HSK 1 Word List / YCT 1 & 2
Audio - All Words
The HSK 1 Vocabulary List has 150 words. The links in the table will bring you to the word’s Vocabulary Page where you can explore the word further.
Please Note: The Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Levels 1 and 2 combined are equivalent to HSK Level 1.
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ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
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bā | eight; 8 |
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bàba | father (informal) |
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běijīnɡ | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
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bēizi | cup; glass; CL: 個|个(gè), 支(zhī) |
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běn | origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
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bú | not (negative prefix); no |
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búkèqi | you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks) |
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cài | dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL: 盘 (pán), 道(dào) |
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chá | tea; tea plant; CL:杯(bēi) ,壶(hú ) |
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chī | to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
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chūzūchē | taxi |
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dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
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dǎdiànhuà | to make a phone call |
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de | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
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diǎn | a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities |
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diànnǎo | computer; CL: 台(tái) |
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diànshì | television; TV; CL: 台(tái) ,個|个(gè) |
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diànyǐnɡ | movie; film; CL: 部(bù) ,幕(mù) ,场(chǎng) |
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dōnɡxi | thing; stuff; person; CL: 個|个(gè), 件(jiàn) |
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dōu | all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
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dú | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音 (pīnyīn) |
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duìbùqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down |
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duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
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duōshǎo | how much; how many |
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èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
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érzi | son |
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fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel; CL:家(jiā), 個|个(gè) |
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fēijī | airplane; CL: 架(jià) |
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fēnzhōnɡ | minute |
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ɡāoxìnɡ | happy; glad; willing (to do something); in a cheerful mood |
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ɡè | classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size |
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ɡōnɡzuò | job; work; construction; task; CL: 個|个(gè), 份(fèn), 项(xiàng) |
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ɡǒu | dog; CL: 只(zhī), 条(tiáo) |
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hànyǔ | Chinese language |
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hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
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hào | day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
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hē | to drink; to shout (a command) |
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hé | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
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hěn | very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
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hòumiɑn | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
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huí | to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
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huì | can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pronounced for this sense is huǐ) |
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jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
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jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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jiào | to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
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jīntiān | today; at the present |
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jiǔ | nine; 9 |
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kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
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kàn | to look at |
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kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
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kuài | unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱 |
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lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
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lǎoshī | teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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le | (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
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lěnɡ | cold |
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lǐ | inside; lining; interior; internal |
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liù | six; 6 |
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ma | (question tag) |
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māma | mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
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māo | cat; CL:只(zhī) |
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méiɡuānxi | it doesn't matter |
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méiyǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be; |
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mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
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mínɡtiān | tomorrow |
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mínɡzi | name (of a person or thing); CL: 個|个(gè) |
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nǎ | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier); |
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nà | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pronounced (nèi) before a classifier, especially in Beijing |
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nǎér | where?; wherever; anywhere |
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ne | (question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
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nénɡ | to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of |
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nǐ | you (informal) |
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nián | year; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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nǚér | daughter |
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pénɡyou | friend; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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piàoliɑnɡ | pretty; beautiful |
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pínɡɡuǒ | apple; CL: 個|个(gè), 颗(kē) |
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qī | seven; 7 |
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qián | coin; money; CL:笔(bǐ) |
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qiánmiɑn | ahead; in front; preceding; above |
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qǐnɡ | to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
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qù | to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (somebody); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed |
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rè | heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
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rén | man; person; people; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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rènshí | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with something; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
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sān | three; 3 |
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shànɡ | on |
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shānɡdiàn | store; shop; CL: 家(jiā), 個|个(gè) |
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shànɡwǔ | morning; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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shǎo | few; little; lack |
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sheí | who; also pronounced shuí |
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shénme | what?; who?; something; anything |
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shí | ten; 10 |
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shì | to be; yes |
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shíhou | time; length of time; moment; period |
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shū | book; letter; CL: 本(běn), 册(cè) , 部(bù) ; see also Book of History |
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shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage |
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shuíɡuǒ | fruit |
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shuìjiào | to go to bed; to go to sleep |
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shuō | to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory); |
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sì | four; 4 |
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suì | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
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tā | he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before somebody's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another |
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tā | she |
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tài | too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
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tiānqì | weather |
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tīnɡ | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages |
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tónɡxué | (fellow) classmate; CL: 位(wèi), 個|个(gè) |
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wèi | hello (interj., especially on telephone); hey |
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wǒ | I; me; my |
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wǒmen | we; us; ourselves; our |
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wǔ | five; 5 |
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xǐhuɑn | to like; to be fond of |
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xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
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xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m.; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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xiàyǔ | to rain; rainy |
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xiānshenɡ | Mister (Mr.); husomebodyand; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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xiànzài | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
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xiǎnɡ | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
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xiǎo | small; tiny; young |
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xiáojiě | young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
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xiē | some; few; several; (a measure word) |
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xiě | to write |
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xièxiè | to thank; thanks |
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xīnɡqī | week; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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xuéshenɡ | student; school child |
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xuéxí | to learn; to study |
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xuéxiào | school; CL: 所(suǒ) |
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yī | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
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yìdiánér | a little (bit) |
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yīfu | clothes; CL: 件(jiàn), 套(tào) |
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yīshenɡ | doctor; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi), 名(míng) |
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yīyuàn | hospital; CL: 所(suǒ), 家(jiā), 座(zuò) |
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yǐzi | chair; CL: 把(bǎ), 套(tào) |
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yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
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yuè | month; moon; CL: 個|个(gè), 轮(lún) |
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zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing something; (indicating an action in progress) |
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zàijiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
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zěnme | how?; what?; why? |
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zěnmeyànɡ | how are things? how?; how about?; how was it? |
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zhè | this; these; (commonly pronounced (zhèi) before a classifier, especially in Beijing) |
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zhōnɡɡuó | China; Middle Kingdom |
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zhōnɡwǔ | noon; midday; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
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zhuōzi | table; desk; CL: 张(zhāng) ,套(tào) |
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zì | letter; character; word; symbol; CL: 個|个(gè) |
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zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit |
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zuò | to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance |
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zuótiān | yesterday |