HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Vocabulary List

All 1,059 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 5 exam — the fifth band of the 2021 HSK standard — upper-intermediate vocabulary. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
鼻子		bí zi	nose
宾馆	賓館	bīn guǎn	guesthouse
厨房	廚房	chú fáng	kitchen
聪明	聰明	cōng ming	intelligent
蛋糕		dàn gāo	cake
耳朵		ěr duo	ear
邻居	鄰居	lín jū	neighbor
葡萄		pú tao	grape
瘦		shòu	thin
饼干	餅乾	bǐng gān	biscuit
博士		bó shì	doctor
猜		cāi	to guess
尝	嘗	cháng	to taste
乘坐		chéng zuò	to ride (in a vehicle)
出差		chū chāi	to go on an official or business trip
传真	傳真	chuán zhēn	fax
打扮		dǎ ban	to decorate
打扰	打擾	dǎ rǎo	to disturb
弹	彈	dàn	crossball
丢	丟	diū	to lose
朵		duǒ	flower
放弃	放棄	fàng qì	to renounce
估计	估計	gū jì	to estimate
鼓励	鼓勵	gǔ lì	to encourage
鼓掌		gǔ zhǎng	to applaud
关键	關鍵	guān jiàn	crucial point
汗		hán	see 汗, 汗国
盒子		hé zi	box
后悔	後悔	hòu huǐ	to regret
回忆	回憶	huí yì	to recall
活泼	活潑	huó po	lively
即使		jí shǐ	even if
尽管	儘管	jǐn guǎn	despite
竞争	競爭	jìng zhēng	to compete
拒绝	拒絕	jù jué	to refuse
可怜	可憐	kě lián	pitiful
可惜		kě xī	it is a pity
肯定		kěn dìng	to be certain
浪漫		làng màn	romantic
礼貌	禮貌	lǐ mào	courtesy
厉害	厲害	lì hai	(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible
耐心		nài xīn	to be patient
年龄	年齡	nián líng	(a person's) age
偶尔	偶爾	ǒu ěr	occasionally
陪		péi	to accompany
皮肤	皮膚	pí fū	skin
脾气	脾氣	pí qi	character
骗	騙	piàn	to cheat
签证	簽證	qiān zhèng	visa
敲		qiāo	to hit
扔		rēng	to throw
软	軟	ruǎn	soft
稍微		shāo wēi	a little bit
剩		shèng	to remain
师傅	師傅	shī fu	master
收拾		shōu shi	to put in order
熟悉		shú xī	to be familiar with
硕士	碩士	shuò shì	master's degree
随着	隨著	suí zhe	along with
抬		tái	to lift
讨厌	討厭	tǎo yàn	to dislike
污染		wū rǎn	to pollute
西红柿	西紅柿	xī hóng shì	tomato
详细	詳細	xiáng xì	detailed
辛苦		xīn kǔ	exhausting
邀请	邀請	yāo qǐng	to invite
饮料	飲料	yǐn liào	drink
硬		yìng	hard
幽默		yōu mò	(loanword) humor
尤其		yóu qí	especially
友谊	友誼	yǒu yì	companionship
羽毛球		yǔ máo qiú	shuttlecock
暂时	暫時	zàn shí	temporary
祝贺	祝賀	zhù hè	to congratulate
撞		zhuàng	to knock against
仔细	仔細	zǐ xì	careful
组织	組織	zǔ zhī	to organize
尊重		zūn zhòng	to esteem
安慰		ān wèi	to comfort
岸	㟁	àn	variant of 岸
棒		bàng	stick
彼此		bǐ cǐ	each other
必需		bì xū	to need
毕竟	畢竟	bì jìng	after all
编辑	編輯	biān jí	to edit
病毒		bìng dú	virus
玻璃		bō li	glass
博物馆	博物館	bó wù guǎn	museum
不得了		bù dé liǎo	desperately serious
不免		bù miǎn	inevitably
不耐烦	不耐煩	bù nài fán	impatient
不足		bù zú	insufficient
餐厅	餐廳	cān tīng	dining hall
册	冊	cè	book
叉子		chā zi	fork
插		chā	to insert
差别	差別	chā bié	difference
拆		chāi	to tear open
成语	成語	chéng yǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
乘		chéng	surname Cheng
池子		chí zi	pond
丑		chǒu	surname Chou
臭		chòu	stench
出版		chū bǎn	to publish
除非		chú fēi	only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
除夕		chú xī	lunar New Year's Eve
传递	傳遞	chuán dì	to transmit
窗帘	窗簾	chuāng lián	window curtains
闯	闖	chuǎng	to rush
辞职	辭職	cí zhí	to resign
从而	從而	cóng ér	thus
大象		dà xiàng	elephant
呆		dāi	foolish
贷款	貸款	dài kuǎn	a loan
当代	當代	dāng dài	the present age
挡	擋	dǎng	to resist
道德		dào dé	virtue
地震		dì zhèn	earthquake
等候		děng hòu	to wait
递	遞	dì	to hand over
电池	電池	diàn chí	battery
冻	凍	dòng	to freeze
洞		dòng	cave
堆		duī	to pile up
吨	噸	dūn	ton (loanword)
罚款	罰款	fá kuǎn	to fine
繁荣	繁榮	fán róng	prosperous
分析		fēn xī	to analyze
疯狂	瘋狂	fēng kuáng	crazy
扶		fú	to support with the hand
服从	服從	fú cóng	to obey (an order)
幅		fú	width
改革		gǎi gé	reform
感想		gǎn xiǎng	impressions
干脆	乾脆	gān cuì	candid
搞		gǎo	to do
隔壁		gé bì	next door
沟通	溝通	gōu tōng	to join
古老		gǔ lǎo	ancient
关怀	關懷	guān huái	care
