HSK vocabulary

HSK 4 Vocabulary List

All 1,193 words for the HSK 4 exam — all vocabulary through HSK 4 — discuss opinions, plans, and abstract topics with confidence. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
àito love
eight
爸爸bà ba(coll.) father
杯子bēi zicup
北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
běnroot
no
不客气不客氣bù kè qiyou're welcome
càidish (type of food)
chátea
chīto eat
出租车出租車chū zū chētaxi
打电话打電話dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
big
deof
diǎnpoint
电脑電腦diàn nǎocomputer
电视電視diàn shìtelevision
电影電影diàn yǐngmovie
东西東西dōng xīeast and west
surname Du
dòucomma
对不起對不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry
duōmany
多少duō shǎonumber
儿子兒子ér zison
èrtwo
饭馆飯館fàn guǎnrestaurant
飞机飛機fēi jīairplane
分钟分鐘fēn zhōngminute
高兴高興gāo xìnghappy
used in 自个儿
工作gōng zuòto work
gǒudog
汉语漢語hàn yǔChinese language
hǎogood
to drink
old variant of 和
hěn(adverb of degree)
后面後面hòu mianthe back
huíto circle
huìcan
火车站火車站huǒ chē zhàntrain station
small table
jiāused in 家伙 and 家俱
jiàoto shout
今天jīn tiāntoday
jiǔnine
kāito open (transitive or intransitive)
kānto look after
看见看見kàn jiànto see
kuàilump
láito come
老师老師lǎo shīteacher
le(completed action marker)
lěngsurname Leng
variant of 里
língzero
liùsix
妈妈媽媽mā mamama
(coll.) what?
mǎito buy
māocat
méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not
没关系沒關係méi guān xiit doesn't matter
米饭米飯mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
明天míng tiāntomorrow
how
surname Na
neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
néngsurname Neng
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
niánsurname Nian
女儿女兒nǚ érdaughter
朋友péng youfriend
漂亮piào liangpretty
苹果蘋果píng guǒapple
seven
前面qián miànahead
qiánsurname Qian
qǐngto ask
to go
to warm up
rénperson
认识認識rèn shito know
abbr. for 本, Japan
sānsurname San
商店shāng diànstore
shǎngused in 上声
上午shàng wǔmorning
shǎofew
什么什麼shén mewhat?
shíten
时候時候shí houtime
shìto be (followed by substantives only)
shūabbr. for 书经
shéiwho
shuǐsurname Shui
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
睡觉睡覺shuì jiàoto go to bed
说话說話shuō huàto speak
four
suìvariant of 岁, year
he
she
tàihighest
天气天氣tiān qìweather
yǐnsmile (archaic)
同学同學tóng xuéto study at the same school
wéihello (when answering the phone)
I
我们我們wǒ menwe
five
喜欢喜歡xǐ huanto like
xiàdown
下午xià wǔafternoon
下雨xià yǔto rain
先生xiān shengteacher
现在現在xiàn zàinow
xiǎngto think (about)
xiǎosmall
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady
xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
xiěto write
谢谢謝謝xiè xieto thank
星期xīng qīweek
学生學生xué shengstudent
学习學習xué xíto learn
学校學校xué xiàoschool
one
衣服yī fuclothes
医生醫生yī shēngdoctor
医院醫院yī yuànhospital
椅子yǐ zichair
yǒuto have
yuèmoon
再见再見zài jiàngoodbye
zàito exist
怎么怎麼zěn mehow?
怎么样怎麼樣zěn me yànghow?
zhè(pronoun) this
中国中國zhōng guóChina
中午zhōng wǔnoon
zhùto live
桌子zhuō zitable
letter
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
zuòsurname Zuo
zuòto make
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
báisurname Bai
bǎisurname Bai
帮助幫助bāng zhùassistance
报纸報紙bào zhǐnewspaper
Belgium
便宜biàn yíconvenient
biésurname Bie
唱歌chàng gēto sing a song
chūto go out
穿chuānto wear
chuánvariant of 船
next in sequence
cóngvariant of 从
cuòsurname Cuo
打篮球打籃球dǎ lán qiúto play basketball
大家dà jiāeveryone
但是dàn shìbut
dàoto reach
to obtain
弟弟dì diyounger brother
第一dì yīfirst
dǒngto understand
房间房間fáng jiānroom
非常fēi chángvery
服务员服務員fú wù yuánwaiter
gāosurname Gao
告诉告訴gào sùto press charges
哥哥gē geolder brother
gěito
公共汽车公共汽車gōng gòng qì chēbus
公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg)
公司gōng sīcompany
guìexpensive
huánsurname Huan
孩子hái zichild
好吃hǎo chītasty
háoroar
hēiabbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
hóngsurname Hong
欢迎歡迎huān yíngto welcome
回答huí dáto reply
机场機場jī chǎngairport
鸡蛋雞蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg
jiànitem
教室jiào shìclassroom
介绍介紹jiè shàoto introduce (sb to sb)
姐姐jiě jieolder sister
jìnnear
jìnto go forward
jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case
觉得覺得jué deto think that ...
