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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錄* | 錄* | *錄
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch
HSK 5
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *築* | 築* | *築
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *中* | 中* | *中
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
to hit the big time
to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擊* | 擊* | *擊
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箾* | 箾* | *箾
to hit sb with a pole / (archaic) pole held by a dancer
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 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
to hit back / to return fire
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毆* | 毆* | *毆
to beat up / to hit sb
to hit (a target)
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
to hit the target
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摮* | 摮* | *摮
(literary) to hit; to strike; to smite
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撽* | 撽* | *撽
to beat with a stick / to hit from the side
(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
(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
(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
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
(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 hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
to beat (sb) up / to hit
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揕* | 揕* | *揕
to hit / to thrust
to slander; to defame / to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗙* | 嗙* | *嗙
(dialect) to boast / to brag / (onom.) sound of hitting sth
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
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
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 hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
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
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
(slang) to hit sb; to beat sb
to bat / to hit a ball (sport)
(coll.) to flirt; to hit on girls
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit
to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
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 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
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)
(idiom) to hit with the first shot
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
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
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!
to hit hard
to hit rock bottom (idiom)
to hit head on


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