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HSK
how? / what? / why?
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *会* | 会* | *会
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哪* | 哪* | *哪
how / which
HSK 1
where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *几* | 几* | *几
how much / how many / several / a few
HSK 1
how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
(of time) how long? / (not) a long time
HSK 2
how / what kind
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent
HSK 2
how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
how / what way / what
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *争* | 争* | *争
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
HSK 3
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
HSK 4
even / even if / even though / no matter how
HSK 4
no matter what or how / regardless of whether...
HSK 4
to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example
HSK 5
to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凭* | 凭* | *凭
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof
HSK 5
too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *番* | 番* | *番
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
HSK 6
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
HSK 7-9
otherwise / or else / how about...? / either... (or...)
HSK 7-9
secret know-how / key (to longevity) / secret (of happiness) / recipe (for success)
HSK 7-9
to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at
HSK 7-9
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
HSK 7-9
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd
HSK 7-9
to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud
HSK 7-9
a few / several / how many
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宁* | 宁* | *宁
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
not at all ... / how very ...
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *那* | 那* | *那
(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of
(literary) to storm and capture / strategy; directions; guide; how-to
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怎* | 怎* | *怎
how
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焉* | 焉* | *焉
where / how
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *岂* | 岂* | *岂
how? (emphatic question)
geometry / (literary) how much
to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
(dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ...
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *渠* | 渠* | *渠
how can it be that?
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree; to what extent
scene in the foreground; nearby scenery / (photography) a close shot / the present situation; how things stand
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
capacity for liquor / how much one can drink
(literary) why / how
how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth
careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *恁* | 恁* | *恁
to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]
(literary) how many / quite a few
a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
(rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...
inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up
what for / why / how
(literary) what place / what time / how
attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)
fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
name and reality / how sth is portrayed and what it is actually like
how couldn't...? / wouldn't it...?
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讵* | 讵* | *讵
how (interj. of surprise)
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest
to waste natural resources recklessly / not to know how to use things sparingly
(idiom) How time flies!
how could one dare? / I don't deserve such praise
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
what kind? / how, what / somewhat
how / why
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured)
(idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue; to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作)
to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score / not many; only a few
how can?
to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth
how can this be endured! (idiom)
to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out / to experiment
(literary) how is one to know?
what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?
to know how to count and do sums / numerate / numeracy
epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
Why is that?; How come?

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