咖啡kā fēicoffee (loanword)
开始開始kāi shǐto begin
考试考試kǎo shìto take an exam
可能kě néngmight (happen)
可以kě yǐcan
subject
kuàirapid
快乐快樂kuài lèhappy
lěito accumulate
chīmythical beast (archaic)
liǎngtwo
surname Lu
旅游旅遊lǚ yóutrip
màito sell
mànslow
mángbusy
měieach
妹妹mèi meiyounger sister
ménsurname Men
男人nán réna man
nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk
女人nǚ rénwoman
旁边旁邊páng biānside
跑步pǎo bùto run
piàoticket
妻子qī zǐwife and children
起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed
qiānthousand
qíngclear
去年qù niánlast year
ràngto yield
上班shàng bānto go to work
身体身體shēn tǐthe body
生病shēng bìngto fall ill
生日shēng rìbirthday
时间時間shí jiāntime
事情shì qingaffair
手表手錶shǒu biǎowristwatch
手机手機shǒu jīcell phone
sòngto send
所以suǒ yǐtherefore
it
to kick
surname Ti
跳舞tiào wǔto dance
wàioutside
wánto finish
wánto play
晚上wǎn shangevening
wéias (in the capacity of)
wènto ask
问题問題wèn tíquestion
希望xī wàngto hope
to wash
西瓜xī guāwatermelon
xiàngsurname Xiang
小时小時xiǎo shíhour
xiàoold variant of 笑
xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡
xìngfamily name
休息xiū xirest
xuěsurname Xue
颜色顏色yán sècolor
眼睛yǎn jingeye
羊肉yáng ròumutton
yàoleaf of the iris
yāo(bound form) to demand
surname Ye
一起yī qǐin the same place
已经已經yǐ jīngalready
意思yì siidea
因为因為yīn wèibecause
yīnsurname Yin
游泳yóu yǒngswimming
右边右邊yòu bianright side
surname Yu
yuánsurname Yuan
yuǎnfar
运动運動yùn dòngto move
zàiagain
早上zǎo shangearly morning
zhāngsurname Zhang
chánglength
丈夫zhàng fuhusband
zhǎoto try to find
zhāo(chess) move
zhēnreally
正在zhèng zàijust at (that time)
知道zhī dàoto know
准备準備zhǔn bèipreparation
自行车自行車zì xíng chēbicycle
zǒuto walk
zuìvariant of 最
左边左邊zuǒ bianleft
阿姨ā yímaternal aunt
āinterjection of surprise
ǎilow
爱好愛好ài hàoto like
安静安靜ān jìngquiet
to hold
bānsurname Ban
bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)
办法辦法bàn fǎmeans
办公室辦公室bàn gōng shìoffice
bànhalf
帮忙幫忙bāng mángto help
bāosurname Bao
bǎoto eat till full
北方běi fāngnorth
bèiquilt
鼻子bí zinose
比较比較bǐ jiàoto compare
比赛比賽bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)
必须必須bì xūto have to
变化變化biàn huà(intransitive) to change
表示biǎo shìto express
表演biǎo yǎnplay
别人別人bié renother people
宾馆賓館bīn guǎnguesthouse
冰箱bīng xiāngicebox
cáiability
菜单菜單cài dānmenu
参加參加cān jiāto participate
cǎovariant of 草
céngto pile on top of one another
chādifference
超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)
衬衫襯衫chèn shānshirt
成绩成績chéng jìachievement
城市chéng shìcity
迟到遲到chí dàoto arrive late
出现出現chū xiànto appear
除了chú lebesides
厨房廚房chú fángkitchen
chūnold variant of 春
