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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *查* | 查* | *查
to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座 / CL: 個|个 / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藥* | 藥* | *藥
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斤* | 斤* | *斤
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *強* | 強* | *強
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强
HSK 3
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *貼* | 貼* | *貼
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膽* | 膽* | *膽
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擋* | 擋* | *擋
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player)
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彈* | 彈* | *彈
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)
HSK 5
storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *族* | 族* | *族
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酷* | 酷* | *酷
ruthless / strong (e.g. of wine) / (loanword) cool / hip
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
HSK 6
reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踢* | 踢* | *踢
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
HSK 6
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job; to resign
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *框* | 框* | *框
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
HSK 7-9
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
HSK 7-9
to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation
HSK 7-9
green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
HSK 7-9
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裁* | 裁* | *裁
to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步 to have a stroll)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筋* | 筋* | *筋
muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
HSK 7-9
paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL: 張|张, 紮|扎
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赴* | 赴* | *赴
to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc)
HSK 7-9
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
HSK 7-9
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
HSK 7-9
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
hub (e.g. of traffic network) / hinge / pivot / fulcrum
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栽* | 栽* | *栽
to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
HSK 7-9
to benefit (e.g. the people)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唯* | 唯* | *唯
only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义 or 論|论, e.g. 唯理論|唯理论, rationalism)
HSK 7-9
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament
HSK 7-9
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote
HSK 7-9
to spur on / to urge on / to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
HSK 7-9
road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
HSK 7-9
to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
HSK 7-9
to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
HSK 7-9
G-spot
to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
mask / visor / facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask)
real (people) / living (artist) / while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *州* | 州* | *州
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization
anti-nuclear (e.g. protest)
to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
to recount (e.g. results of election) / to re-evaluate
(med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拓* | 拓* | *拓
to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer) / practitioner / professional
to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)

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