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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
HSK 2
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
to strike; to hit; to ram
HSK 7-9
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錄* | 錄* | *錄
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
to be hit by a gun / shot
to hit the big time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揍* | 揍* | *揍
to hit; to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth)
HSK 7-9
to hit the target
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
to hit with a piercing blow
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
to slander; to defame / to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
(coll.) to flirt; to hit on girls
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / fig. to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to hit the mark every time
(of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured
to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
to beat (sb) up / to hit
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *築* | 築* | *築
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
to hit the market (of a new product)
to take countermeasures against / to hit back / to counter
(soccer) to strike the ball powerfully at goal; to unleash a fierce shot / (racket sports) to hit a fast, flat and forceful shot
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact
(slang) to hit sb; to beat sb
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
to hit with the first shot
(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap; to be taken in
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
to hit hard
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
to hit head on
lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
to hit (a target etc) / to strike
(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
to be a big hit / to be hugely popular
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摽* | 摽* | *摽
to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with; to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit; to beat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擂* | 擂* | *擂
to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
to bludgeon / to hit with a big stick
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
to hit sb; to beat sb up
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
to hit the market
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit
to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by ) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我 Hit me if you dare!
to hit back / to return fire
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to hit (a target)
to hit rock bottom (idiom)
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毆* | 毆* | *毆
to beat up / to hit sb
to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
to tap; to hit lightly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攷* | 攷* | *攷
to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
(Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics)
(hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist
to hit back / to retaliate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗙* | 嗙* | *嗙
(dialect) to boast / to brag / (onom.) sound of hitting sth
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點穴|点穴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擊* | 擊* | *擊
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箾* | 箾* | *箾
to hit sb with a pole / (archaic) pole held by a dancer
to hit (a target)
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摮* | 摮* | *摮
(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揕* | 揕* | *揕
to hit / to thrust
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of


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