词语詞語cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
聪明聰明cōng mingintelligent
打扫打掃dǎ sǎoto clean
打算dǎ suànto plan
dàiband
担心擔心dān xīnanxious
蛋糕dàn gāocake
当然當然dāng ránonly natural
de-ly
地方dì fāngregion
地铁地鐵dì tiěunderground railway
地图地圖dì túmap
dēnglamp
low
电梯電梯diàn tīelevator
电子電子diàn zǐelectronic
dōngsurname Dong
dōngwinter
动物動物dòng wùanimal
duǎnshort
duànsurname Duan
锻炼鍛鍊duàn liànto toughen
多么多麼duō mehow (wonderful etc)
饿èto be hungry
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also
耳朵ěr duoear
发烧發燒fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness)
发现發現fā xiànto notice
方便fāng biànconvenient
fàngto put
放心fàng xīnto feel relieved
fēnto divide
附近fù jìnnearby
复习復習fù xíto review
gǎnto dare
感冒gǎn màoto catch cold
干净乾淨gān jìngclean
刚才剛才gāng cáijust now
根据根據gēn jùaccording to
gēnheel
gēngto change or replace
公园公園gōng yuánpark (for public recreation)
故事gù shìold practice
guāto scrape
guānsurname Guan
关系關係guān xirelation
关心關心guān xīnto be concerned about
关于關於guān yúpertaining to
国家國家guó jiācountry
果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice
过去過去guò qù(in the) past
还是還是hái shistill (as before)
害怕hài pàto be afraid
river
黑板hēi bǎnblackboard
护照護照hù zhàopassport
huāsurname Hua
花园花園huā yuángarden
huàto draw
huàibad
环境環境huán jìngenvironment
huànto exchange
huángsurname Huang or Hwang
会议會議huì yìmeeting
或者huò zhěor
机会機會jī huìopportunity
extremely
几乎幾乎jī hūalmost
记得記得jì deto remember
季节季節jì jiétime
检查檢查jiǎn cháinspection
简单簡單jiǎn dānsimple
见面見面jiàn miànto meet
健康jiàn kānghealth
jiǎngto speak
juésurname Jue
jiǎofoot
jiàosurname Jiao
jiēto receive
街道jiē dàostreet
节目節目jié mùprogram
节日節日jié rìholiday
结婚結婚jié hūnto marry
结束結束jié shùtermination
解决解決jiě juéto solve
jièto lend
经常經常jīng chángfrequently
经过經過jīng guòto pass
经理經理jīng lǐmanager
jiǔ(long) time
jiùold
举行舉行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
句子jù zisentence
决定決定jué dìngto decide (to do something)
可爱可愛kě àiadorable
thirsty
quarter (hour)
客人kè rénvisitor
空调空調kōng tiáoair conditioning
kǒumouth
to cry
裤子袴子kù zivariant of 裤子, trousers
筷子kuài zichopsticks
lánsurname Lan
lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
了解liǎo jiěto understand
离开離開lí kāito depart
礼物禮物lǐ wùgift
历史歷史lì shǐhistory
liǎnface
练习練習liàn xíto practice
liàngclassifier for vehicles
邻居鄰居lín jūneighbor
lóusurname Lou
绿green
surname Ma
马上馬上mǎ shàngat once
满意滿意mǎn yìsatisfied
帽子mào zihat
surname Mi
面包麵包miàn bāobread
面条麵條miàn tiáonoodles
明白míng baiclear
old variant of 拿
奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
nánsurname Nan
nándifficult (to...)
