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yī

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一 one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / “one” radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

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èr

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二 two / 2 / stupid (Beijing dialect)

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sān

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三 three / 3

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liù

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六 six / 6

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bā

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八 eight / 8

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shí

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十 ten / 10

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gōng

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工 work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

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wáng

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王 king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

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shàng

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上 on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)

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xià

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下 down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

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rén

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人 man / person / people / CL: 個｜个, 位

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gè

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个 individual / this / that / size / classifier for people or objects in general

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mù

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木 tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音

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bù

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不 (negative prefix) / not / no

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dà, dài

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大 big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest

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tài

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太 highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

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tiān

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天 day / sky / heaven

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fū

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夫 husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

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wǔ

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午 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

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niú

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牛 ox / cow / bull / CL: 條｜条, 頭｜头 / (slang) awesome

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yáng

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羊 sheep / goat / CL: 頭｜头, 隻｜只

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bàn

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半 half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

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shēng

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生 to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw, uncooked

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shǎo

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少 few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

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huǒ

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火 fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old)

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sì

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四 four / 4

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wǔ

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五 five / 5

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qī

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七 seven / 7

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jiǔ

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九 nine / 9

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kǒu

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口 mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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rì

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日 sun / day / date, day of the month

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wén

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文 language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 118

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zhōng

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中 within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right / China / Chinese / surname Zhong

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bái

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白 white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

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xiǎo

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小 small / tiny / few / young

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xīn

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心 heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆｜颗, 個｜个

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shǒu

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手 hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / CL: 雙｜双, 隻｜只

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zǐ

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子 son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位

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shuǐ

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水 water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

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dāo

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刀 knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / (slang) dollar (loanword)

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lì

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力 power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

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mén

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门 gate / door / CL: 扇 / 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

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yuè

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月 moon / month / CL: 個｜个, 輪｜轮

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ér

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儿 son

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jǐ

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几 how much / how many / several / a few

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yě

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也 also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation

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bā

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巴 to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

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shān

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山 mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL: 座 / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

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mǎ

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马 horse / CL: 匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

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nǚ

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女 female / woman / daughter

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chē

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车 car / vehicle / CL: 輛｜辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe

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lǎo

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老 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

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shì

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是 is / are / am / yes / to be

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guó

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国 country / nation / state / national / CL: 個｜个

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wǒ

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我 I / me / my

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hěn

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很 (adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully

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