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HSK 6 Vocabulary

HSK 6 is the 6th level of the HSK 3.0 system and belongs to the Intermediate band. Learners at this level can read academic and professional Chinese with confidence.. The official word list adds 1,140 new words at this level, for a cumulative total of 5,456 words.

HSK 6 Word List

Showing all 1134 words for HSK 6, including official variant forms.

  • 挨着āi zhe

    near

  • 挨ái

    in order; in sequence

  • 挨打ái dǎ

    to take a beating

  • 安检ān jiǎn

    security check (abbr. for 安全检查)

  • 罢工bà gōng

    a strike

  • 罢了bà le

    a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

  • 白领bái lǐng

    white-collar

  • 百分点bǎi fēn diǎn

    percentage point

  • 办公bàn gōng

    to handle official business

  • 办事处bàn shì chù

    office

  • 办学bàn xué

    to run a school

  • 半决赛bàn jué sài

    semifinals

  • 傍晚bàng wǎn

    in the evening

  • 保健bǎo jiàn

    health protection

  • 报刊bào kān

    newspapers and periodicals

  • 报考bào kǎo

    to enter oneself for an examination

  • 抱歉bào qiàn

    to be sorry

  • 暴风雨bào fēng yǔ

    rainstorm

  • 暴力bào lì

    violence

  • 暴露bào lù

    to expose

  • 暴雨bào yǔ

    torrential rain

  • 爆bào

    to explode or burst

  • 爆发bào fā

    to break out

  • 爆炸bào zhà

    explosion

  • 悲惨bēi cǎn

    miserable

  • 背心bèi xīn

    sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)

  • 背着bèi zhe

    carrying on one's back

  • 被告bèi gào

    defendant

  • 奔跑bēn pǎo

    to run

  • 本běn

    root

  • 本地běn dì

    local

  • 本期běn qī

    the current period

  • 本身běn shēn

    itself

  • 本土běn tǔ

    one's native country

  • 本质běn zhì

    essence

  • 逼bī

    variant of 逼

  • 笔试bǐ shì

    written examination

  • 必将bì jiāng

    inevitably

  • 必修bì xiū

    (of an academic course) required

  • 闭bì

    to close

  • 边缘biān yuán

    edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery

  • 编制biān zhì

    to establish (a unit or department)

  • 扁biǎn

    surname Pian

  • 变更biàn gēng

    to change

  • 变换biàn huàn

    to transform

  • 变形biàn xíng

    to become deformed; to change shape; to morph

  • 便biàn

    plain

  • 便是biàn shì

    (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)

  • 遍地biàn dì

    everywhere

  • 表面上biǎo miàn shang

    outwardly; superficially; on the face of it

  • 病房bìng fáng

    ward (of a hospital)

  • 病情bìng qíng

    state of an illness

  • 拨打bō dǎ

    to call

  • 波动bō dòng

    to undulate

  • 波浪bō làng

    wave

  • 播bō

    to sow

  • 不便bù biàn

    inconvenient

  • 不见bù jiàn

    not to see

  • 不料bù liào

    unexpectedly

  • 不再bù zài

    no more

  • 不至于bù zhì yú

    unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

  • 补考bǔ kǎo

    to sit for a makeup exam

  • 补课bǔ kè

    to make up missed lesson

  • 补习bǔ xí

    to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor

  • 补助bǔ zhù

    to subsidize

  • 捕bǔ

    to catch

  • 不成bù chéng

    won't do

  • 不禁bù jīn

    can't help (doing sth)

  • 不仅仅bù jǐn jǐn

    not only; not just

  • 不通bù tōng

    to be obstructed

  • 不怎么bù zěn me

    not very

  • 不怎么样bù zěn me yàng

    not up to much

  • 不值bù zhí

    not worth

  • 布满bù mǎn

    to be covered with

  • 部队bù duì

    army

  • 采纳cǎi nà

    to accept

  • 踩cǎi

    variant of 踩

  • 参赛cān sài

    to compete

  • 参展cān zhǎn

    to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

  • 餐cān

    meal

  • 残疾cán jí

    disabled

  • 残疾人cán jí rén

    disabled person

  • 残酷cán kù

    cruel

  • 惨cǎn

    miserable

  • 仓库cāng kù

    depot

  • 藏cáng

    Tibet

  • 操纵cāo zòng

    to operate

  • 厕所cè suǒ

    toilet

  • 侧cè

    the side

  • 测定cè dìng

    to determine (by measuring or surveying)

  • 策划cè huà

    to plot

  • 策略cèlüè

    strategy; tactics

  • 层面céng miàn

    aspect

  • 差异chā yì

    difference; discrepancy

  • 查出chá chū

    to find out

  • 查看chá kàn

    to look over

  • 拆迁chāi qiān

    to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

  • 产量chǎn liàng

    output

  • 昌盛chāng shèng

    prosperous

  • 长短cháng duǎn

    length

  • 长假cháng jià

    long vacation

  • 长久cháng jiǔ

    (for a) long time

  • 长跑cháng pǎo

    long-distance running

  • 长远cháng yuǎn

    long-term

  • 常规cháng guī

    code of conduct

  • 常年cháng nián

    all year round

  • 厂商chǎng shāng

    manufacturer

  • 场地chǎng dì

    space

  • 场馆chǎng guǎn

    sporting venue

  • 场景chǎng jǐng

    scene; scenario; situation; setting

  • 畅通chàng tōng

    unimpeded

  • 超chāo

    to exceed

  • 超出chāo chū

    to exceed

  • 炒chǎo

    to sauté

  • 炒股chǎo gǔ

    (coll.) to speculate in stocks

  • 炒作chǎo zuò

    to hype

  • 车号chē hào

    vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)

  • 车牌chē pái

    license plate

  • 车展chē zhǎn

    motor show

  • 撤离chè lí

    to withdraw from

  • 撤销chè xiāo

    to repeal

  • 撑chēng

    to support

  • 成chéng

    surname Cheng

  • 成分chéng fèn

    composition; ingredient; element; component

  • 成品chéng pǐn

    finished goods

  • 承诺chéng nuò

    to promise

  • 城区chéng qū

    city district

  • 城乡chéng xiāng

    city and countryside

  • 城镇chéng zhèn

    town

  • 持有chí yǒu

    to hold (passport, views etc)

  • 冲击chōng jī

    variant of 冲击

  • 重建chóng jiàn

    to rebuild

  • 重组chóngzǔ

    to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure

  • 崇拜chóng bài

    to worship

  • 宠物chǒng wù

    house pet

  • 冲chòng

    (of water) to dash against

  • 出场chū chǎng

    (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform

  • 出动chū dòng

    to start out on a trip

  • 出访chū fǎng

    to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation

  • 出路chū lù

    a way out (lit. and fig.)

