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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牢* | 牢* | *牢
firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疊* | 疊* | *疊
to pile up / (bound form) repeated / to fold / classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects) / classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
HSK 7-9
folding fan
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
document folded in accordion form / to fold
folding chair / deck chair
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
creased / wrinkled / fold / crease
folding chair
folding ruler
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道
folding notebook / accounts book
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襉* | 襉* | *襉
(dialect) fold or pleat (in clothing)
clasp knife / folding knife
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓰* | 蓰* | *蓰
(grass) / increase five fold
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襞* | 襞* | *襞
creases / folds or pleats in a garment
old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy
creasing / folding
pleat / fold / crease / wrinkle
crease / fold
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
folding (i.e. portable)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering , the cause of suffering is desire , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦|四谛
fold; crease; wrinkle
crease / fold / ripple / lap
gluteal fold
campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
a clasp knife / a folding knife
split due to repeated folding / flex crack
to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
(anatomy) the palmate folds of the cervical canal; plicae palmatae
horizontal fold or tuck
to fold paper / origami
to fold (poker)
Scottish Fold
fold; crease; wrinkle / (geology) fold
fold mountain system (geology)
fold mountain range (geology)
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
double eyelid / epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)


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