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Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *条* | 条* | *条
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2

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Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *船* | 船* | *船
boat / vessel / ship / CL: 條|条, , 隻|只
HSK 2
(piece of) news; information / message / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) / (slang) awesome
HSK 3
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *线* | 线* | *线
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
highway / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
railroad / railway / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虫* | 虫* | *虫
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
street / main street / CL: 條|条
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杆* | 杆* | *杆
pole / CL: 條|条,
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狼* | 狼* | *狼
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
snake / serpent / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
idea / opinion / suggestion / objection / complaint / CL: 點|点, 條|条
HSK 2
avenue / CL: 條|条
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
chain / CL: , 條|条
HSK 2
street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
HSK 4
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *街* | 街* | *街
street / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
trousers / pants / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狗* | 狗* | *狗
HSK 2
necklace / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
HSK 4
means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
street / road / CL: 條|条
HSK 1
insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
skirt / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条)
HSK 7-9
belt / CL: 條|条,
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枪* | 枪* | *枪
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL: , , 桿|杆, 條|条, / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots
HSK 5
ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL: 個|个, , 條|条
HSK 6
riddle / conundrum / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
chain bracelet / CL: 條|条
lane / alley / CL: 條|条
towel / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *茎* | 茎* | *茎
stalk / stem / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
strap / leather belt / CL: 條|条,
HSK 7-9
scarf / shawl / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
whale / CL: 條|条
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腿* | 腿* | *腿
HSK 2
written slogan / placard / CL: , 張|张, 條|条
HSK 7-9
human life / CL: 條|条
scarab beetle larva; grub / CL: 條|条
river / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *渠* | 渠* | *渠
(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条) / (literary) big; great / (dialect) he; she; him; her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
blanket; quilt / CL: 條|条,
HSK 3
special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL: 條|条
cord; string; rope / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
comforter; quilt / CL: 條|条, , 張|张
colored ribbon / streamer / CL: 條|条
fishing boat / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
dental floss / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
HSK 7-9
mountain range / CL: 條|条
bed sheet / CL: 條|条, , 張|张,
bath towel / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
tablecloth / (computing) desktop background / wallpaper / CL: 條|条, 塊|块, 張|张
necktie / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric / CL: 條|条
wooden bench or stool / CL: 張|张, 條|条
plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL: , 條|条
HSK 7-9
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条)
arm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / also pr. [ge1 bi4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坝* | 坝* | *坝
dam / dike; embankment / CL: 條|条
HSK 7-9
leggings / tights / CL: 條|条, 雙|双
Chinatown / CL: 條|条,
honey trap / sexual entrapment / CL: 條|条
plank road built along the side of a cliff / CL: 條|条
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL: 條|条
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
strap / CL: 條|条
boulevard / tree-lined avenue / CL: 條|条
jeans / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
stratagem of sowing dissension / CL: 條|条
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *江* | 江* | *江
river / CL: 條|条,
HSK 4
loach / mud fish / CL: 條|条

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