  • 出面chū miàn

    to appear personally

  • 出名chū míng

    well-known for sth

  • 出入chū rù

    to go out and come in

  • 出事chū shì

    to have an accident

  • 出台chū tái

    to officially launch (a policy, program etc)

  • 出行chū xíng

    to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)

  • 初等chū děng

    elementary (i.e. easy)

  • 除chú

    to get rid of

  • 厨师chú shī

    cook

  • 储存chǔ cún

    stockpile

  • 处处chù chù

    everywhere

  • 处长chùzhǎng

    department head

  • 传出chuán chū

    to transmit outwards

  • 传媒chuán méi

    media

  • 传输chuán shū

    to transmit

  • 传言chuán yán

    rumor

  • 船员chuán yuán

    sailor

  • 船长chuánzhǎng

    captain (of a boat)

  • 船只chuán zhī

    ship

  • 串chuàn

    to string together

  • 窗口chuāng kǒu

    window

  • 创办chuàng bàn

    to establish

  • 创建chuàng jiàn

    to found

  • 创意chuàng yì

    creative

  • 此处cǐ chù

    this place

  • 此次cǐ cì

    this time

  • 此前cǐ qián

    before this

  • 此事cǐ shì

    this matter

  • 此致cǐ zhì

    (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)

  • 次数cì shù

    number of times

  • 从不cóng bù

    never

  • 从没cóng méi

    never (in the past)

  • 醋cù

    vinegar

  • 村庄cūn zhuāng

    village

  • 错过cuò guò

    to miss (train, opportunity etc)

  • 搭dā

    to put up

  • 搭档dā dàng

    to cooperate

  • 搭配dā pèi

    to pair up

  • 打动dǎ dòng

    to move (to pity)

  • 打断dǎ duàn

    to interrupt

  • 打发dǎ fa

    to dispatch sb to do sth

  • 打官司dǎ guān si

    to file a lawsuit

  • 打牌dǎ pái

    to play mahjong or cards

  • 打印机dǎ yìn jī

    printer

  • 打造dǎ zào

    to create

  • 大道dà dào

    main street

  • 大街dà jiē

    street

  • 大力dà lì

    energetically

  • 大米dà mǐ

    (husked) rice

  • 大批dà pī

    large quantities of

  • 大赛dà sài

    grand contest

  • 大师dà shī

    great master

  • 大使dà shǐ

    ambassador

  • 待会儿dāi huì r

    in a moment

  • 担忧dān yōu

    to worry

  • 单打dān dǎ

    singles (in sports)

  • 诞生dàn shēng

    to be born

  • 党dǎng

    surname Dang

  • 当dàng

    (onom.) dong

  • 当成dàng chéng

    to consider as; to take to be

  • 当天dàng tiān

    on that day

  • 当作dàng zuò

    to treat as

  • 档dàng

    (Tw) variant of 挡, gear

  • 档案dàng àn

    file

  • 岛dǎo

    variant of 岛

  • 到期dào qī

    to fall due (loan etc)

  • 盗版dào bǎn

    pirated

  • 道教dào jiào

    Taoism

  • 道歉dào qiàn

    to apologize

  • 低头dī tóu

    to bow the head

  • 低温dī wēn

    low temperature

  • 滴dī

    a drop

  • 抵达dǐ dá

    to arrive

  • 抵抗dǐ kàng

    to resist

  • 地板dì bǎn

    floor

  • 地名dì míng

    place name

  • 地下室dì xià shì

    basement

  • 电车diàn chē

    trolleybus

  • 电动diàn dòng

    electric-powered

  • 电力diàn lì

    electrical power

  • 电器diàn qì

    (electrical) appliance

  • 吊diào

    to suspend

  • 调研diào yán

    to investigate and research

  • 跌diē

    to fall

  • 定价dìng jià

    to set a price

  • 定时dìng shí

    to fix a time

  • 定位dìng wèi

    to orientate

  • 动画dòng huà

    animation

  • 斗争dòu zhēng

    a struggle

  • 都市dū shì

    city; metropolis

  • 毒品dú pǐn

    drugs

  • 赌dǔ

    to bet

  • 赌博dǔ bó

    to gamble

  • 渡dù

    to cross

  • 端duān

    end

  • 端午节duān wǔ jié

    Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)

  • 短片duǎn piàn

    short film

  • 队伍duì wu

    ranks

  • 对抗duì kàng

    to withstand

  • 对外duì wài

    external

  • 蹲dūn

    to crouch

  • 多半duō bàn

    most

  • 多方面duō fāng miàn

    many-sided

  • 多媒体duō méi tǐ

    multimedia

  • 夺duó

    to seize

  • 夺取duó qǔ

    to seize

  • 恩人ēn rén

    a benefactor

  • 儿科ér kē

    pediatrics

  • 发病fā bìng

    (of an illness) to occur

  • 发电fā diàn

    to generate electricity

  • 发放fā fàng

    to provide

  • 发怒fā nù

    to get angry

  • 发起fā qǐ

    to originate

  • 发言人fā yán rén

    spokesperson

  • 发炎fā yán

    to become inflamed

  • 法庭fǎ tíng

    court of law

  • 法语fǎ yǔ

    French (language)

  • 番fān

    surname Pan

  • 番茄fān qié

    tomato

  • 凡是fán shì

    each and every

  • 繁殖fán zhí

    to breed

  • 反抗fǎn kàng

    to resist

  • 反问fǎn wèn

    to ask (a question) in reply

  • 反响fǎn xiǎng

    repercussions

  • 犯fàn

    to violate

  • 犯规fàn guī

    to break the rules

  • 犯罪fàn zuì

    to commit a crime

  • 防范fáng fàn

    to be on guard

  • 防守fáng shǒu

    to defend

  • 房价fáng jià

    house price

  • 仿佛fǎng fú

    variant of 仿佛

  • 飞船fēi chuán

    spaceship

  • 飞行员fēi xíng yuán

    pilot

  • 肺fèi

    lung

  • 分工fēn gōng

    to divide up the work

  • 分裂fēn liè

    to split up

  • 愤怒fèn nù

    angry

  • 风暴fēng bào

    storm

  • 峰会fēng huì

    summit meeting

  • 奉献fèng xiàn

    to offer respectfully

  • 佛fó

    Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀)

