Transforms HSK vocab lists on Github into TSVs of flashcards for import into AnkiApp on iOS.

make_hsk_flashcards.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Transform list into flashcards with chars on front and pinyin/defn on back.
list_to_flashcards () {
  LEVEL=$1
  URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glxxyz/hskhsk.com/main/data/lists/HSK%20Official%20With%20Definitions%202012%20L${LEVEL}%20freqorder.txt"
  OUTFILE="HSK${LEVEL}.tsv"

  curl -s $URL \
  | sed 's/\r$//' \
  | awk -F '\t' '{if($1 == $2){printf("%s\t%s<br/>%s\n", $1, $4, $5)} else{printf("%s / %s\t%s<br/>%s\n", $2, $1, $4, $5)} }' \
  > $OUTFILE
}

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