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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
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  *带* | 带* | *带
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *养* | 养* | *养
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
HSK 2
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to refer to
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *支* | 支* | *支
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 3
to raise; to increase
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
to cultivate / to raise / to form (a habit) / to acquire
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
HSK 5
a loan / CL: 筆|笔 / to provide a loan (e.g. bank) / to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *欠* | 欠* | *欠
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
HSK 5
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筹* | 筹* | *筹
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
HSK 7-9
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
to raise money / to accumulate funds
HSK 7-9
to raise; to breed (animals etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扬* | 扬* | *扬
to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to raise / to rear
HSK 7-9
to raise (money)
HSK 7-9
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
HSK 7-9
to foster / to bring up / to raise
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
to collect money; to raise funds
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to stir oneself up / to raise one's spirits / to inspire
HSK 7-9
to raise (prices) / to adjust upwards
HSK 7-9
to raise a tough question
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *昂* | 昂* | *昂
to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *育* | 育* | *育
to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *募* | 募* | *募
to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
to raise one's head
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畜* | 畜* | *畜
to raise (animals)
(raised to the) nth power
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翘* | 翘* | *翘
outstanding / to raise
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to raise aloft with both hands / (of two or more people) to carry sth together
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *陌* | 陌* | *陌
raised path / street
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to raise money then misappropriate it
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燃* | 燃* | *燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
to raise resources
to shout loudly / to raise a cry / to yell
to raise / to hoist / to rise
to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
to raise a flag / to hoist a flag
to raise (price etc)
to raise the same topic
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秧* | 秧* | *秧
sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling / stem; stalk; vine / baby livestock; fry / (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
to raise or lower the price / price adjustment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擎* | 擎* | *擎
to raise; to hold up; to lift up
to instruct / to teach / to train / to raise (livestock)
to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise
to raise the price
chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet
to drag / to pull / to raise a child (through difficulties) / to help / to support / to drag in / to chat
to raise a child
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
to sound a bell / to raise the alarm
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塍* | 塍* | *塍
raised path between fields
to raise animals
to increase a bet; to raise (poker); to raise the stakes
to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions
to raise salary
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拯* | 拯* | *拯
to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撩* | 撩* | *撩
to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
to foster / to bring up / to raise
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耸* | 耸* | *耸
to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering
to question / to ask / to raise a question
to raise sheep / shepherd
to raise / to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to raise eyebrows / to cast sidelong glances (expressing fear or indignation) / shocked / surprised
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *埇* | 埇* | *埇
raised path
to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
to whip on / to raise a whip / by ext. to swagger
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揖* | 揖* | *揖
to greet by raising clasped hands
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饲* | 饲* | *饲
to raise / to rear / to feed
raised high / (of a person) slender; tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1])
to domesticate / to raise and train
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
to raise a loan / to borrow money
to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跷* | 跷* | *跷
to raise one's foot / to stand on tiptoe / stilts
to raise one's head and look

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