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HSK
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攷* | 攷* | *攷
to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錄* | 錄* | *錄
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
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
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 / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
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
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
HSK 5
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *築* | 築* | *築
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揍* | 揍* | *揍
to hit; to beat (sb) / (coll.) to smash (sth)
HSK 7-9
to strike; to hit; to ram
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擊* | 擊* | *擊
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
(slang) to hit sb; to beat sb
to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
to hit (a target)
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 hit (a target)
to hit (a target etc) / to strike
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毆* | 毆* | *毆
to beat up / to hit sb
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
to hit the target
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摮* | 摮* | *摮
(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
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
(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
(hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist
lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉
to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
(Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics)
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / fig. to shoot with unfailing accuracy; to hit the mark every time
to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揕* | 揕* | *揕
to hit / to thrust
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 hit the big time
to slander; to defame / to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
to hit sb; to beat sb up
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to hit back / to retaliate
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
to beat (sb) up / to hit
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗙* | 嗙* | *嗙
(dialect) to boast / to brag / (onom.) sound of hitting sth
(of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
to hit the nail on the head / to predict correctly
to hit the market (of a new product)
to bludgeon / to hit with a big stick
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
(coll.) to flirt; to hit on girls
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of
to be a big hit / to be hugely popular
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
(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
(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
to hit with a piercing blow
to take countermeasures against / to hit back / to counter
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 turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key
to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score
to hit hard
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點穴|点穴
to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)
to tap; to hit lightly
to hit with the first shot
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
to be hit by a gun / shot
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
to hit the market
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
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
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!
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箾* | 箾* | *箾
to hit sb with a pole / (archaic) pole held by a dancer
to hit rock bottom (idiom)
to hit head on
to hit back / to return fire
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)


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