冠军	冠軍	guàn jūn	champion
光荣	光榮	guāng róng	honor and glory
广泛	廣泛	guǎng fàn	extensive
滚	滾	gǔn	to boil
锅	鍋	guō	pot
国籍	國籍	guó jí	nationality
过敏	過敏	guò mǐn	oversensitive
恨		hèn	to hate
恢复	恢復	huī fù	to reinstate
火柴		huǒ chái	match (for lighting fire)
肌肉		jī ròu	muscle
记忆	記憶	jì yì	to remember
甲		jiǎ	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
驾驶	駕駛	jià shǐ	to pilot (ship, airplane etc)
艰苦	艱苦	jiān kǔ	difficult
剪刀		jiǎn dāo	scissors
建筑	建築	jiàn zhù	to construct
键盘	鍵盤	jiàn pán	keyboard
郊区	郊區	jiāo qū	suburban district
胶水	膠水	jiāo shuǐ	glue
接触	接觸	jiē chù	to touch
解放		jiě fàng	to liberate
届	屆	jiè	to arrive at (place or time)
居然		jū rán	unexpectedly
俱乐部	俱樂部	jù lè bù	club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
开幕式	開幕式	kāi mù shì	opening ceremony
烤鸭	烤鴨	kǎo yā	roast duck
颗	顆	kē	classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
客厅	客廳	kè tīng	drawing room (room for arriving guests)
控制		kòng zhì	to control
烂	爛	làn	soft
劳动	勞動	láo dòng	work
梨		lí	pear
利润	利潤	lì rùn	profits
恋爱	戀愛	liàn ài	(romantic) love
铃	鈴	líng	(small) bell
漏		lòu	to leak
逻辑	邏輯	luó ji	logic (loanword)
骂	罵	mà	to scold
矛盾		máo dùn	contradiction
贸易	貿易	mào yì	(commercial) trade
秒		miǎo	second (unit of time)
命令		mìng lìng	order
模仿		mó fǎng	to imitate
模糊		mó hu	vague
牛仔裤	牛仔褲	niú zǎi kù	jeans
偶然		ǒu rán	incidentally
赔偿	賠償	péi cháng	to compensate
盆		pén	basin
披		pī	to drape over one's shoulders
皮鞋		pí xié	leather shoes
匹		pī	mate
频道	頻道	pín dào	frequency
品种	品種	pǐn zhǒng	breed
凭	凴	píng	variant of 凭
启发	啟發	qǐ fā	to enlighten
签字	簽字	qiān zì	to sign (one's name)
欠		qiàn	to owe
枪	槍	qiāng	surname Qiang
抢	搶	qiāng	(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
悄悄		qiāo qiāo	quiet
瞧		qiáo	to look at
勤奋	勤奮	qín fèn	hardworking
青		qīng	abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province
劝	勸	quàn	to advise
缺乏		quē fá	to lack
绕	繞	rào	to wind
人物		rén wù	person
忍不住		rěn bu zhù	cannot help
软件	軟件	ruǎn jiàn	(computer) software
洒	灑	sǎ	to sprinkle
杀	殺	shā	to kill
沙漠		shā mò	desert
傻		shǎ	foolish
扇子		shàn zi	fan
蛇	虵	shé	variant of 蛇
舍不得	捨不得	shě bu de	to hate to do sth
射击	射擊	shè jī	to shoot
摄影	攝影	shè yǐng	to take a photograph
伸		shēn	to stretch
神经	神經	shén jīng	nerve
蔬菜		shū cài	vegetables
鼠标	鼠標	shǔ biāo	mouse (computing)
摔		shuāi	to throw down
私人		sī rén	private
宿舍		sù shè	dormitory
碎		suì	(transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces
损失	損失	sǔn shī	loss
锁	鎖	suǒ	to lock
逃		táo	to escape
桃		táo	peach
提倡		tí chàng	to promote
体积	體積	tǐ jī	volume
土豆		tǔ dòu	potato
吐		tǔ	to spit
围绕	圍繞	wéi rào	to revolve around
违反	違反	wéi fǎn	to violate (a law)
唯一		wéi yī	only
委托	委託	wěi tuō	to entrust
胃		wèi	stomach
卧室	臥室	wò shì	bedroom
无奈	無奈	wú nài	to have no alternative
物质	物質	wù zhì	matter
戏剧	戲劇	xì jù	a drama
吓	嚇	hè	to scare
鲜艳	鮮艷	xiān yàn	bright-colored
享受		xiǎng shòu	to enjoy
象征	象徵	xiàng zhēng	emblem
歇		xiē	to rest
斜		xié	inclined
欣赏	欣賞	xīn shǎng	to appreciate
雄伟	雄偉	xióng wěi	grand
休闲	休閒	xiū xián	leisure
虚心	虛心	xū xīn	open-minded
询问	詢問	xún wèn	to inquire
严肃	嚴肅	yán sù	solemn
咬		yǎo	to bite
业务	業務	yè wù	business
一辈子	一輩子	yī bèi zi	(for) a lifetime
一旦		yī dàn	in case (sth happens)
一路		yī lù	the whole journey
乙		yǐ	second of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
因而		yīn ér	therefore
硬件		yìng jiàn	hardware
拥抱	擁抱	yōng bào	to embrace
优惠	優惠	yōu huì	privilege
犹豫	猶豫	yóu yù	to hesitate
元旦		yuán dàn	New Year's Day
灾害	災害	zāi hài	calamity
糟糕		zāo gāo	too bad
摘		zhāi	to take
展览	展覽	zhǎn lǎn	to put on display
涨	漲	zhǎng	to rise (of prices, rivers)
掌握		zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.)
