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HSK
(dialect) leg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
HSK 6
gear lever / stick shift
driver (golf)
financial leverage / leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)
(finance) leverage / gearing
railing / banister
HSK 7-9
joystick
backswing (golf)
selfie stick / also written 自拍杆
lasso on long wooden pole
control lever; joystick
electric trolley pole
gun barrel
tension bar
the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆 and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆)
the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm
(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight) / (fig.) backing; support
top bar / crown bar
surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal; model; benchmark
push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf)
swing (golf)
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
joystick / control lever
lever / pry bar / crowbar / financial leverage
telephone pole / utility pole
(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off
club (golf) / cue (billiards) / also written 球桿|球杆
to write for a living
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
pole / CL: 條|条,
par (golf)
screw
spoon (golf)
flagpole
sand wedge (golf)
chip (golf shot)
fishing rod
iron (golf club)
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
worm (mechanical engineering)
to craft facile prose; to play around with words
electric pole / telephone pole
electric pole / telegraph pole
mast
fishing rod / CL:
gear lever
a pole / a prop
wooden pole / wood (golf club)
tappet (machine part)
arrow shaft
chipper (golf)


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