难过難過nán guòto feel sad
年级年級nián jígrade
年轻年輕nián qīngyoung
diǎovariant of 屌
努力nǔ lìto make an effort
爬山pá shānto climb a mountain
盘子盤子pán zitray
pánhealthy
啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)
葡萄pú taogrape
普通话普通話pǔ tōng huàMandarin (common language)
其实其實qí shíactually
其他qí tāother
奇怪qí guàistrange
(Tw) saddle horse
铅笔鉛筆qiān bǐ(lead) pencil
清楚qīng chuclear
qiūsurname Qiu
裙子qún ziskirt
然后然後rán hòuthen
热情熱情rè qíngcordial
认为認為rèn wéito believe
认真認真rèn zhēnconscientious
容易róng yìeasy
如果rú guǒif
sǎnumbrella
上网上網shàng wǎngto go online
生气生氣shēng qìto get angry
声音聲音shēng yīnvoice
使shǐto make
世界shì jièworld
shòuthin
叔叔shū shufather's younger brother
舒服shū fucomfortable
shùtree
数学數學shù xuémathematics
shuāto brush
shuāngsurname Shuang
水平shuǐ pínglevel (of achievement etc)
司机司機sī jīchauffeur
虽然雖然suī ránalthough
太阳太陽tài yangsun
tángsugar
特别特別tè biéunusual
téng(it) hurts
提高tí gāoto raise
体育體育tǐ yùsports
tiánsweet
tiáostrip
同事tóng shìcolleague
同意tóng yìto agree
头发頭髮tóu fahair (on the head)
突然tū ránsudden
图书馆圖書館tú shū guǎnlibrary
tuǐleg
完成wán chéngto complete
wǎnvariant of 碗
used in 俟
忘记忘記wàng jìto forget
为了為了wèi lefor
为什么為什麼wèi shén mewhy?
wèiposition
文化wén huàculture
习惯習慣xí guànhabit
洗手间洗手間xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet
洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe
西the West
xiàthe Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
xiānearly
相同xiāng tóngidentical
相信xiāng xìnto be convinced (that sth is true)
香蕉xiāng jiāobanana
xiàngto resemble
小心xiǎo xīnto be careful
校长校長xiào zhǎng(college, university) president
xiéshoe
新闻新聞xīn wénnews
新鲜新鮮xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc)
xìnletter
行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase
兴趣興趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth)
熊猫熊貓xióng māopanda
需要xū yàoto need
选择選擇xuǎn zéto select
眼镜眼鏡yǎn jìngspectacles
要求yāo qiúto request
爷爷爺爺yé ye(coll.) father's father
一般yī bānsame
一边一邊yī biānone side
一定yī dìngsurely
一共yī gòngaltogether
一会儿一會兒yī huì ra moment
一样一樣yī yàngsame
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line)
以后以後yǐ hòuafter
以前yǐ qiánbefore
以为以為yǐ wéito think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
音乐音樂yīn yuèmusic
银行銀行yín hángbank
应该應該yīng gāiought to
影响影響yǐng xiǎnginfluence
yòngto use
游戏遊戲yóu xìgame
有名yǒu míngfamous
yòu(once) again
遇到yù dàoto meet
愿意願意yuàn yìto wish
月亮yuè liangthe moon
yuègeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
yún(classical) to say
zhànstation
照顾照顧zhào guto take care of
照片zhào piànphotograph
照相机照相機zhào xiàng jīcamera
着急著急zháo jíto worry
zhǐonly
中间中間zhōng jiānthe middle
终于終於zhōng yúat last
zhǒngseed
重要zhòng yàoimportant
周末週末zhōu mòweekend
主要zhǔ yàomain
注意zhù yìto take note of
zhùsurname Zhu
字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
自己zì jǐoneself
总是總是zǒng shìalways
最近zuì jìnrecently
作业作業zuò yèschool assignment
作用zuò yòngto act on
爱情愛情ài qíngromance
安排ān páito arrange
安全ān quánsafe
按时按時àn shíon time
按照àn zhàoaccording to
ànvariant of 暗
包括bāo kuòto comprise
保护保護bǎo hùto protect
保证保證bǎo zhèngguarantee
报道報道bào dàoto report (news)
报名報名bào míngto sign up
bàoto hold
抱歉bào qiànto be sorry
bèi(two, three etc) -fold
本来本來běn láioriginal
bènstupid
笔记本筆記本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery)