珍惜		zhēn xī	to treasure
真理		zhēn lǐ	truth
诊断	診斷	zhěn duàn	to diagnose
振动	振動	zhèn dòng	to vibrate
挣钱	掙錢	zhèng qián	to make money
执行	執行	zhí xíng	to implement
竹子		zhú zi	bamboo
主观	主觀	zhǔ guān	subjective
注册	註冊	zhù cè	to register
装饰	裝飾	zhuāng shì	to decorate
紫		zǐ	purple
自豪		zì háo	proud (of one's achievements etc)
自愿	自願	zì yuàn	voluntary
总裁	總裁	zǒng cái	chairman
总算	總算	zǒng suàn	at long last
醉		zuì	intoxicated
尊敬		zūn jìng	to respect
遵守		zūn shǒu	to comply with
岸上		àn shàng	ashore
按摩		àn mó	massage
拔		bá	to pull up
白酒		bái jiǔ	baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum
拜访	拜訪	bài fǎng	to pay a visit
版		bǎn	a register
扮演		bàn yǎn	to play the role of
包围	包圍	bāo wéi	to surround
包装	包裝	bāo zhuāng	to pack
薄弱		bó ruò	weak
保卫	保衛	bǎo wèi	to defend
保养	保養	bǎo yǎng	to take good care of (or conserve) one's health
报答	報答	bào dá	to repay
报警	報警	bào jǐng	to sound an alarm
抱怨		bào yuàn	to complain
悲剧	悲劇	bēi jù	tragedy
悲伤	悲傷	bēi shāng	sad
北极	北極	běi jí	the North Pole
背包		bēi bāo	knapsack
被动	被動	bèi dòng	passive
辈	輩	bèi	lifetime
本人		běn rén	I
比方		bǐ fang	analogy
比重		bǐ zhòng	proportion
必		bì	certainly
闭幕	閉幕	bì mù	the curtain falls
闭幕式	閉幕式	bì mù shì	closing ceremony
边境	邊境	biān jìng	frontier
变动	變動	biàn dòng	to change
便利		biàn lì	convenient
便条	便條	biàn tiáo	(informal) note
便于	便於	biàn yú	easy to
饼	餅	bǐng	round flat cake
博客		bó kè	blog (loanword)
博览会	博覽會	bó lǎn huì	exposition
补偿	補償	bǔ cháng	to compensate
补贴	補貼	bǔ tiē	to subsidize
不曾		bù céng	hasn't yet
不敢当	不敢當	bù gǎn dāng	lit. I dare not (accept the honor)
不顾	不顧	bù gù	in spite of
不利		bù lì	unfavorable
不良		bù liáng	bad
不能不		bù néng bù	have to
不时	不時	bù shí	from time to time
不停		bù tíng	incessant
不幸		bù xìng	misfortune
不许	不許	bù xǔ	not to allow
不易		bù yì	not easy to do sth
不止		bù zhǐ	incessantly
部位		bù wèi	part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)
猜测	猜測	cāi cè	to guess
裁判		cái pàn	judgment
采购	採購	cǎi gòu	to procure (for an enterprise etc)
彩票		cǎi piào	lottery ticket
餐馆	餐館	cān guǎn	restaurant
餐饮	餐飲	cān yǐn	food and beverage
草原		cǎo yuán	grassland
层次	層次	céng cì	layer
叉		chā	fork
查询	查詢	chá xún	to check
差点儿	差點兒	chà diǎn r	erhua variant of 差点
差距		chā jù	disparity
差一点儿	差一點兒	chà yī diǎn r	erhua variant of 差一点
拆除		chāi chú	to tear down
产业	產業	chǎn yè	industry
肠	腸	cháng	intestines
尝试	嘗試	cháng shì	to try
厂长	廠長	chǎng zhǎng	factory director
场面	場面	chǎng miàn	scene
倡导	倡導	chàng dǎo	to advocate
超越		chāo yuè	to surpass
车主	車主	chē zhǔ	vehicle owner
称号	稱號	chēng hào	name
成本		chéng běn	(manufacturing, production etc) costs
成交		chéng jiāo	to complete a contract
成效		chéng xiào	effect
承办	承辦	chéng bàn	to undertake
城里	城裡	chénglǐ	In the city
乘车	乘車	chéng chē	to ride (in a car or carriage)
乘客		chéng kè	passenger
吃力		chī lì	to entail strenuous effort
迟	遲	chí	surname Chi
充足		chōng zú	adequate
冲动	衝動	chōng dòng	to have an urge
冲突	衝突	chōng tū	conflict
愁		chóu	to worry about
出汗		chū hàn	to perspire
出于	出於	chū yú	due to
初期		chū qī	initial stage
处罚	處罰	chǔ fá	to penalize
处分	處分	chǔ fèn	to discipline sb
处在	處在	chǔ zài	to be situated at
传达	傳達	chuán dá	to pass on
创立	創立	chuàng lì	to establish
辞典	辭典	cí diǎn	dictionary (variant of 词典)
此后	此後	cǐ hòu	after this
此刻		cǐ kè	this moment
此时	此時	cǐ shí	now
从中	從中	cóng zhōng	from within
脆	脃	cuì	old variant of 脆
存款		cún kuǎn	to deposit money (in a bank etc)
寸		cùn	a unit of length
达成	達成	dá chéng	to reach (an agreement)
答		dā	bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答, used in 答应, 理 etc
答复	答復	dá fù	variant of 答复
打包		dǎ bāo	to wrap
打击	打擊	dǎ jī	to hit
打架		dǎ jià	to fight
大胆	大膽	dà dǎn	brazen
大都		dà dū	Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
大纲	大綱	dà gāng	synopsis
大伙儿	大伙兒	dà huǒ r	erhua variant of 大伙
大奖赛	大獎賽	dà jiǎng sài	grand prix
大脑	大腦	dà nǎo	brain
大事		dà shì	major event
大厅	大廳	dà tīng	hall
大熊猫	大熊貓	dà xióng māo	giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
大于	大於	dà yú	greater than
大致		dà zhì	more or less
代价	代價	dài jià	price
代理		dài lǐ	to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
带有	帶有	dài yǒu	to have as a feature or characteristic
待		dāi	to stay
单一	單一	dān yī	single
胆	膽	dǎn	gall bladder
胆小	膽小	dǎn xiǎo	cowardice
当场	當場	dāng chǎng	at the scene
当年	當年	dāng nián	in those days
当前	當前	dāng qián	the present time
当选	當選	dāng xuǎn	to be elected
到来	到來	dào lái	to arrive
倒是		dào shi	contrary to what one might expect
地带	地帶	dì dài	zone
地形		dì xíng	topography
得了		dé le	all right!
