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考虑kǎo lǜto think over; to considerIn context考生kǎo shēngexam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam考试kǎo shìto take an exam; exam考验kǎo yànto test; to put to the test科kēbranch of study; administrative section可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit渴kěthirsty克kègram; to overcome; to subdue; to restrain刻kèquarter (hour); moment客kècustomer; visitor课kèsubject; course可爱kě àiadorable; cute课本kè běntextbook课程kè chéngcourse; academic program克服kè fú(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer客观kè guānobjective; impartial科技kē jìscience and technology可靠kě kàoreliable可乐kě lèamusing; entertaining可能kě néngmight (happen); possible可怕kě pàawful; dreadful客人kè rénvisitor; guest可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed课堂kè tángclassroom课文kè wéntext科学kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge可以kě yǐcan; may空kōngempty; air恐kǒngafraid; frightened恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread空气kōng qìair; atmosphere空儿kòng rspare time; free time空调kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)哭kūto cry; to weep苦kǔbitter; hardship裤kùunderpants; trousers裤子kù zitrousers; pants块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc快kuàirapid; quick筷kuàichopstick快餐kuài cānfast food; snack快点儿kuài diǎn rerhua variant of 快点 (kuàidiǎn)快乐kuài lèhappy; joyful快速kuài sùfast; high-speed; rapid快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)筷子kuài zichopsticks况kuàngmoreover; situation困kùnto trap; to surround困难kùn nandifficult; challenging括kuò(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise适shìto fit; suitable拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument)落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)来到lái dàoto arrive; to come来自lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)蓝lánblue; indigo plant篮lánbasket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)篮球lán qiúbasketball