毕业畢業bì yègraduation
biànvariant of 遍
标准標準biāo zhǔnstandard
表达表達biǎo dáto express
表格biǎo géform
表扬表揚biǎo yángto praise
饼干餅乾bǐng gānbiscuit
并且並且bìng qiěand
博士bó shìdoctor
不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to
不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned
不过不過bù guòonly
不仅不僅bù jǐnnot just
部分bù fenpart
to rub
cāito guess
材料cái liào(raw) material
参观參觀cān guānto look around
差不多chà bu duōalmost
chángto taste
chángthreshing floor
超过超過chāo guòto surpass
chǎoto quarrel
成功chéng gōngChenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan
成熟chéng shúmature
成为成為chéng wéito become
诚实誠實chéng shíhonest
乘坐chéng zuòto ride (in a vehicle)
吃惊吃驚chī jīngto be startled
抽烟抽煙chōu yānto smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
出差chū chāito go on an official or business trip
出发出發chū fāto set off
出生chū shēngto be born
传真傳真chuán zhēnfax
窗户窗戶chuāng huwindow
词典詞典cí diǎndictionary
从来從來cóng láialways
粗心cū xīncareless
答案dá ànanswer
打扮dǎ banto decorate
打扰打擾dǎ rǎoto disturb
打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal
打折dǎ zhéto give a discount
打针打針dǎ zhēnto give or have an injection
大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)
大概dà gàiroughly
大使馆大使館dà shǐ guǎnembassy
大约大約dà yuēapproximately
代表dài biǎorepresentative
代替dài tìto replace
dàisurname Dai
dàncrossball
dāng(onom.) dong
当地當地dāng dìlocal
当时當時dāng shíthen
dāosurname Dao
导游導遊dǎo yóutour guide
到处到處dào chùeverywhere
到底dào dǐfinally
道歉dào qiànto apologize
地球dì qiúthe earth
地址dì zhǐaddress
得意dé yìproud of oneself
děngclass
de(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
调查調查diào cháinvestigation
diàoto fall
diūto lose
动作動作dòng zuòmovement
堵车堵車dǔ chētraffic jam
肚子dù zibelly
duànto break
duìright
对话對話duì huàto talk (with sb)
对面對面duì miàn(sitting) opposite
dùnto stop
duǒflower
儿童兒童ér tóngchild
érand
to send out
发生發生fā shēngto happen
发展發展fā zhǎndevelopment
法律fǎ lǜlaw
翻译翻譯fān yìto translate
烦恼煩惱fán nǎoto be worried
反对反對fǎn duìto oppose
反映fǎn yìngto mirror
范围範圍fàn wéirange
方法fāng fǎmethod
方面fāng miànrespect
方向fāng xiàngdirection
访问訪問fǎng wènto visit
放弃放棄fàng qìto renounce
放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
分之fēn zhī(indicating a fraction)
fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
丰富豐富fēng fùto enrich
风景風景fēng jǐngscenery
否则否則fǒu zéotherwise
符合fú héin keeping with
父亲父親fù qīnfather
负责負責fù zéto be in charge of
复印複印fù yìnto photocopy
复杂複雜fù zácomplicated
surname Fu
改变改變gǎi biànto change
感动感動gǎn dòngto move (sb)
感觉感覺gǎn juéfeeling
感情gǎn qíngemotion
感谢感謝gǎn xiè(express) thanks
gānold variant of 干
干杯乾杯gān bēito drink a toast
干燥乾燥gān zàoto dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
刚刚剛剛gāng gangjust recently
高级高級gāo jíhigh level
个子個子gè ziheight
each
工具gōng jùtool
工资工資gōng zīwages
公里gōng lǐkilometer
共同gòng tóngcommon
购物購物gòu wùshopping
gòuenough (sufficient)
估计估計gū jìto estimate
孤单孤單gū dānlone
鼓励鼓勵gǔ lìto encourage
鼓掌gǔ zhǎngto applaud
故意gù yìdeliberately
顾客顧客gù kècustomer
guàto hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
关键關鍵guān jiàncrucial point
观众觀眾guān zhòngspectators
管理guǎn lǐto supervise
guānglight
广播廣播guǎng bōbroadcast
广告廣告guǎng gàoto advertise
guàngto stroll
规定規定guī dìngto stipulate
国际國際guó jìinternational
果然guǒ ránreally
guōsurname Guo
过程過程guò chéngcourse of events