得以		dé yǐ	able to
等级	等級	děng jí	grade
低于	低於	dī yú	to be lower than
递给	遞給	dì gěi	to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
典礼	典禮	diǎn lǐ	celebration
点燃	點燃	diǎn rán	to ignite
电饭锅	電飯鍋	diàn fàn guō	electric rice cooker
电子版	電子版	diàn zǐ bǎn	electronic edition
调动	調動	diào dòng	to transfer
调节	調節	tiáo jié	to adjust
调解	調解	tiáo jiě	to mediate
动机	動機	dòng jī	motive
动手	動手	dòng shǒu	to set about (a task)
动态	動態	dòng tài	movement
动员	動員	dòng yuán	to mobilize
豆制品	豆製品	dòu zhì pǐn	legume-based product
毒		dú	poison
对立	對立	duì lì	to oppose
对应	對應	duì yìng	to correspond (to)
躲		duǒ	to hide
儿女	兒女	ér nǚ	children
二维码	二維碼	èr wéi mǎ	two-dimensional barcode
发布	發佈	fā bù	to release
发觉	發覺	fā jué	to become aware
发射	發射	fā shè	to shoot (a projectile)
发行	發行	fā xíng	to publish
罚	罰	fá	to punish
法规	法規	fǎ guī	legislation
法制		fǎ zhì	legal system and institutions
返回		fǎn huí	to return to
防治		fáng zhì	to prevent and cure
放大		fàng dà	to enlarge
分成		fēn chéng	to divide (into)
分解		fēn jiě	to resolve
分类	分類	fēn lèi	to classify
分离	分離	fēn lí	to separate
分享		fēn xiǎng	to share (let others have some of sth good)
丰收	豐收	fēng shōu	bumper harvest
风度	風度	fēng dù	elegance (for men)
风光	風光	fēng guāng	scene
疯	瘋	fēng	insane
幅度		fú dù	width
福利		fú lì	material benefit
辅助	輔助	fǔ zhù	to assist
负责人	負責人	fù zé rén	person in charge
附件		fù jiàn	enclosure
干扰	干擾	gān rǎo	to disturb
干预	干預	gān yù	to meddle
钢笔	鋼筆	gāng bǐ	fountain pen
钢琴	鋼琴	gāng qín	piano
高大		gāo dà	tall
高度		gāo dù	height
高跟鞋		gāo gēn xié	high-heeled shoes
高温	高溫	gāo wēn	high temperature
高于	高於	gāo yú	greater than
高原		gāo yuán	plateau
搞好		gǎo hǎo	to do well at
歌曲		gē qǔ	song
个儿	個兒	gè r	size
跟前		gēn qián	the front (of)
跟随	跟隨	gēn suí	to follow
更换	更換	gēng huàn	to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
更新		gēng xīn	to replace the old with new
工艺	工藝	gōng yì	arts and crafts
工艺品	工藝品	gōng yì pǐn	handicraft article
工作日		gōng zuò rì	workday
公告		gōng gào	post
公认	公認	gōng rèn	publicly known (to be)
公式		gōng shì	formula
公正		gōng zhèng	just
共计	共計	gòng jì	to sum up to
共享		gòng xiǎng	to share
沟	溝	gōu	ditch
鼓	皷	gǔ	old variant of 鼓
顾问	顧問	gù wèn	adviser
光线	光線	guāng xiàn	light ray
广		yǎn	"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
规划	規劃	guī huà	to draw up a plan
鬼		guǐ	disembodied spirit
柜子	櫃子	guì zi	cupboard
国民	國民	guó mín	nationals
过度	過度	guò dù	excessive
过于	過於	guò yú	too much
咳		hāi	sound of sighing
害		hài	to do harm to
好运	好運	hǎo yùn	good luck
号召	號召	hào zhào	to call
合并	合並	hé bìng	variant of 合并
合成		hé chéng	to compose
盒		hé	small box
盒饭	盒飯	hé fàn	meal in a partitioned box
贺卡	賀卡	hè kǎ	greeting card
猴		hóu	monkey
胡同儿	胡同兒	hútòngr5	Alley
胡子	鬍子	hú zi	beard
虎		hǔ	tiger
华语	華語	huá yǔ	Chinese language
滑		huá	surname Hua
化石		huà shí	fossil
划分	劃分	huà fēn	to divide up
画面	畫面	huà miàn	scene
环节	環節	huán jié	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
慌		huāng	to get panicky
慌忙		huāng máng	in a great rush
灰色		huī sè	gray
回报	回報	huí bào	(in) return
回避		huí bì	variant of 回避
回顾	回顧	huí gù	to look back
回收		huí shōu	to recycle
回头	回頭	huí tóu	to turn round
回信		huí xìn	to reply
汇款	匯款	huì kuǎn	to remit money
会谈	會談	huì tán	talks
活力		huó lì	energy
火腿		huǒ tuǐ	ham
火灾	火災	huǒ zāi	serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
或是		huò shì	or
机器人	機器人	jī qì rén	robot
机制	機制	jī zhì	mechanism
基地		jī dì	base (of operations)
基金		jī jīn	fund
集团	集團	jí tuán	group
挤	擠	jǐ	to crowd in
技能		jì néng	technical ability
继承	繼承	jì chéng	to inherit
加热	加熱	jiā rè	to heat
加上		jiā shàng	plus
