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HSK
keyboard
HSK 5
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
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key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL: 個|个 / to press a button
HSK 7-9
(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)
(computer) shortcut key / hotkey
keyword
keycap
a piano key
keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc)
hotkey / keyboard shortcut
space bar (keyboard)
chemical bond
a harpsichord
to key in; to input; to enter (some text)
backspace (keyboard)
electric key / switch
keyword
double bond (chemistry)
covalent bond (chemistry)
hydrogen bond
peptide bond CO-NH / bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
triple bond (chemistry) / triple link
keypad tone / key tone
ionic bond (chemistry)
(slang) to discuss politics online
(engineering) keyway; key slot
key performance indicator (KPI)
up arrow key (on keyboard)
down arrow key (on keyboard)
disulfide (chemistry)
to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
valence bond (chemistry)
right arrow key (on keyboard)
single bond (chemistry)
left arrow key (on keyboard)
pause button
arrow key (on keyboard)
sleep mode button (on the remote control of an air conditioner)
chroma key / bluescreen / greenscreen (video editing)
metallic bond
keyboard warrior
key travel (of a keyboard)
keyword


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