  • 佛教fó jiào

    Buddhism

  • 服fú

    clothes

  • 浮fú

    to float

  • 父女fù nǚ

    father and daughter

  • 父子fù zǐ

    father and son

  • 负fù

    to bear

  • 妇女fù nǚ

    woman

  • 复苏fù sū

    to recover (health, economic)

  • 副fù

    secondary

  • 富人fù rén

    rich person

  • 富有fù yǒu

    rich; wealthy; affluent

  • 改装gǎi zhuāng

    to change one's costume

  • 干涉gān shè

    to interfere

  • 肝gān

    liver

  • 杆gǎn

    pole

  • 赶不上gǎn bu shàng

    can't keep up with

  • 赶忙gǎn máng

    to hurry

  • 赶上gǎn shàng

    to keep up with

  • 敢于gǎn yú

    to have the courage to do sth

  • 感人gǎn rén

    touching; moving

  • 刚好gāng hǎo

    just

  • 岗位gǎng wèi

    a post; a job

  • 港口gǎng kǒu

    port

  • 高层gāo céng

    high-rise

  • 高档gāo dàng

    superior quality

  • 高等gāo děng

    high-level

  • 高峰gāo fēng

    peak

  • 高考gāo kǎo

    college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)

  • 高科技gāo kē jì

    high tech; high technology

  • 高手gāo shǒu

    expert

  • 稿子gǎo zi

    draft of a document

  • 歌唱gē chàng

    to sing

  • 歌词gē cí

    song lyric

  • 歌星gē xīng

    singing star

  • 革新gé xīn

    to innovate

  • 更是gèng shì

    even more (so)

  • 工商gōng shāng

    industry and commerce

  • 公gōng

    public

  • 公安gōng ān

    (Ministry of) Public Security

  • 公鸡gōng jī

    cock

  • 公众gōng zhòng

    public

  • 公主gōng zhǔ

    princess

  • 攻击gōng jī

    to attack

  • 供给gōng jǐ

    to furnish

  • 宫gōng

    surname Gong

  • 巩固gǒng gù

    to consolidate

  • 贡献gòng xiàn

    to contribute

  • 构建gòu jiàn

    to construct (sth abstract)

  • 孤独gū dú

    lonely

  • 孤儿gū ér

    orphan

  • 姑姑gū gu

    paternal aunt

  • 古典gǔ diǎn

    classical

  • 股gǔ

    thigh

  • 股东gǔ dōng

    shareholder

  • 股票gǔ piào

    share certificate

  • 故障gù zhàng

    malfunction

  • 顾gù

    surname Gu

  • 刮guā

    to scrape

  • 拐guǎi

    to turn (a corner etc)

  • 关爱guān ài

    to show concern and care for

  • 关联guān lián

    to be related; to be connected

  • 观光guān guāng

    to tour

  • 官司guān si

    lawsuit

  • 管道guǎn dào

    tubing

  • 光辉guāng huī

    radiance

  • 广阔guǎng kuò

    wide

  • 轨道guǐ dào

    track (for trains etc)

  • 跪guì

    to kneel

  • 国产guó chǎn

    domestically produced

  • 国歌guó gē

    national anthem

  • 国会guó huì

    Parliament (UK)

  • 国旗guó qí

    flag (of a country)

  • 国王guó wáng

    king

  • 果酱guǒ jiàng

    jam

  • 果树guǒ shù

    fruit tree

  • 过渡guò dù

    to cross over (by ferry)

  • 过后guò hòu

    after the event

  • 过时guò shí

    old-fashioned

  • 海报hǎi bào

    poster

  • 海底hǎi dǐ

    seabed

  • 海军hǎi jūn

    navy

  • 海浪hǎi làng

    sea wave

  • 海外hǎi wài

    overseas

  • 海湾hǎi wān

    (Persian) Gulf

  • 海洋hǎi yáng

    ocean

  • 好容易hǎo róng yì

    (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty

  • 好似hǎo sì

    to seem

  • 好转hǎo zhuǎn

    to improve

  • 好学hào xué

    easy to learn

  • 合约hé yuē

    treaty

  • 和谐hé xié

    harmonious

  • 核心hé xīn

    core; nucleus

  • 黑夜hēi yè

    night

  • 很难说hěn nán shuō

    Hard to say

  • 狠hěn

    ruthless

  • 横héng

    horizontal

  • 衡量héng liáng

    to weigh

  • 宏大hóng dà

    great

  • 洪水hóng shuǐ

    deluge; flood

  • 忽略hūlüè

    to neglect; to overlook; to ignore

  • 壶hú

    pot

  • 互动hù dòng

    to interact

  • 户外hù wài

    outdoor

  • 护hù

    to protect

  • 花费huā fèi

    expense

  • 花瓶huā píng

    flower vase

  • 花生huā shēng

    peanut

  • 化解huà jiě

    to dissolve

  • 幻想huàn xiǎng

    delusion

  • 患者huàn zhě

    patient; sufferer

  • 皇帝huáng dì

    emperor

  • 回应huí yìng

    to respond

  • 毁huǐ

    to destroy; to ruin

  • 会见huì jiàn

    to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)