加速		jiā sù	to speed up
加以		jiā yǐ	in addition
夹	夾	jiā	to press from either side
价	價	jià	price
驾照	駕照	jià zhào	driver's license
坚定	堅定	jiān dìng	firm
间接	間接	jiàn jiē	indirect
肩		jiān	shoulder
艰难	艱難	jiān nán	difficult
减轻	減輕	jiǎn qīng	to lighten
剪		jiǎn	surname Jian
剪子		jiǎn zi	clippers
检验	檢驗	jiǎn yàn	to inspect
建造		jiàn zào	to construct
健全		jiàn quán	robust
键	鍵	jiàn	key (on a piano or computer keyboard)
将	將	jiāng	will
将要	將要	jiāng yào	will
奖励	獎勵	jiǎng lì	to reward
交代		jiāo dài	to transfer (duties to sb else)
胶带	膠帶	jiāo dài	adhesive tape
脚步	腳步	jiǎo bù	footstep
接连	接連	jiē lián	on end
解除		jiě chú	to remove
戒		jiè	to guard against
今日		jīn rì	today
尽可能	儘可能	jǐn kě néng	as far as possible
紧紧	緊緊	jǐn jǐn	closely
近来	近來	jìn lái	recently
进化	進化	jìn huà	evolution
经费	經費	jīng fèi	funds
景象		jǐng xiàng	scene
警告		jǐng gào	to warn
竞赛	競賽	jìng sài	to compete
酒鬼		jiǔ guǐ	drunkard
救灾	救災	jiù zāi	to relieve disaster
局面		jú miàn	aspect
局长	局長	jú zhǎng	bureau chief
举动	舉動	jǔ dòng	act
剧本	劇本	jù běn	script for play, opera, movie etc
决不	決不	jué bù	not at all
绝望	絕望	jué wàng	to despair
军人	軍人	jūn rén	serviceman
开幕	開幕	kāi mù	to open (a conference)
看成		kàn chéng	to regard as
看出		kàn chū	to make out
看待		kàn dài	to look upon
考核		kǎo hé	to examine
烤肉		kǎo ròu	barbecue (lit. roast meat)
靠近		kào jìn	to be close to
可		kě	(prefix) can
渴望		kě wàng	to thirst for
客户	客戶	kè hù	client
客气	客氣	kè qi	polite
课题	課題	kè tí	task
空中		kōng zhōng	in the sky
口号	口號	kǒu hào	slogan
库	庫	kù	warehouse
快活		kuài huo	happy
宽度	寬度	kuān dù	width
狂		kuáng	mad
亏	虧	kuī	deficiency
困扰	困擾	kùn rǎo	to perplex
来信	來信	lái xìn	incoming letter
朗读	朗讀	lǎng dú	to read aloud
礼	禮	lǐ	surname Li
礼拜	禮拜	lǐ bài	to attend a religious service
立		lì	surname Li
立场	立場	lì chǎng	position
例外		lì wài	exception
连接	連接	lián jiē	to link
联络	聯絡	lián luò	to get in touch with
联想	聯想	lián xiǎng	Lenovo
脸盆	臉盆	liǎn pén	washbowl
脸色	臉色	liǎn sè	complexion
两岸	兩岸	liǎng àn	bilateral
铃声	鈴聲	líng shēng	ring
领带	領帶	lǐng dài	necktie
令		líng	used in 令
流动	流動	liú dòng	to flow
流通		liú tōng	to circulate
漏洞		lòu dòng	leak
率领	率領	shuài lǐng	to lead
落实	落實	luò shí	practical
码头	碼頭	mǎ tóu	dock
买卖	買賣	mǎi mài	buying and selling
漫画	漫畫	màn huà	caricature
漫长	漫長	màn cháng	very long
毛笔	毛筆	máo bǐ	writing brush
冒	冐	mào	old variant of 冒
煤		méi	coal
煤气	煤氣	méi qì	coal gas
门诊	門診	mén zhěn	outpatient service
迷人		mí rén	fascinating
迷信		mí xìn	superstition
面貌		miàn mào	face
面子		miàn zi	outer surface
敏感		mǐn gǎn	sensitive
明亮		míng liàng	bright
明明		míng míng	obviously
模范	模範	mó fàn	model
模式		mó shì	mode
模样	模樣	mú yàng	look
摩擦		mó cā	friction
摩托		mó tuō	motor (loanword)
目光		mù guāng	gaze
男性		nán xìng	the male sex
南北		nán běi	north and south
南极	南極	nán jí	south pole
难得	難得	nán dé	seldom
难以	難以	nán yǐ	hard to (predict, imagine etc)
脑子	腦子	nǎo zi	brains
内在	內在	nèi zài	inner
能量		néng liàng	energy
年度		nián dù	year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
年前		nián qián	by the end of the year
农产品	農產品	nóng chǎn pǐn	agricultural produce
女性		nǚ xìng	woman
暖	㬉	nuǎn	old variant of 暖
偶像		ǒu xiàng	idol
拍摄	拍攝	pāi shè	to take (a picture)
排除		pái chú	to eliminate
旁		páng	one side
赔	賠	péi	to compensate for loss
配备	配備	pèi bèi	to allocate
配套		pèi tào	to form a complete set
喷	噴	pēn	to puff
骗子	騙子	piàn zi	swindler
拼		pīn	to piece together
频繁	頻繁	pín fán	frequently
品		pǐn	(bound form) article
平坦		píng tǎn	level
平原		píng yuán	field
评估	評估	píng gū	to evaluate
评论	評論	píng lùn	to comment on
泼	潑	pō	to splash
葡萄酒		pú tao jiǔ	(grape) wine