咳嗽ké souto cough
海洋hǎi yángocean
害羞hài xiūshy
寒假hán jiàwinter vacation
hánsee 汗, 汗国
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight
好处好處hǎo chǔeasy to get along with
好像hǎo xiàngas if
号码號碼hào mǎnumber
合格hé géto meet the standard required
合适合適hé shìsuitable
盒子hé zibox
猴子hóu zimonkey
后悔後悔hòu huǐto regret
后来後來hòu láiafterwards
hòuthick
忽然hū ránsuddenly
互相hù xiāngeach other
护士護士hù shinurse
怀疑懷疑huái yíto doubt (sth)
回忆回憶huí yìto recall
活动活動huó dòngto exercise
活泼活潑huó polively
huǒsurname Huo
获得獲得huò déto obtain
积极積極jī jíactive
积累積累jī lěito accumulate
基础基礎jī chǔbase
激动激動jī dòngto move emotionally
及时及時jí shítimely
即使jí shǐeven if
极其極其jí qíextremely
集合jí héto gather
计划計劃jì huàplan
记者記者jì zhěreporter
技术技術jì shùtechnology
既然jì ránsince
继续繼續jì xùto continue
to send
加班jiā bānto work overtime
加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
家具jiā jùfurniture
gēiused in 掰
价格價格jià géprice
坚持堅持jiān chíto persevere with
减肥減肥jiǎn féito lose weight
减少減少jiǎn shǎoto lessen
将来將來jiāng láiin the future
奖金獎金jiǎng jīnpremium
降低jiàng dīto reduce
jiāoto hand over
交流jiāo liúto exchange
交通jiāo tōngto be connected
骄傲驕傲jiāo àopride
饺子餃子jiǎo zidumpling
教授jiào shòuprofessor
教育jiào yùto educate
接受jiē shòuto accept
节约節約jié yuēto economize
结果結果jiē guǒto bear fruit
解释解釋jiě shìexplanation
尽管儘管jǐn guǎndespite
紧张緊張jǐn zhāngnervous
进行進行jìn xíngto advance
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit
京剧京劇jīng jùBeijing opera
经济經濟jīng jìeconomy
经历經歷jīng lìexperience
经验經驗jīng yànexperience
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful
精神jīng shénspirit
警察jǐng chápolice
竞争競爭jìng zhēngto compete
竟然jìng ránunexpectedly
镜子鏡子jìng zimirror
究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter
举办舉辦jǔ bànto conduct
拒绝拒絕jù juéto refuse
距离距離jù lídistance
开玩笑開玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing
考虑考慮kǎo lǜto think over
科学科學kē xuéscience
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
可怜可憐kě liánpitiful
可是kě shìbut
可惜kě xīit is a pity
肯定kěn dìngto be certain
空气空氣kōng qìair
恐怕kǒng pàfear
bitter
kuānsurname Kuan
kùnto trap
困难困難kùn nandifficult
扩大擴大kuò dàto expand
垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin
to pull
old variant of 辣
来不及來不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth)
来得及來得及lái de jíto have enough time
lǎnvariant of 懒
浪费浪費làng fèito waste
浪漫làng mànromantic
老虎lǎo hǔtiger
冷静冷靜lěng jìngcalm
礼貌禮貌lǐ màocourtesy
理发理髮lǐ fàto get a haircut
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend
理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal
力气力氣lì qistrength
厉害厲害lì hai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible
例如lì rúfor example
liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个)
liánsurname Lian
联系聯係lián xìvariant of 联系
凉快涼快liáng kuainice and cold
liàngbright
聊天liáo tiānto chat
另外lìng wàiadditional
流泪流淚liú lèito shed tears
流利liú lìfluent
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
liúold variant of 留
留学留學liú xuéto study abroad
律师律師lǜ shīlawyer
luànin confusion or disorder
麻烦麻煩má fantrouble
马虎馬虎mǎ hucareless
滿mǎnManchu ethnic group
毛巾máo jīntowel
美丽美麗měi lìbeautiful
mèngdream
密码密碼mì mǎcipher
免费免費miǎn fèifree (of charge)
民族mín zúnationality
母亲母親mǔ qīnmother
目的mù dìpurpose
耐心nài xīnto be patient
难道難道nán dàodon't tell me ...