  • 会长huì zhǎng

    president of a club, committee etc

  • 绘画huì huà

    drawing

  • 昏hūn

    muddle-headed

  • 混hùn

    confused

  • 混合hùn hé

    to mix

  • 混乱hùn luàn

    confusion

  • 活跃huó yuè

    active

  • 火箭huǒ jiàn

    rocket

  • 机动车jī dòng chē

    motor vehicle

  • 机关jī guān

    mechanism; gear

  • 机械jī xiè

    machine

  • 基督教jī dū jiào

    Christianity

  • 激情jī qíng

    passion

  • 吉利jí lì

    Geely, Chinese car make

  • 吉祥jí xiáng

    lucky

  • 极端jí duān

    extreme

  • 急救jí jiù

    to give emergency treatment

  • 疾病jí bìng

    disease; sickness; ailment

  • 集jí

    to gather

  • 给予jǐ yǔ

    (literary) to give; to accord; to render

  • 加盟jiā méng

    to become a member of an alliance or union

  • 家电jiā diàn

    household electric appliance

  • 家园jiā yuán

    home

  • 嘉宾jiā bīn

    esteemed guest

  • 假日jià rì

    holiday

  • 尖jiān

    pointed; tapering; sharp

  • 监测jiān cè

    to monitor

  • 监督jiān dū

    to control

  • 捡jiǎn

    to pick up

  • 简介jiǎn jiè

    summary

  • 剑jiàn

    double-edged sword

  • 鉴定jiàn dìng

    to appraise

  • 箭jiàn

    arrow

  • 将军jiāng jūn

    (common place name)

  • 讲课jiǎng kè

    teach

  • 酱jiàng

    thick paste of fermented soybean

  • 酱油jiàng yóu

    soy sauce

  • 骄傲jiāo ào

    pride

  • 焦点jiāo diǎn

    focal point; focus (lit. and fig.)

  • 脚印jiǎo yìn

    footprint

  • 觉jiào

    a nap

  • 教堂jiào táng

    church

  • 教育部jiào yù bù

    Ministry of Education

  • 接收jiē shōu

    reception (of transmitted signal)

  • 揭jiē

    surname Jie

  • 街头jiē tóu

    street

  • 节jié

    see 节骨眼

  • 节假日jié jià rì

    public holiday

  • 节能jié néng

    to save energy

  • 节奏jié zòu

    rhythm

  • 杰出jié chū

    outstanding

  • 截止jié zhǐ

    to close

  • 截至jié zhì

    up to (a time)

  • 解jiě

    surname Xie

  • 解说jiě shuō

    to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary

  • 界jiè

    (bound form) boundary; border

  • 借鉴jiè jiàn

    to draw on (others' experience)

  • 金额jīn é

    sum of money

  • 金钱jīn qián

    money

  • 金融jīn róng

    banking

  • 尽jìn

    to the greatest extent

  • 进攻jìn gōng

    to attack

  • 近日jìn rì

    (in) the past few days

  • 近视jìn shì

    shortsighted

  • 惊人jīng rén

    astonishing

  • 惊喜jīng xǐ

    nice surprise

  • 精jīng

    essence

  • 精美jīng měi

    delicate

  • 精品jīng pǐn

    quality goods

  • 井jǐng

    Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

  • 景jǐng

    surname Jing

  • 景点jǐng diǎn

    tourist attraction; scenic spot

  • 净jìng

    variant of 净

  • 纠纷jiū fēn

    dispute

  • 纠正jiū zhèng

    to correct

  • 酒水jiǔ shuǐ

    beverage; drink

  • 救命jiù mìng

    to save sb's life

  • 救援jiù yuán

    to save

  • 救助jiù zhù

    to help sb in trouble

  • 就是说jiù shì shuō

    in other words; that is

  • 就算jiù suàn

    (coll.) even if

  • 局jú

    narrow

  • 剧jù

    theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)

  • 据jù

    variant of 据

  • 捐juān

    to relinquish; to abandon

  • 捐款juān kuǎn

    to donate money

  • 捐赠juān zèng

    to contribute (as a gift)

  • 捐助juān zhù

    to donate

  • 决策jué cè

    strategic decision

  • 觉悟jué wù

    to come to understand

  • 绝jué

    to cut short

  • 绝大多数jué dà duō shù

    the vast majority

  • 军队jūn duì

    armed forces; troops

  • 军舰jūn jiàn

    warship

  • 军事jūn shì

    military affairs

  • 开创kāi chuàng

    to initiate

  • 开关kāi guān

    power switch

  • 开设kāi shè

    to offer (goods or services)

  • 开通kāi tōng

    to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

  • 开头kāi tóu

    beginning

  • 开夜车kāi yè chē

    to burn the midnight oil

  • 看kān

    to look after

  • 看管kān guǎn

    to look after

  • 看得见kàn de jiàn

    can see

  • 看得起kàn de qǐ

    to show respect for

  • 看好kàn hǎo

    to keep an eye on

  • 看作kàn zuò

    to look upon as

  • 康复kāng fù

    to recuperate

  • 抗议kàng yì

    to protest

  • 考场kǎo chǎng

    exam room

  • 考题kǎo tí

    exam question

  • 科研kē yán

    (scientific) research

  • 客车kè chē

    coach

  • 肯kěn

    old variant of 肯

  • 空军kōng jūn

    air force

  • 口试kǒu shì

    oral examination

  • 扣kòu

    to fasten

  • 酷kù

    ruthless

  • 跨kuà

    to step across

  • 快车kuài chē

    express (train, bus etc)

  • 宽阔kuān kuò

    expansive

  • 矿kuàng

    mineral deposit; ore deposit

  • 阔kuò

    variant of 阔

  • 啦la

    (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc

  • 来往lái wǎng

    to come and go

  • 赖lài

    surname Lai

  • 栏目lán mù

    regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program)

  • 蓝领lán lǐng

    blue-collar

  • 蓝天lán tiān

    blue sky

  • 懒lǎn

    variant of 懒

  • 牢láo

    firm

  • 老乡lǎo xiāng

    fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

  • 冷气lěng qì

    air conditioning (Tw)

