Hanzi Master

Interactive Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary based on HSK

HSK 2.0 - Level 1

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ài
to love; to be fond of; to like, affection, to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
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eight; 8
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爸爸
bà ba
(coll.) father; dad
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杯子
bēi zi
cup, glass
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北京
Běi jīng
Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
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běn
root, stem, origin, source, this, the current, original, inherent, originally, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
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不客气
bú kè qì
you're welcome, don't mention it, impolite, rude, blunt
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cài
dish (type of food), vegetable, cuisine, (coll.) (one's) type, (of one's skills etc) weak, poor
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chá
tea, tea plant
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chī
to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
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出租车
chū zū chē
taxi, (Tw) rental car
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打电话
dǎ diàn huà
to make a telephone call
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 姐), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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de
of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute), (used to form a nominal expression), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs
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diǎn
point, dot, drop, speck, o'clock, point (in space or time), to draw a dot, to check on a list, to choose, to order (food in a restaurant), to touch briefly, to hint, to light, to ignite, to pour a liquid drop by drop, (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更, dot stroke in Chinese characters, classifier for items
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电脑
diàn nǎo
computer
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电视
diàn shì
television; TV
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电影
diàn yǐng
movie; film
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东西
dōng xī
east and west
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dōu
surname Du
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comma, phrase marked by pause
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对不起
duì bù qǐ
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon, to let (sb) down; to disappoint
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duō
many; much, too many; in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd, how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]), (bound form) multi-; poly-
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多少
duō shǎo
number, amount, somewhat
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儿子
ér zi
son
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èr
two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid
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饭馆
fàn guǎn
restaurant
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飞机
fēi jī
airplane
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分钟
fēn zhōng
minute
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高兴
gāo xìng
happy, glad, willing (to do sth), in a cheerful mood
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used in 自个儿
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工作
gōng zuò
to work, (of a machine) to operate, job, work, task
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gǒu
dog
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汉语
Hàn yǔ
Chinese language
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hǎo
good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a personal pronoun) hello
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to drink, variant of 嗬
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old variant of 和
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hěn
(adverb of degree), quite, very, awfully
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后面
hòu miàn
the back; the rear; the last bit, behind; near the end; at the back, later; afterwards
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huí
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)
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huì
can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])
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火车站
huǒ chē zhàn
train station
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small table
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jiā
used in 家伙 and 家俱
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jiào
to shout, to call, to order, to ask, to be called, by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
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今天
jīn tiān
today, at the present, now
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jiǔ
nine, 9
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kāi
to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文, abbr. for 开本, book format
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kàn
to look after, to take care of, to watch, to guard
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看见
kàn jiàn
to see, to catch sight of
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kuài
lump; chunk; piece, classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc, (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
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lái
to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来), ever since (as in 自古以来), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
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老师
lǎo shī
teacher
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liǎo
(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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Lěng
surname Leng
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variant of 里
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líng
zero, nought, zero sign, fractional, fragmentary, odd (of numbers), (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one), fraction, (in mathematics) remainder (after division), extra, to wither and fall, to wither
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liù
six, 6
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妈妈
mā ma
mama, mommy, mother
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ma
(coll.) what?
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mǎi
to buy, to purchase
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māo
cat, (dialect) to hide oneself, (coll.) modem
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méi
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
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没关系
méi guān xì
it doesn't matter
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米饭
mǐ fàn
(cooked) rice
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名字
míng zì
name (of a person or thing)
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明天
míng tiān
tomorrow
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how, which
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surname Na
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ne
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"), particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"), particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"), (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action, particle indicating strong affirmation
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Néng
surname Neng
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you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
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Nián
surname Nian
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女儿
nǚ ér
daughter
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朋友
péng yǒu
friend
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漂亮
piào liang
pretty, beautiful
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苹果
píng guǒ
apple
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seven, 7
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前面
qián miàn
ahead, in front, preceding, above, also pr. [qián mian]
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Qián
surname Qian
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qǐng
to ask, to invite, please (do sth), to treat (to a meal etc), to request
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to go, to go to (a place), (of a time etc) last, just passed, to send, to remove, to get rid of, to reduce, to be apart from in space or time, to die (euphemism), to play (a part), (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth, (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker), (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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to warm up, to heat up, hot (of weather), heat, fervent
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rén
person; people
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认识
rèn shi
to know, to recognize, to be familiar with, to get acquainted with sb, knowledge, understanding, awareness, cognition
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abbr. for 本, Japan
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Sān
surname San
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商店
shāng diàn
store; shop
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shàng
used in 上声
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上午
shàng wǔ
morning
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shǎo
few, less, to lack, to be missing, to stop (doing sth), seldom
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什么
shén me
what?, something, anything
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shí
ten, 10
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时候
shí hòu
time, length of time, moment, period
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shì
to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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Shū
abbr. for 书经
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shuí
who, also pr. [shuí]
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Shuǐ
surname Shui
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水果
shuǐ guǒ
fruit
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睡觉
shuì jiào
to go to bed, to sleep
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说话
shuō huà
to speak, to say, to talk, to gossip, to tell stories, talk, word
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four, 4
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suì
variant of 岁, year, years old
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he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant), (used before sb's name for emphasis), (used as a meaningless mock object), (literary) other
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she
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tài
highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely
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天气
tiān qì
weather
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tīng
smile (archaic)
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同学
tóng xué
to study at the same school, fellow student, classmate
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wèi
hello (when answering the phone)
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I; me; my
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我们
wǒ men
we, us, ourselves, our
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five, 5
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喜欢
xǐ huan
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, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
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下午
xià wǔ
afternoon, p.m.
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下雨
xià yǔ
to rain
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先生
xiān shēng
teacher, gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.), husband, (dialect) doctor
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现在
xiàn zài
now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays
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xiǎng
to think (about), to think of; to devise, to think (that); to believe (that), to desire; to want (to), to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
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xiǎo
small, tiny, few, young
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小姐
xiǎo jiě
young lady, miss, (slang) prostitute
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xiē
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
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xiě
to write
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谢谢
xiè xiè
to thank, thanks, thank you
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星期
xīng qī
week, day of the week, Sunday
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学生
xué shēng
student, schoolchild
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学习
xué xí
to learn, to study
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学校
xué xiào
school
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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衣服
yī fu
clothes
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医生
yī shēng
doctor
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医院
yī yuàn
hospital
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椅子
yǐ zi
chair
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yǒu
to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional)
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yuè
moon, month, monthly
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再见
zài jiàn
goodbye, see you again later
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zài
to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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怎么
zěn me
how?, what?, why?
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怎么样
zěn me yàng
how?, how about?, how was it?, how are things?
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zhè
(pronoun) this; these, (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun), (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing)
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中国
Zhōng guó
China
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中午
zhōng wǔ
noon, midday
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zhù
to live, to dwell, to stay, to reside, to stop, (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
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桌子
zhuō zi
table, desk
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letter, symbol, character, word, courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
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昨天
zuó tiān
yesterday
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Zuò
surname Zuo
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zuò
to make; to produce, to write; to compose, to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc), (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc), (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for, to assume (an air or manner)
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