难受難受nán shòuto feel unwell
nèiinside
内容內容nèi róngcontent
能力néng lìcapability
年龄年齡nián líng(a person's) age
农村農村nóng cūnrural area
lònglane
暖和nuǎn huowarm
偶尔偶爾ǒu ěroccasionally
排列pái lièto arrange in order
判断判斷pàn duànto judge
péito accompany
批评批評pī píngto criticize
皮肤皮膚pí fūskin
脾气脾氣pí qicharacter
piānsheet
piànto cheat
乒乓球pīng pāng qiútable tennis
平时平時píng shíordinarily
瓶子píng zibottle
broken
普遍pǔ biànuniversal
其次qí cìnext
其中qí zhōngamong
起飞起飛qǐ fēi(of an aircraft) to take off
起来起來qǐ laito stand up
气候氣候qì hòu(meteorology) climate
千万千萬qiān wànten million
签证簽證qiān zhèngvisa
qiángvariant of 墙, wall
qiāoto hit
qiáobridge
巧克力qiǎo kè lìchocolate (loanword)
亲戚親戚qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation)
qīnglight
轻松輕鬆qīng sōnglight
情况情況qíng kuàngcircumstances
请假請假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence
请客請客qǐng kèto give a dinner party
qióngpoor
区别區別qū biédifference
to take
全部quán bùwhole
缺点缺點quē diǎnweak point
缺少quē shǎolack
quèold variant of 却
确实確實què shíindeed
qúnvariant of 群
然而rán érhowever
热闹熱鬧rè naobustling with noise and excitement
人民币人民幣rén mín bìRenminbi (RMB)
任何rèn héany
任务任務rèn wumission
rēngto throw
仍然réng ránstill
日记日記rì jìdiary
入口rù kǒuentrance
ruǎnsoft
散步sàn bùto take a walk
森林sēn línforest
沙发沙發shā fāsofa (loanword)
伤心傷心shāng xīnto grieve
商量shāng liangto consult
稍微shāo wēia little bit
社会社會shè huìsociety
申请申請shēn qǐngto apply for sth
shēnold variant of 深
甚至shèn zhìeven
生活shēng huóto live
生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings)
shěngto save
shèngto remain
失败失敗shī bàito be defeated
失望shī wàngdisappointed
师傅師傅shī fumaster
狮子獅子shī zǐLeo (star sign)
湿润濕潤shī rùnmoist
十分shí fēnvery
实际實際shí jìreality
实在實在shí zàireally
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff
使用shǐ yòngto use
世纪世紀shì jìcentury
市场市場shì chǎngmarketplace
shìto test
适合適合shì héto fit
适应適應shì yìngto adapt
shōuto receive
收入shōu rùto take in
收拾shōu shito put in order
首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
首先shǒu xiānfirst (of all)
受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
售货员售貨員shòu huò yuánsalesperson
shūto lose
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with
数量數量shù liàngamount
数字數字shù zìnumeral
shuàisurname Shuai
顺便順便shùn biànconveniently
顺利順利shùn lìsmoothly
顺序順序shùn xùsequence
说明說明shuō míngto explain
硕士碩士shuò shìmaster's degree
to die
速度sù dùspeed
塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
suānsour
suànto regard as
随便隨便suí biànas one wishes
随着隨著suí zhealong with
孙子孫子sūn zǐSun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书
所有suǒ yǒuall
táiTaiwan (abbr.)
táito lift
态度態度tài dumanner
tánsurname Tan
tāngsurname Tang
tǎngto recline
tāngold variant of 趟
讨论討論tǎo lùnto discuss
讨厌討厭tǎo yànto dislike
特点特點tè diǎncharacteristic (feature)
提供tí gōngto offer
提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date
提醒tí xǐngto remind
填空tián kòngto fill a job vacancy
条件條件tiáo jiàncondition
停止tíng zhǐto stop
tǐngstraight
通过通過tōng guòto pass through
通知tōng zhīto notify
同情tóng qíngto sympathize with
tuīto push
推迟推遲tuī chíto postpone
tuōto shed
袜子襪子wà zisocks
完全wán quáncomplete
网球網球wǎng qiútennis
网站網站wǎng zhànwebsite
wǎngto go (in a direction)
往往wǎng wǎngusually
危险危險wēi xiǎndanger
味道wèi daoflavor
温度溫度wēn dùtemperature
文章wén zhāngarticle
握手wò shǒuto shake hands
污染wū rǎnto pollute
not to have
无聊無聊wú liáobored
无论無論wú lùnno matter what or how
误会誤會wù huìto misunderstand
吸引xī yǐnto attract
洗衣机洗衣機xǐ yī jīwashing machine
