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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *东* | 东* | *东
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
HSK 1
at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force)
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *药* | 药* | *药
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *查* | 查* | *查
to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搬* | 搬* | *搬
to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
HSK 3
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强
HSK 3
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(physics) mass / quality (i.e. degree of excellence) / quality and quantity
HSK 4
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贴* | 贴* | *贴
to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
HSK 4
identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." + ... + 的身份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
HSK 4
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
to suspend / time-out (e.g. in sports) / stoppage / pause (media player)
HSK 5
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
gas (i.e. gaseous substance)
HSK 5
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
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
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胆* | 胆* | *胆
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
HSK 5
to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弹* | 弹* | *弹
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *族* | 族* | *族
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *公* | 公* | *公
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting)
HSK 6
reception (of transmitted signal) / to receive / to accept / to admit / to take over (e.g. a factory) / to expropriate
HSK 6
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
tram; streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
HSK 6
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酷* | 酷* | *酷
ruthless / strong (e.g. of wine) / (loanword) cool / hip
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踢* | 踢* | *踢
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
HSK 6
storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
HSK 6
elementary (i.e. easy)
HSK 6
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
HSK 7-9
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赴* | 赴* | *赴
to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筋* | 筋* | *筋
muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
HSK 7-9
to condense / to coagulate / coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets) / aggregation / coherent
HSK 7-9
(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *框* | 框* | *框
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
HSK 7-9
convention (i.e. international agreement)
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
HSK 7-9
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job; to resign
HSK 7-9
arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context
HSK 7-9
to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert
HSK 7-9
eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
HSK 7-9
to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
newspaper (i.e. a company) / CL:
HSK 7-9
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裁* | 裁* | *裁
to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment
HSK 7-9
appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
HSK 7-9
competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *持* | 持* | *持
to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
HSK 7-9
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
to benefit (e.g. the people)
HSK 7-9
sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
HSK 7-9
to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
HSK 7-9
to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唯* | 唯* | *唯
only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义 or 論|论, e.g. 唯理論|唯理论, rationalism)
HSK 7-9
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
HSK 7-9
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
HSK 7-9

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