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.
| AUDIO | SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | TRADITIONAL | ENGLISH & CLASSIFIERS |
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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 |
