点 * 1 dian3 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/ a little/ a bit/ some/ (point) unit of measurement for type/ to tou

回 * 1 hui2 to circle/ to go back/ to turn around/ to answer/ to return/ to revolve/ Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)/ time/ classifier for acts of a play/ section or chapter (of a classic book)

北京 * 1 Bei3 jing1 Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China/ Peking/ PRC government

一 * 1 yi1 one/ 1/ single/ a (article)/ as soon as/ entire/ whole/ all/ throughout/ "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

中国 * 1 Zhong1 guo2 China/ Middle Kingdom

汉语 * 1 Han4 yu3 Chinese language/ CL:門|门[men2]

家 * 1 jia1 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[

圆 * 2 yuan2 circle/ round/ circular/ spherical/ (of the moon) full/ unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)/ tactful/ to justify

也 * 2 ye3 also/ too/ (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula

票 * 2 piao4 ticket/ ballot/ bank note/ CL:張|张[zhang1]/ person held for ransom/ amateur performance of Chinese opera/ classifier for shipments and business transactions (topolect)

黑 * 2 hei1 black/ dark/ abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 province in northeast China

北方 * 3 bei3 fang1 north/ the northern part a country/ China north of the Yellow River

普通话 * 3 pu3 tong1 hua4 Mandarin (common language)/ Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)/ ordinary speech

博士 * 4 bo2 shi4 doctor/ court academician (in feudal China)/ Ph.D.

挺 * 4 ting3 to stick out/ to (physically) straighten up/ to endure or hold out/ straight/ stiff/ outstanding/ extraordinary/ rather/ quite/ very/ classifier for machine guns

洗衣机 * 4 xi3 yi1 ji1 washer/ washing machine/ CL:臺|台[tai2]

词典 * 4 ci2 dian3 dictionary (of Chinese compound words)/ also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]/ CL:部[bu4];本[ben3]

台 * 4 tai2 desk/ platform/ stage/ terrace/ stand/ support/ desk/ station/ broadcasting station/ classifier for vehicles or machines/ Taiwan (abbr.)

中文 * 4 Zhong1 wen2 Chinese/ Chinese written language/ Chinese writing

人民币 * 4 ren2 min2 bi4 Renminbi (RMB)/ Chinese Yuan (CNY)

华裔 * 5 hua2 yi4 ethnic Chinese/ non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

教材 * 5 jiao4 cai2 teaching material/ CL:本[ben3]

直 * 5 zhi2 straight/ to straighten/ fair and reasonable/ frank/ straightforward/ (indicates continuing motion or action)/ vertical/ vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

象棋 * 5 xiang4 qi2 Chinese chess/ CL:副[fu4]

声调 * 5 sheng1 diao4 tone/ note/ a tone (on a Chinese syllable)/ CL:個|个[ge4]

配合 * 5 pei4 he2 matching/ fitting in with/ compatible with/ to correspond/ to fit/ to conform to/ rapport/ to coordinate with/ to act in concert with/ to cooperate/ to become man and wife/ to combine parts of machine

机器 * 5 ji1 qi4 machine/ CL:臺|台[tai2];部[bu4];個|个[ge4]

未来 * 5 wei4 lai2 future/ tomorrow/ approaching/ coming/ pending/ CL:個|个[ge4]

乙 * 5 yi3 second of 10 heavenly stems 十天干/ second in order/ letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A; B; C"; or "I; II; III" etc/ second party (in legal contract; usually 乙方|乙方[yi3 fang1]; as opposed to 甲方|甲方[jia3 fang1])/ ethyl/ bent/ winding/ radical in Chinese charac

成语 * 5 cheng2 yu3 Chinese set expression; often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each; often alluding to a story or historical quotation/ idiom/ proverb/ saying/ adage/ set expression/ CL:條|条[tiao2];本[ben3];句[ju4]

旗袍 * 6 qi2 pao2 Chinese-style dress/ cheongsam

武侠 * 6 wu3 xia2 martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary; theatrical and cinema genre)/ knight-errant

恨不得 * 6 hen4 bu5 de2 wishing one could do sth/ to hate to be unable/ itching to do sth/ can't wait for/ to wish one could do sth/ to desire strongly

折 * 6 zhe2 to break/ to snap/ to suffer the loss of/ to turn/ to bend/ to admire/ to amount to/ to discoun/ to fold/ turning stroke (in Chinese character)/ booklet

剪彩 * 6 jian3 cai3 to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)

重叠 * 6 chong2 die2 to overlap/ to superimpose/ to telescope/ to run together/ to duplicate/ one over another/ superposition/ an overlap/ redundancy/ reduplication (in Chinese grammar; e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)

简体字 * 6 jian3 ti3 zi4 simplified Chinese character; as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]

华侨 * 6 hua2 qiao2 overseas Chinese/ CL:個|个[ge4];位[wei4]

竖 * 6 shu4 to erect/ vertical/ vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

正气 * 6 zheng4 qi4 healthy environment/ healthy atmosphere/ righteousness/ vital energy (in Chinese medicine)

农历 * 6 nong2 li4 the traditional Chinese calendar/ the lunar calendar

词汇 * 6 ci2 hui4 vocabulary/ list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)

机关 * 6 ji1 guan1 mechanism/ gear/ machine-operated/ office/ agency/ organ/ organization/ establishment/ institution/ body/ strategum/ scheme/ intrigue/ plot/ trick/ CL:個|个[ge4]

机械 * 6 ji1 xie4 machine/ machinery/ mechanical

宰 * 6 zai3 to slaughter livestock/ to govern or rule/ to cheat customers/ Imperial official in dynastic China

对应 * 6 dui4 ying4 to correspond/ a correspondence/ corresponding/ homologous/ matching with sth/ counterpart

糖葫芦 * 6 tang2 hu2 lu5 sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick/ tanghulu

加工 * 6 jia1 gong1 to process/ processing/ working (of machinery)

迫不及待 * 6 po4 bu4 ji2 dai4 impatient (idiom)/ in a hurry/ itching to get on with it

繁体字 * 6 fan2 ti3 zi4 traditional Chinese character

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