期望		qī wàng	to have expectations
齐全	齊全	qí quán	complete
其		qí	his
启动	啟動	qǐ dòng	to start (a machine)
启事	啟事	qǐ shì	announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
起到		qǐ dào	(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)
起码	起碼	qǐ mǎ	at the minimum
气体	氣體	qì tǐ	gas (i.e. gaseous substance)
气象	氣象	qì xiàng	meteorological feature
签	簽	qiān	to sign one's name
签订	簽訂	qiān dìng	to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
签名	簽名	qiān míng	to sign (one's name with a pen etc)
签约	簽約	qiān yuē	to sign a contract or agreement
前景		qián jǐng	foreground
前提		qián tí	premise
强度	強度	qiáng dù	strength
强迫	強迫	qiǎng pò	to compel
墙壁	牆壁	qiáng bì	wall
抢救	搶救	qiǎng jiù	to rescue
敲门	敲門	qiāo mén	to knock on a door
琴		qín	guqin 琴 (a type of zither)
清晨		qīng chén	early morning
清理		qīng lǐ	to clear up
情节	情節	qíng jié	circumstances
情形		qíng xing	circumstances
晴朗		qíng lǎng	sunny and cloudless
区域	區域	qū yù	area
全都		quán dōu	all
全世界		quán shì jiè	worldwide
泉		quán	spring (small stream)
确立	確立	què lì	to establish
群体	群體	qún tǐ	community
群众	群眾	qún zhòng	mass
染		rǎn	to dye
热量	熱量	rè liàng	heat
热门	熱門	rè mén	popular
人间	人間	rén jiān	the human world
人力		rén lì	manpower
人士		rén shì	person
忍		rěn	to bear
忍受		rěn shòu	to bear
认	認	rèn	to recognize
认定	認定	rèn dìng	to maintain (that sth is true)
仍旧	仍舊	réng jiù	still (remaining)
如此		rú cǐ	like this
如同		rú tóng	like
如下		rú xià	as follows
入门	入門	rù mén	entrance door
散文		sǎn wén	prose
杀毒	殺毒	shā dú	to disinfect
山区	山區	shān qū	mountain area
扇		shān	to fan
商标	商標	shāng biāo	trademark
上级	上級	shàng jí	higher authorities
上下		shàng xià	up and down
上涨	上漲	shàng zhǎng	to rise
稍		shāo	somewhat
舍得	捨得	shě de	to be willing to part with sth
设想	設想	shè xiǎng	to imagine
社		shè	(bound form) society
社区	社區	shè qū	community
射	䠶	shè	old variant of 射
摄像	攝像	shè xiàng	to videotape
摄像机	攝像機	shè xiàng jī	video camera
摄影师	攝影師	shè yǐng shī	photographer
深处	深處	shēn chù	abyss
深度		shēn dù	depth
神		shén	God
神奇		shén qí	magical
神情		shén qíng	look
升高		shēng gāo	to raise
生成		shēng chéng	to generate
声	聲	shēng	sound
胜负	勝負	shèng fù	victory or defeat
剩下		shèng xià	to remain
失误	失誤	shī wù	lapse
诗歌	詩歌	shī gē	poem
十足		shí zú	ample
时常	時常	shí cháng	often
时光	時光	shí guāng	time
时机	時機	shí jī	opportunity
时事	時事	shí shì	current trends
实惠	實惠	shí huì	tangible benefit
使得		shǐ de	usable
示范	示範	shì fàn	to demonstrate
式		shì	type
势力	勢力	shì li	power
视频	視頻	shì pín	video
视为	視為	shì wéi	to view as
试图	試圖	shì tú	to attempt
拾		shè	to ascend in light steps
收购	收購	shōu gòu	to purchase (from various places)
收集		shōu jí	to gather
手段		shǒu duàn	method
手法		shǒu fǎ	technique
寿司	壽司	shòu sī	sushi
受灾	受災	shòu zāi	disaster-stricken
书法	書法	shū fǎ	calligraphy
书柜	書櫃	shū guì	bookcase
书桌	書桌	shū zhuō	desk
输出	輸出	shū chū	to export
鼠		shǔ	(bound form) rat
数目	數目	shù mù	amount
摔倒		shuāi dǎo	to fall down
双手	雙手	shuāng shǒu	both hands
水产品	水產品	shuǐ chǎn pǐn	aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
水分		shuǐ fèn	moisture content
水库	水庫	shuǐ kù	reservoir
水灾	水災	shuǐ zāi	flood
睡眠		shuì mián	sleep
说法	說法	shuō fǎ	to expound Buddhist teachings
思维	思維	sī wéi	(line of) thought
四周		sì zhōu	all around
搜		sōu	to search
搜索		sōu suǒ	to search (a place)
酸甜苦辣		suān tián kǔ là	sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
随后	隨後	suí hòu	soon after
随意	隨意	suí yì	as one wishes
岁月	歲月	suì yuè	years
损害	損害	sǔn hài	harm
所在		suǒ zài	place
台风	臺風	tái fēng	stage presence, poise
抬头	抬頭	tái tóu	to raise one's head
太空		tài kōng	outer space
