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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *从* | 从* | *从
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *从* | 从* | *从
variant of 從|从
HSK 1
since (a time) / ever since
HSK 3
to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer
HSK 5
obedient / to comply / to submit / to defer
HSK 7-9
to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *从* | 从* | *从
surname Cong
to assent / to comply with
what course to follow / what path to take
to comply with / to obey
to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer
to accompany / to follow / to attend / entourage / attendant
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience
to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant
to have relations with / to associate with
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word
to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
from / (ever) since
to follow obediently
to trust and obey
(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
at one's discretion
to study under (a teacher)
tame / obedient
mounted escort
not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing
retinue / hangers-on
to obey / to observe / to follow
to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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