  • 冷水lěng shuǐ

    cold water

  • 礼堂lǐ táng

    assembly hall

  • 理lǐ

    texture

  • 理财lǐ cái

    to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management

  • 理智lǐ zhì

    reason

  • 力lì

    surname Li

  • 利lì

    surname Li

  • 联盟lián méng

    alliance

  • 联赛lián sài

    (sports) league

  • 联手lián shǒu

    lit. to join hands

  • 凉鞋liáng xié

    sandal

  • 两侧liǎng cè

    two sides

  • 两手liǎng shǒu

    one's two hands

  • 聊liáo

    to chat

  • 聊天儿liáo tiān r

    erhua variant of 聊天

  • 料liào

    material

  • 裂liè

    to split

  • 灵活líng huó

    flexible

  • 领取lǐng qǔ

    to receive; to draw; to get

  • 领袖lǐng xiù

    leader

  • 另lìng

    other

  • 留言liú yán

    to leave a message

  • 流感liú gǎn

    flu; influenza

  • 楼道lóu dào

    corridor

  • 楼房lóu fáng

    a building of two or more stories

  • 露lòu

    surname Lu

  • 陆军lù jūn

    army

  • 录像lù xiàng

    to videotape

  • 录音机lù yīn jī

    (tape) recording machine

  • 路过lù guò

    to pass by or through

  • 旅店lǚ diàn

    inn

  • 绿化lǜ huà

    to make green with plants

  • 马车mǎ chē

    cart

  • 嘛ma

    used in 吽

  • 埋mái

    to bury

  • 馒头mán tou

    steamed roll

  • 慢车màn chē

    local bus or train

  • 盲人máng rén

    blind person

  • 梅花méi huā

    plum blossom

  • 美容měi róng

    to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery)

  • 蒙mēng

    drizzle

  • 猛měng

    ferocious

  • 棉mián

    generic term for cotton or kapok

  • 免得miǎn de

    so as not to; so as to avoid

  • 面对面miàn duì miàn

    face to face

  • 面向miàn xiàng

    to face

  • 妙miào

    clever

  • 灭miè

    to extinguish or put out

  • 民歌mín gē

    folk song

  • 民工mín gōng

    migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

  • 民警mín jǐng

    civil police

  • 民意mín yì

    public opinion

  • 民主mín zhǔ

    democracy

  • 名额míng é

    quota

  • 名胜míng shèng

    a place famous for its scenery or historical relics

  • 名义míng yì

    name

  • 名誉míng yù

    fame

  • 明日míng rì

    tomorrow

  • 命mìng

    life

  • 膜mó

    membrane

  • 磨mó

    to rub

  • 没收mò shōu

    to confiscate

  • 墨水mò shuǐ

    ink

  • 母mǔ

    mother

  • 母鸡mǔ jī

    hen

  • 母女mǔ nǚ

    mother and daughter

  • 母子mǔ zǐ

    mother and child

  • 墓mù

    grave

  • 拿走ná zǒu

    to take away

  • 奶粉nǎi fěn

    powdered milk

  • 奶牛nǎi niú

    milk cow

  • 难忘nán wàng

    unforgettable

  • 内地nèi dì

    mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)

  • 内外nèi wài

    inside and outside

  • 内衣nèi yī

    undergarment

  • 能否néng fǒu

    whether or not

  • 泥ní

    mud

  • 扭niǔ

    to turn

  • 排行榜páihángbǎng

    the charts (of best-sellers)

  • 派出pài chū

    to send

  • 判pàn

    to judge

  • 盼望pàn wàng

    to hope for; to look forward to

  • 泡pào

    puffed; swollen; spongy

  • 炮pào

    to sauté

  • 陪同péi tóng

    to accompany

  • 配置pèi zhì

    to deploy

  • 皮球pí qiú

    ball (made of rubber, leather etc)

  • 偏piān

    to lean

  • 贫困pín kùn

    impoverished

  • 品牌pǐn pái

    brand name

  • 聘请pìn qǐng

    to engage

  • 平凡píng fán

    commonplace

  • 平方米píng fāng mǐ

    square meter

  • 平衡píng héng

    balance

  • 平台píng tái

    platform

  • 评píng

    to discuss

  • 评选píng xuǎn

    to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

  • 屏幕píng mù

    screen (TV, computer or movie)

  • 坡pō

    slope

  • 扑pū

    to throw oneself at

  • 铺pū

    variant of 铺

  • 欺负qī fu

    to bully

  • 奇妙qí miào

    fantastic; wonderful

  • 企图qǐ tú

    to attempt

  • 起点qǐ diǎn

    starting point

  • 起诉qǐ sù

    to sue

  • 气氛qì fēn

    atmosphere; mood

  • 恰当qià dàng

    appropriate

  • 恰好qià hǎo

    as it turns out

  • 恰恰qià qià

    exactly

  • 牵qiān

    to lead along

  • 铅笔qiān bǐ

    (lead) pencil

  • 谦虚qiān xū

    modest

  • 前方qián fāng

    ahead

  • 前来qián lái

    to come (formal)

  • 潜力qián lì

    potential

  • 强盗qiáng dào

    to rob (with force)

  • 强化qiáng huà

    to strengthen

  • 强势qiáng shì

    strong

  • 强壮qiáng zhuàng

    strong

  • 桥梁qiáo liáng

    bridge (lit. and fig.)

  • 巧妙qiǎo miào

    ingenious; clever

  • 茄子qié zi

    eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

  • 切实qiè shí

    feasible

  • 侵犯qīn fàn

    to infringe on

  • 亲属qīn shǔ

    kin

  • 亲眼qīn yǎn

    with one's own eyes

  • 倾向qīng xiàng

    trend

  • 清qīng

    Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)

  • 清洁qīng jié

    clean

  • 清洁工qīng jié gōng

    cleaner

  • 清明节qīng míng jié

    Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

  • 清洗qīng xǐ

    to wash

  • 情绪qíng xù

    mood

  • 求职qiú zhí

    to seek employment

  • 球拍qiú pāi

    racket

  • 球星qiú xīng

    sports star (ball sport)

  • 球员qiú yuán

    (ball sports) player; team member

  • 区分qū fēn

    to differentiate

  • 渠道qú dào

    irrigation ditch

  • 取款qǔ kuǎn

    to withdraw money from a bank

  • 取款机qǔ kuǎn jī

    ATM

  • 去掉qù diào

    to get rid of

  • 权quán

    surname Quan

  • 权力quán lì

    power

  • 全力quán lì

    with all one's strength

  • 全新quán xīn

    all new

  • 券quàn

    bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)

  • 缺陷quē xiàn

    defect; flaw

  • 却是què shì

    nevertheless

  • 让座ràng zuò

    to give up one's seat for sb

  • 热点rè diǎn

    hot spot

  • 热水rè shuǐ

    hot water

  • 热水器rè shuǐ qì

    water heater

  • 热线rè xiàn

    hotline (communications link)