西红柿西紅柿xī hóng shìtomato
xiánsurname Xian
现代現代xiàn dàiHyundai, South Korean company
限制xiàn zhìto restrict
羡慕羨慕xiàn mùto envy
相反xiāng fǎnopposite
xiāngfragrant
详细詳細xiáng xìdetailed
xiǎngecho
消息xiāo xinews
小说小說xiǎo shuōnovel
效果xiào guǒresult
笑话笑話xiào huajoke
心情xīn qíngmood
辛苦xīn kǔexhausting
信任xìn rènto trust
信心xìn xīnconfidence
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
hángrow
xǐngto wake up
兴奋興奮xīng fènexcited
幸福xìng fúhappiness
性别性別xìng biégender
性格xìng génature
xiūsurname Xiu
许多許多xǔ duōmany
xuèblood
压力壓力yā lìpressure
牙膏yá gāotoothpaste
亚洲亞洲yà zhōuAsia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲)
ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
严格嚴格yán géstrict
严重嚴重yán zhònggrave
研究生yán jiū shēnggraduate student
yánsalt
演出yǎn chūto act (in a play)
演员演員yǎn yuánactor or actress
阳光陽光yáng guāngsunshine
养成養成yǎng chéngto cultivate
样子樣子yàng ziappearance
邀请邀請yāo qǐngto invite
钥匙鑰匙yào shikey
也许也許yě xǔperhaps
叶子葉子yè zileaf
xiéhead
一切yī qièeverything
old variant of 以
亿100 million
艺术藝術yì shùart
意见意見yì jiànidea
因此yīn cǐthus
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to
饮料飲料yǐn liàodrink
印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind)
yíngto beat
yìnghard
永远永遠yǒng yuǎnforever
勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave
优点優點yōu diǎnmerit
优秀優秀yōu xiùoutstanding
幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor
尤其yóu qíespecially
yóuto follow
由于由於yóu yúdue to
有趣yǒu qùinteresting
友好yǒu hǎoYouhao district of Yichun city 市, Heilongjiang
友谊友誼yǒu yìcompanionship
于是於是yú shìthereupon
愉快yú kuàicheerful
variant of 欤
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúshuttlecock
语法語法yǔ fǎgrammar
语言語言yǔ yánlanguage
预习預習yù xíto prepare a lesson
原来原來yuán láioriginal
原谅原諒yuán liàngto excuse
原因yuán yīncause
yuáncircle
约会約會yuē huìappointment
阅读閱讀yuè dúto read
允许允許yǔn xǔto permit
杂志雜誌zá zhìmagazine
咱们咱們zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
暂时暫時zàn shítemporary
zàngviscera
责任責任zé rènresponsibility
增加zēng jiāto raise
增长增長zēng zhǎngto grow
zhǎinarrow
长城長城cháng chéngthe Great Wall
长江長江cháng jiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang
招聘zhāo pìnto invite applications for a job
著名zhù míngfamous
真正zhēn zhènggenuine
整理zhěng lǐto arrange
整齐整齊zhěng qíorderly
正常zhèng chángregular
正好zhèng hǎojust (in time)
正确正確zhèng quècorrect
正式zhèng shìformal
证明證明zhèng míngproof
zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
支持zhī chíto be in favor of
知识知識zhī shiknowledge
直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接)
值得zhí deto be worth
职业職業zhí yèoccupation
植物zhí wùplant
只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...
只要zhǐ yàoif only
zhǐfinger
至少zhì shǎoat least
制造製造zhì zàoto manufacture
质量質量zhì liàngquality
中文zhōng wénChinese language
重点重點chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election)
重视重視zhòng shìto attach importance to sth
重新chóng xīnagain
周围周圍zhōu wéienvirons
zhūhog
逐渐逐漸zhú jiàngradually
主动主動zhǔ dòngto take the initiative
主意zhǔ yiplan
祝贺祝賀zhù hèto congratulate
专门專門zhuān ménspecialist
专业專業zhuān yèspecialty
zhuànto earn
zhuàngto knock against
准确準確zhǔn quèaccurate
准时準時zhǔn shíon time
仔细仔細zǐ xìcareful
自然zì ránnature
总结總結zǒng jiéto sum up
to hire
组成組成zǔ chéngto form
组织組織zǔ zhīto organize
zuǐmouth
最好zuì hǎobest
最后最後zuì hòufinal
尊重zūn zhòngto esteem
作者zuò zhěauthor
zuòseat
座位zuò wèiseat
做生意zuò shēng yìto do business

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