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测试cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area)层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum曾céngonce; already曾经céng jīngonce; already查cháto research; to check茶chátea; tea plant察cháto examine; to inquire差chādifference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly茶叶chá yètea; tea leaves产chǎnto give birth; to reproduce产品chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate常chángalways; ever场chángthreshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout唱chàngto sing; to call loudly长chánglength; long常常cháng chángfrequently; often长城Cháng chéngthe Great Wall长处cháng chùgood aspects; strong points唱歌chàng gēto sing a song场合chǎng hésituation; occasion常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common唱片chàng piàngramophone record; LP长期cháng qīlong term; long time常识cháng shícommon sense; general knowledge场所chǎng suǒlocation; place长途cháng túlong distance常用cháng yòngin common usage抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize超chāoto exceed; to overtake朝cháoimperial or royal court; government潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise超过chāo guòto surpass; to exceed超级chāo jísuper-; ultra-吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; to have a row潮流cháo liútide; current超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chāojí shìchǎng]); CL:家[jiā]潮湿cháo shīdamp; moist抄写chāo xiěto copy; to transcribe车chēcar; vehicle彻chèthorough; penetrating尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]彻底chè dǐthorough; thoroughly车辆chē liàngvehicle车票chē piàoticket (for a bus or train)车站chē zhànrail station; bus stop沉chénto submerge; to immerse晨chénmorning; dawn衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line称chènto fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative衬衫chèn shānshirt; blouse衬衣chèn yīshirt; CL:件[jiàn]沉重chén zhòngheavy; hard成chéngto succeed; to finish承chéngto bear; to carry诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly城chéngcity walls; city