  • 人权rén quán

    human rights

  • 认同rèn tóng

    to approve of

  • 日夜rì yè

    day and night

  • 日语rì yǔ

    Japanese language

  • 融合róng hé

    a mixture

  • 融入róng rù

    to blend into

  • 如rú

    as

  • 如一rú yī

    consistent

  • 乳制品rǔ zhì pǐn

    dairy products

  • 入rù

    to enter

  • 入学rù xué

    to enter a school or college

  • 若ruò

    to seem

  • 塞sāi

    Serbia

  • 赛sài

    to compete

  • 赛场sài chǎng

    racetrack

  • 三明治sān míng zhì

    sandwich (loanword)

  • 丧失sàng shī

    to lose

  • 山峰shān fēng

    (mountain) peak

  • 山谷shān gǔ

    valley

  • 山坡shān pō

    hillside

  • 伤口shāng kǒu

    wound

  • 伤亡shāng wáng

    casualties

  • 伤员shāng yuán

    wounded person

  • 商城shāng chéng

    see 商城县

  • 上当shàng dàng

    taken in (by sb's deceit)

  • 上帝shàng dì

    God

  • 上市shàng shì

    to hit the market (of a new product)

  • 上台shàng tái

    to rise to power (in politics)

  • 上演shàng yǎn

    to screen (a movie)

  • 勺sháo

    spoon

  • 少儿shào ér

    child

  • 舌头shé tou

    tongue

  • 设计师shè jì shī

    designer

  • 涉及shè jí

    to involve

  • 深化shēn huà

    to deepen

  • 深深shēn shēn

    deep

  • 审查shěn chá

    to examine

  • 升级shēng jí

    to go up by one grade; to be promoted

  • 升学shēng xué

    to enter the next grade school

  • 升值shēng zhí

    to rise in value

  • 生活费shēng huó fèi

    cost of living

  • 省钱shěng qián

    to save money

  • 圣诞节shèng dàn jié

    Christmas time

  • 盛行shèng xíng

    to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent

  • 师父shī fu

    used for 师傅 (in Taiwan)

  • 师生shī shēng

    teachers and students

  • 时而shí ér

    occasionally

  • 时节shí jié

    season; time

  • 时期shí qī

    period

  • 时时shí shí

    often

  • 时装shí zhuāng

    fashion

  • 识shí

    to know

  • 识字shí zì

    to learn to read

  • 实践shí jiàn

    practice

  • 食欲shí yù

    appetite

  • 市民shì mín

    city resident

  • 事后shì hòu

    after the event

  • 试点shì diǎn

    test point

  • 适当shì dàng

    suitable; appropriate

  • 收藏shōu cáng

    to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark

  • 收取shōu qǔ

    to receive

  • 收养shōu yǎng

    to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)

  • 手续费shǒu xù fèi

    service charge

  • 首shǒu

    head

  • 首次shǒu cì

    first

  • 首脑shǒu nǎo

    head (of state)

  • 首席shǒu xí

    chief (representative, correspondent etc)

  • 首相shǒu xiàng

    prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

  • 书房shū fáng

    study (room)

  • 薯片shǔ piàn

    fried potato chips

  • 薯条shǔ tiáo

    french fries

  • 双打shuāng dǎ

    doubles (in sports)

  • 爽shuǎng

    bright

  • 水泥shuǐ ní

    cement

  • 税shuì

    taxes

  • 顺shùn

    to obey

  • 说明书shuō míng shū

    (technical) manual

  • 说实话shuō shí huà

    to speak the truth

  • 司长sī zhǎng

    bureau chief

  • 死亡sǐ wáng

    to die

  • 四处sì chù

    all over the place

  • 寺sì

    Buddhist temple

  • 送礼sòng lǐ

    to give a present

  • 送行sòng xíng

    to see someone off

  • 素质sù zhì

    inner quality

  • 算了suàn le

    let it be

  • 算是suàn shì

    considered to be

  • 虽suī

    although

  • 岁数suì shu

    age (number of years old)

  • 所suǒ

    actually

  • 踏实tā shi

    firmly-based

  • 塔tǎ

    pagoda

  • 踏tà

    see 踏实

  • 台灯tái dēng

    desk lamp

  • 太阳能tài yáng néng

    solar energy

  • 叹气tàn qì

    to sigh

  • 探索tàn suǒ

    to explore; to probe

  • 探讨tàn tǎo

    to investigate

  • 趟tàng

    old variant of 趟

  • 掏tāo

    to fish out (from pocket)

  • 特tè

    special

  • 特大tè dà

    exceptionally big

  • 特地tè dì

    specially

  • 特快tè kuài

    express (train, delivery etc)

  • 特意tè yì

    specially

  • 疼痛téng tòng

    pain

  • 踢tī

    to kick

  • 提交tí jiāo

    to submit (a report etc)

  • 提升tí shēng

    to promote (to a higher-ranking position)

  • 天然tiān rán

    natural

  • 天堂tiān táng

    paradise

  • 天下tiān xià

    land under heaven

  • 添tiān

    to add

  • 田tián

    surname Tian

  • 田径tián jìng

    track and field (athletics)

  • 跳水tiào shuǐ

    to dive (into water)

  • 听取tīng qǔ

    to hear (news); to listen to

  • 通报tōng bào

    to inform

  • 通道tōng dào

    Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan

  • 通红tōng hóng

    very red

  • 通话tōng huà

    to hold a conversation

  • 通行tōng xíng

    to go through

  • 通讯tōng xùn

    communications

  • 同tóng

    like

  • 同胞tóng bāo

    born of the same parents

  • 同行tóng háng

    person of the same profession

  • 同期tóng qī

    the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)

  • 同一tóng yī

    identical; the same

  • 铜牌tóng pái

    bronze medal

  • 头疼tóu téng

    headache

  • 投票tóu piào

    to vote

  • 透露tòu lù

    to leak out

  • 图书tú shū

    books (in a library or bookstore)

  • 徒弟tú dì

    apprentice

  • 途径tú jìng

    way; means; channel

  • 土tǔ

    Tu (ethnic group)

  • 团队tuán duì

    team

  • 推出tuī chū

    to push out

  • 退票tuì piào

    to bounce (a check)

  • 吞tūn

    to swallow

  • 托tuō

    prop

  • 拖tuō

    variant of 拖

  • 拖鞋tuō xié

    slippers

  • 挖wā

    to dig

  • 娃娃wá wa

    baby

  • 哇wa

    Wow!

