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9

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