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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *部* | 部* | *部
ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *板* | 板* | *板
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
HSK 3
everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
HSK 3
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
advertising column (in a newspaper) / bulletin board
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
board member
HSK 7-9
clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers
HSK 7-9
board and lodging / room and board
HSK 7-9
(children's) sliding board / a slide
HSK 7-9
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
board of directors
HSK 7-9
bulletin board
posting on a bulletin board / notice / bulletin / to announce
slab / board / plank / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
HSK 7-9
bulletin board
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
to provide full board
to stay; to lodge; to board
vise jaw / press board (in a machine)
to take passengers on board
flight attendant / on-board service
food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost)
slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate / flat; level / (fig.) dull; monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑 and 平板手機|平板手机
to board at school
shield / protective board
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冕* | 冕* | *冕
crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown
drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL: 盤|盘
sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
to get or supply meals for a monthly rate; to board; to provide board
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
(Tw) chairman (of a board of directors)
partition / partition board
checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
to board a ship
to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out
rank / class / (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
bulletin board
across the board / comprehensive / overall / global
board game
on the table / fig. everything open and above board
to place a stone on the board (in Go)
skirting board
a horizontal inscribed board
printed circuit board
(electronics) pad; land (a connection on a circuit board)
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
kneading or chopping board
printed circuit board
message board moderator or administrator
clapper board
school board
(law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
cutting board; chopping block
free on board (FOB) (transportation)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞃* | 鞃* | *鞃
a leaning board on carriage
checkers (Western board game)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弈* | 弈* | *弈
ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *額* | 額* | *額
forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount
partition board
member of a board of directors
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
chopping board; cutting board / CL: 張|张
board (attached to a wall)
crew (on board a spacecraft)
board-shaped
to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc) / (military) to dispatch an advance party
folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm
gangway / ramp (to board a ship or plane)
board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
paperboard / board
printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum)
to treat utterly sincerely / open and above board in dealing with sb
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
(electronics) via (a type of hole in a circuit board)
PTT Bulletin Board System (Tw)
Cluedo (board game)
fascia / eaves board
success across the board / victory in everything one touches
to calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads / (fig.) to budget; to plan (an investment)
land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
particle board / chipboard
no shame, no subterfuge (idiom); just and honorable / upright and above board
single-board computer
to board a plane
HSK 7-9
cutting board; chopping board
ironing board
to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach
sun visor / sunshade / sunshading board
planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave) / Ouija board
module board
board for making noodles or kneading bread dough
clapper-board

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