  • 外币wài bì

    foreign currency

  • 外部wài bù

    the outside; (attributive) external

  • 外出wài chū

    to go out

  • 外观wài guān

    outward appearance

  • 外科wài kē

    surgery (branch of medicine)

  • 外来wài lái

    external

  • 外头wài tou

    outside

  • 外衣wài yī

    outer clothing

  • 外资wài zī

    foreign investment

  • 弯曲wān qū

    to bend

  • 顽皮wán pí

    naughty

  • 顽强wán qiáng

    tenacious

  • 王后wáng hòu

    queen

  • 王子wáng zǐ

    prince

  • 网吧wǎng bā

    Internet café

  • 网页wǎng yè

    web page

  • 往后wǎng hòu

    from now on

  • 往来wǎng lái

    dealings

  • 往年wǎng nián

    in former years

  • 望见wàng jiàn

    to espy

  • 危机wēi jī

    crisis

  • 威胁wēi xié

    to threaten; to menace

  • 微波炉wēi bō lú

    microwave oven

  • 维生素wéi shēng sù

    vitamin

  • 为此wèi cǐ

    for this reason

  • 为何wèi hé

    why

  • 文娱wén yú

    cultural recreation

  • 卧铺wò pù

    a bed (on a train)

  • 乌云wū yún

    black cloud

  • 无边wú biān

    without boundary

  • 无关wú guān

    unrelated

  • 无效wú xiào

    not valid

  • 舞蹈wǔ dǎo

    dance (performance art)

  • 物品wù pǐn

    articles; goods

  • 误wù

    mistake

  • 西班牙语xī bān yá yǔ

    Spanish language

  • 吸毒xī dú

    to take drugs

  • 牺牲xī shēng

    to sacrifice one's life

  • 洗衣粉xǐ yī fěn

    laundry detergent

  • 戏曲xì qǔ

    Chinese opera

  • 细胞xì bāo

    cell (biology)

  • 细菌xì jūn

    bacterium

  • 先锋xiān fēng

    vanguard

  • 嫌xián

    to dislike

  • 显出xiǎn chū

    to express

  • 险xiǎn

    danger

  • 线路xiàn lù

    (electricity) line; circuit; wire

  • 陷入xiàn rù

    to sink into

  • 响声xiǎng shēng

    noise

  • 想不到xiǎng bu dào

    unexpected

  • 消耗xiāo hào

    to use up

  • 消灭xiāo miè

    to put an end to

  • 小费xiǎo fèi

    tip

  • 小麦xiǎo mài

    wheat

  • 小于xiǎo yú

    less than, <

  • 晓得xiǎo de

    to know

  • 笑脸xiào liǎn

    smiling face

  • 笑容xiào róng

    smile

  • 笑声xiào shēng

    laughter

  • 协会xié huì

    an association

  • 协商xié shāng

    to consult with

  • 协调xié tiáo

    to coordinate

  • 协助xié zhù

    to provide assistance

  • 写字楼xiě zì lóu

    office building

  • 写字台xiě zì tái

    writing desk

  • 心灵xīn líng

    bright

  • 心愿xīn yuàn

    cherished desire

  • 心脏xīn zàng

    heart

  • 心脏病xīn zàng bìng

    heart disease

  • 新人xīn rén

    newcomer

  • 新兴xīn xīng

    Xinxing county in Yunfu 云浮, Guangdong

  • 薪水xīn shui

    salary

  • 信仰xìn yǎng

    to believe in (a religion)

  • 信用xìn yòng

    trustworthiness

  • 兴旺xīng wàng

    prosperous

  • 行程xíng chéng

    journey

  • 形xíng

    to appear

  • 凶xiōng

    terrible

  • 凶手xiōng shǒu

    murderer

  • 修车xiū chē

    to repair a bike (car etc)

  • 袖珍xiù zhēn

    pocket-sized

  • 悬xuán

    to hang or suspend

  • 旋转xuán zhuǎn

    to rotate

  • 选拔xuǎn bá

    to select the best

  • 选举xuǎn jǔ

    to elect

  • 学会xué huì

    to learn

  • 学员xué yuán

    student

  • 血管xuè guǎn

    vein

  • 血液xuè yè

    blood

  • 循环xún huán

    to cycle

  • 压迫yā pò

    to oppress

  • 烟花yān huā

    fireworks

  • 沿yán

    along

  • 沿海yán hǎi

    coastal

  • 沿着yán zhe

    to go along

  • 研发yán fā

    research and development

  • 眼看yǎn kàn

    soon

  • 演奏yǎn zòu

    to perform on a musical instrument

  • 宴会yàn huì

    banquet

  • 洋yáng

    ocean

  • 仰yǎng

    surname Yang

  • 养老yǎng lǎo

    to provide for the elderly (family members)

  • 氧气yǎng qì

    oxygen

  • 样yàng

    manner

  • 药品yào pǐn

    medicaments

  • 要不然yào bù rán

    otherwise

  • 要好yào hǎo

    to be on good terms

  • 要么yào me

    or

  • 要素yào sù

    essential factor

  • 野yě

    old variant of 野

  • 野生yě shēng

    wild

  • 医药yī yào

    medical care and medicines

  • 依次yī cì

    in order

  • 依赖yī lài

    to depend on

  • 一次性yī cì xìng

    one-off (offer)

  • 一代yī dài

    generation

  • 一道yī dào

    together

  • 一贯yī guàn

    consistent

  • 一路上yī lù shang

    along the way

  • 仪器yí qì

    instrument; apparatus

  • 仪式yí shì

    ceremony

  • 遗憾yí hàn

    regret

  • 一番yī fān

    Some

  • 一模一样yī mú yī yàng

    exactly the same (idiom)