逃跑		táo pǎo	to flee from sth
逃走		táo zǒu	to escape
桃花		táo huā	peach blossom
桃树	桃樹	táo shù	peach tree
特定		tè dìng	special
特性		tè xìng	property
特有		tè yǒu	specific (to)
提起		tí qǐ	to mention
提示		tí shì	to point out
题材	題材	tí cái	subject matter
体力	體力	tǐ lì	physical strength
天才		tiān cái	talent
天然气	天然氣	tiān rán qì	natural gas
天文		tiān wén	astronomy
厅	廳	tīng	(reception) hall
停留		tíng liú	to stay somewhere temporarily
通用		tōng yòng	to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
偷		tōu	to steal
偷偷		tōu tōu	stealthily
突破		tū pò	to break through
兔	兎	tù	variant of 兔
团长	團長	tuán zhǎng	regimental command
推行		tuī xíng	to put into effect
脱离	脫離	tuō lí	to separate oneself from
外界		wài jiè	the outside world
完了		wán le	to be finished
微博		wēi bó	microblogging
违法	違法	wéi fǎ	illegal
违规	違規	wéi guī	to violate the rules
卫星	衛星	wèi xīng	satellite
为难	為難	wéi nán	to feel embarrassed or awkward
为期	為期	wéi qī	(to be done) by (a certain date)
为止	為止	wéi zhǐ	until
为主	為主	wéi zhǔ	to rely mainly on
慰问	慰問	wèi wèn	to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
温和	溫和	wēn hé	mild
文艺	文藝	wén yì	literature and art
握		wò	to hold
污水		wū shuǐ	sewage
屋		wū	(bound form) house
无疑	無疑	wú yí	undoubtedly
舞		wǔ	to dance
物价	物價	wù jià	(commodity) prices
物业	物業	wù yè	property
误解	誤解	wù jiě	to misunderstand
喜剧	喜劇	xǐ jù	comedy
戏	戯	xì	variant of 戏
西装	西裝	xī zhuāng	suit
先后	先後	xiān hòu	early or late
先前		xiān qián	before
闲	閑	xián	enclosure
显	顯	xiǎn	to make visible
现有	現有	xiàn yǒu	currently existing
现状	現狀	xiàn zhuàng	current situation
线索	線索	xiàn suǒ	trail
献	獻	xiàn	to offer
乡	鄉	xiāng	country or countryside
乡村	鄉村	xiāng cūn	rustic
相等		xiāng děng	equal
相声	相聲	xiàng sheng	comic dialogue
相应	相應	xiāng yìng	to correspond
香肠	香腸	xiāng cháng	sausage
向导	嚮導	xiàng dǎo	guide
向前		xiàng qián	forward
向上		xiàng shàng	upward
消除		xiāo chú	to eliminate
消毒		xiāo dú	to disinfect
消防		xiāo fáng	firefighting
消费者	消費者	xiāo fèi zhě	consumer
消极	消極	xiāo jí	negative
小偷儿	小偷兒	xiǎotōur5	Thief
协议	協議	xié yì	agreement
协议书	協議書	xié yì shū	contract
心态	心態	xīn tài	attitude (of the heart)
心疼		xīn téng	to love dearly
信念		xìn niàn	faith
信箱		xìn xiāng	mailbox
行驶	行駛	xíng shǐ	to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
形态	形態	xíng tài	shape
性能		xìng néng	function
熊		xióng	surname Xiong
修复	修復	xiū fù	to restore
修建		xiū jiàn	to build
修养	修養	xiū yǎng	accomplishment
许可	許可	xǔ kě	to allow
选修	選修	xuǎn xiū	(at a school) to take as an elective
学科	學科	xué kē	subject
学位	學位	xué wèi	academic degree
学者	學者	xué zhě	scholar
寻求	尋求	xún qiú	to seek
押金		yā jīn	deposit
鸭子	鴨子	yā zi	duck
亚军	亞軍	yà jūn	second place (in a sports contest)
延伸		yán shēn	to extend
严厉	嚴厲	yán lì	severe
言语	言語	yán yǔ	words
研究所		yán jiū suǒ	research institute
眼光		yǎn guāng	gaze
摇头	搖頭	yáo tóu	to shake one's head
也好		yě hǎo	that's fine
夜间	夜間	yè jiān	nighttime
一带	一帶	yī dài	region
一句话	一句話	yī jù huà	in a word
一口气	一口氣	yī kǒu qì	one breath
一流		yī liú	top quality
一身		yī shēn	whole body
一下子		yī xià zi	in a short while
一向		yī xiàng	always (previously)
依法		yī fǎ	legal (proceedings)
依旧	依舊	yī jiù	as before
依据	依據	yī jù	according to
依照		yī zhào	according to
以便		yǐ biàn	so that
以往		yǐ wǎng	in the past
意识	意識	yì shí	consciousness
意味着	意味著	yì wèi zhe	to signify
意志		yì zhì	will
饮食	飲食	yǐn shí	eating and drinking
印刷		yìn shuā	to print
拥有	擁有	yōng yǒu	to have
用不着	用不著	yòng bu zháo	not need
用户	用戶	yòng hù	user
用来	用來	yòng lái	to be used for
用于	用於	yòng yú	to use in
优先	優先	yōu xiān	to have priority
由此		yóu cǐ	hereby
游泳池		yóu yǒng chí	swimming pool
