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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *录* | 录* | *录
to carve wood
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *录* | 录* | *录
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
to record / record (written account) / note-taker / record (in sports etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 記錄|记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
HSK 3
to record (sound) / sound recording / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to register / to log in
HSK 4
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
to videotape / to videorecord / video recording / CL: 盤|盘
HSK 6
(tape) recording machine / tape recorder / CL: 臺|台
HSK 6
catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents
HSK 7-9
to record (video or audio)
HSK 7-9
newsreel / documentary (film or TV program) / CL:
HSK 7-9
memoir
HSK 7-9
to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record
quotation (from a book or existing source)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *录* | 录* | *录
surname Lu
to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication
to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit
to burn (a CD or DVD)
directory
to recruit
to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc
to input (computer) / to type
to record / to put down in writing
to film; to record (a video)
catalog
appendix
to extract / to excerpt / an excerpt
to videotape / to videorecord
to make a copy of
(Tw) videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
to compile; to collect
roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record
literary miscellany / varia
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
to select and edict / to edit extracts
an excerpt / a digest
to compile (various texts) into book form / a compilation
to record and play (audio, video)
to copy out
camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL: 臺|台
to take down a confession / Taiwan pr. [lu4gong1]
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
collect and record
to employ by an examination
(computing) to make a screen capture video; a screen video
variant of 錄像|录像
admission notice (issued by a university)
variant of 錄像|录像
dashcam
entry pass for imperial examination
memorandum / aide-memoire / memorandum book
address book / directory
single sign-on (SSO)
video recorder / VCR
to set a new record
world record
to capture data / to record illicitly / data skimming
(filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming
the Revelation of St John the divine / the Apocalypse
to break a record / record-breaking
audio tape / CL: 盤|盘,
recorder
mockumentary
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976
telnet / rlogin / remote login
recorder
disk burner
Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武|顾炎武
criminal record
answering machine
bibliography
offering memorandum (for public stock issue) / publication memorandum
Baruch (name) / Baruch, disciple of Jeremiah / book of Baruch in the Apocrypha
reverse transcriptase
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
entry (accounting)
"Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈, said to be the world's first forensic science text
to pirate (an audio recording, movie etc) / to bootleg
live recording
to set a record
product catalog
Qing historical archive, currently 4484 scrolls
minimum passing score for admission
subdirectory (computing)
Ming Veritable Records, imperial annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
cassette tape
memorandum of understanding
videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
Xerox (Tw)
(molecular biology) reverse transcription
retrovirus
reverse transcription virus / retrovirus
record of famous men / anthology of biographies
name service
bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
to compile and record
radio-tape recorder
classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直
Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations

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