有毒		yǒu dú	poisonous
有害		yǒu hài	destructive
有力		yǒu lì	powerful
有利于	有利於	yǒu lì yú	to be advantageous to
有着	有著	yǒu zhe	to have
羽绒服	羽絨服	yǔ róng fú	down-filled garment
雨水		yǔ shuǐ	Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 19th February-5th March
预备	預備	yù bèi	to prepare
预期	預期	yù qī	to expect
园林	園林	yuán lín	gardens
原理		yuán lǐ	principle
原始		yuán shǐ	first
原先		yuán xiān	originally
原有		yuán yǒu	original
远处	遠處	yuǎn chù	distant place
怨		yuàn	to blame
愿		yuàn	honest
约束	約束	yuē shù	to restrict
月饼	月餅	yuè bǐng	mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
月球		yuè qiú	the moon
阅览室	閱覽室	yuè lǎn shì	reading room
运	運	yùn	to move
运行	運行	yùn xíng	to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc)
灾	災	zāi	disaster
灾难	災難	zāi nàn	disaster
灾区	災區	zāi qū	disaster area
再次		zài cì	one more time
再也		zài yě	(not) any more
在场	在場	zài chǎng	to be present
在内	在內	zài nèi	(included) in it
暂停	暫停	zàn tíng	to suspend
糟		zāo	dregs
早期		zǎo qī	early period
增		zēng	(bound form) to increase
增产	增產	zēng chǎn	to increase production
增大		zēng dà	to enlarge
增多		zēng duō	to increase
增强	增強	zēng qiáng	to increase
赠	贈	zèng	to give as a present
赠送	贈送	zèng sòng	to present as a gift
展示		zhǎn shì	to reveal
展现	展現	zhǎn xiàn	to unfold before one's eyes
占领	佔領	zhàn lǐng	to capture
占有	佔有	zhàn yǒu	to have
长度	長度	cháng dù	length
长寿	長壽	cháng shòu	Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
涨价	漲價	zhǎng jià	to appreciate (in value)
招生		zhāo shēng	to enroll new students
招手		zhāo shǒu	to wave
珍贵	珍貴	zhēn guì	precious
珍珠		zhēn zhū	pearl
真诚	真誠	zhēn chéng	sincere
真相		zhēn xiàng	the truth about sth
震惊	震驚	zhèn jīng	to shock
争议	爭議	zhēng yì	controversy
挣	掙	zhēng	used in 挣扎
正版		zhèng bǎn	genuine
正规	正規	zhèng guī	regular
正如		zhèng rú	just as
正义	正義	zhèng yì	justice
证实	證實	zhèng shí	to confirm (sth to be true)
证书	證書	zhèng shū	credentials
之内	之內	zhī nèi	inside
之外		zhī wài	outside
之下		zhī xià	under
之中		zhī zhōng	inside
支出		zhī chū	to spend
支配		zhī pèi	to control
直线	直線	zhí xiàn	straight line
值班		zhí bān	to work a shift
职能	職能	zhí néng	function
职位	職位	zhí wèi	position
职务	職務	zhí wù	post
只不过	只不過	zhǐ bu guò	only
只见	只見	zhǐ jiàn	to see (the same thing) over and over again
指标	指標	zhǐ biāo	(production) target
指甲		zhǐ jia	fingernail
指示		zhǐ shì	to point out
指责	指責	zhǐ zé	to criticize
至		zhì	to arrive
制成	製成	zhì chéng	to manufacture
制约	制約	zhì yuē	to restrict
治安		zhì ān	law and order
治理		zhì lǐ	to govern
中毒		zhòng dú	to be poisoned
中断	中斷	zhōng duàn	to cut short
中秋节	中秋節	zhōng qiū jié	the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
中央		zhōng yāng	central
中药	中藥	zhōng yào	traditional Chinese medicine
终点	終點	zhōng diǎn	the end
终身	終身	zhōng shēn	lifelong
终止	終止	zhōng zhǐ	to stop
众多	眾多	zhòng duō	numerous
周期	週期	zhōu qī	period
主办	主辦	zhǔ bàn	to organize
主导	主導	zhǔ dǎo	leading
主管		zhǔ guǎn	in charge
主体	主體	zhǔ tǐ	main part
助理		zhù lǐ	assistant
助手		zhù shǒu	assistant
注射		zhù shè	injection
注视	注視	zhù shì	to look attentively at
注重		zhù zhòng	to pay attention to
专辑	專輯	zhuān jí	album
专利	專利	zhuān lì	patent
转化	轉化	zhuǎn huà	to change
转换	轉換	zhuǎn huàn	to change
转让	轉讓	zhuǎn ràng	to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
转向	轉向	zhuǎn xiàng	to change direction
资本	資本	zī běn	capital (economics)
资产	資產	zī chǎn	property
资助	資助	zī zhù	to subsidize
自杀	自殺	zì shā	to kill oneself
子弹	子彈	zǐ dàn	bullet
总数	總數	zǒng shù	total
总体	總體	zǒng tǐ	completely
阻碍	阻礙	zǔ ài	to obstruct

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