  • 一齐yī qí

    at the same time

  • 一时yī shí

    a period of time

  • 一同yī tóng

    together

  • 一行yīxíng

    party

  • 艺人yì rén

    performing artist

  • 议题yì tí

    topic of discussion

  • 异常yì cháng

    unusual; abnormal

  • 意想不到yì xiǎng bù dào

    unexpected

  • 意愿yì yuàn

    aspiration

  • 因yīn

    old variant of 因

  • 因素yīn sù

    element

  • 阴谋yīn móu

    to conspire; to plot

  • 阴影yīn yǐng

    (lit. and fig.) shadow

  • 音量yīn liàng

    loudness

  • 音像yīn xiàng

    audio and video

  • 隐藏yǐn cáng

    to hide

  • 隐私yǐn sī

    secrets

  • 印yìn

    surname Yin

  • 英雄yīng xióng

    hero

  • 迎来yíng lái

    to welcome (a visitor or newcomer)

  • 影迷yǐng mí

    film enthusiast

  • 影星yǐng xīng

    film star

  • 应对yìng duì

    to answer; to reply

  • 应急yìng jí

    to respond to an emergency

  • 用处yòng chù

    usefulness

  • 用得着yòngdezháo

    to be able to use; useable; to have a use for

  • 用法yòng fǎ

    usage

  • 用品yòng pǐn

    articles for use

  • 用心yòng xīn

    motive

  • 优质yōu zhì

    excellent quality

  • 游人yóu rén

    a tourist

  • 游玩yóu wán

    to amuse oneself

  • 游戏机yóu xì jī

    video game machine

  • 游行yóu xíng

    to march; to parade; to demonstrate

  • 有关yǒu guān

    to have sth to do with

  • 有没有yǒu méi yǒu

    (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?

  • 有事yǒu shì

    to be occupied with sth

  • 于yú

    surname Yu

  • 娱乐yú lè

    to entertain

  • 愉快yú kuài

    cheerful

  • 与yǔ

    variant of 欤

  • 宇航员yǔ háng yuán

    astronaut

  • 雨衣yǔ yī

    raincoat

  • 预约yù yuē

    booking

  • 元素yuán sù

    element (key component of sth)

  • 园yuán

    surname Yuan

  • 园地yuán dì

    garden area

  • 原yuán

    surname Yuan

  • 原告yuán gào

    complainant

  • 原谅yuán liàng

    to excuse

  • 圆珠笔yuán zhū bǐ

    ballpoint pen

  • 援助yuán zhù

    to help

  • 缘故yuán gù

    reason

  • 远方yuǎn fāng

    far away

  • 远离yuǎn lí

    to be far from

  • 远远yuǎn yuǎn

    distant

  • 约定yuē dìng

    to agree on sth (after discussion)

  • 乐曲yuè qǔ

    musical composition

  • 晕yūn

    confused

  • 允许yǔn xǔ

    to permit

  • 运作yùn zuò

    to operate

  • 晕车yùn chē

    to be carsick

  • 杂zá

    variant of 杂

  • 再生zài shēng

    to be reborn

  • 再说zài shuō

    to say again

  • 遭到zāo dào

    to suffer

  • 遭受zāo shòu

    to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)

  • 遭遇zāo yù

    to meet with

  • 早晚zǎo wǎn

    morning and evening

  • 增进zēng jìn

    to promote

  • 增值zēng zhí

    to appreciate (financially)

  • 扎zhā

    to prick

  • 扎实zhā shi

    strong

  • 炸zhà

    to deep fry

  • 炸弹zhà dàn

    bomb

  • 炸药zhà yào

    explosive (material)

  • 债zhài

    debt

  • 占据zhàn jù

    to occupy

  • 战场zhàn chǎng

    battlefield

  • 战略zhànlüè

    strategy

  • 战术zhàn shù

    tactics

  • 战友zhàn yǒu

    comrade-in-arms

  • 站台zhàn tái

    platform (at a railway station)

  • 章zhāng

    surname Zhang

  • 长zhǎng

    length

  • 掌声zhǎng shēng

    applause

  • 账zhàng

    account

  • 账户zhàng hù

    bank account

  • 涨zhàng

    to rise (of prices, rivers)

  • 障碍zhàng ài

    barrier

  • 招zhāo

    to recruit

  • 招聘zhāo pìn

    to invite applications for a job

  • 照样zhào yàng

    as before

  • 照耀zhào yào

    to shine

  • 哲学zhé xué

    philosophy

  • 这就是说zhè jiù shì shuō

    in other words

  • 镇zhèn

    to press down

  • 争夺zhēng duó

    to fight over

  • 整顿zhěng dùn

    to tidy up

  • 整治zhěng zhì

    to bring under control

  • 正当zhèng dàng

    timely

  • 政策zhèng cè

    policy

  • 政党zhèng dǎng

    political party

  • 政权zhèng quán

    regime

  • 症状zhèng zhuàng

    symptom (of an illness)

  • 之类zhī lèi

    and so on

  • 支撑zhī chēng

    to prop up

  • 支援zhī yuán

    to provide assistance

  • 枝zhī

    branch

  • 知名zhī míng

    well-known; famous

  • 织zhī

    to weave

  • 直升机zhí shēng jī

    helicopter

  • 职责zhí zé

    duty

  • 止zhǐ

    to stop

  • 只得zhǐ dé

    to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

  • 只顾zhǐ gù

    solely preoccupied (with one thing)

  • 只管zhǐ guǎn

    solely engrossed in one thing

  • 指定zhǐ dìng

    to appoint

  • 指数zhǐ shù

    (numerical, statistical) index

  • 指头zhǐ tou

    finger

  • 指着zhǐ zhe

    Poke

  • 至于zhì yú

    as for

  • 治病zhì bìng

    to treat an illness

  • 智慧zhì huì

    wisdom

  • 中等zhōng děng

    medium

  • 中华zhōng huá

    China (alternate formal name)

  • 中期zhōng qī

    middle (of a period of time)

  • 中外zhōng wài

    Sino-foreign

  • 忠心zhōng xīn

    good faith

  • 钟头zhōng tóu

    hour

  • 肿zhǒng

    to swell

  • 种种zhǒng zhǒng

    all kinds of

  • 粥zhōu

    used in 荤粥

  • 珠宝zhū bǎo

    pearls

  • 诸位zhū wèi

    (pron) everyone

  • 主持人zhǔ chí rén

    TV or radio presenter

  • 主角zhǔ jué

    leading role; lead

  • 主流zhǔ liú

    main stream (of a river)

  • 煮zhǔ

    variant of 煮

  • 住宅zhù zhái

    residence; dwelling; abode

  • 驻zhù

    to halt

  • 柱子zhù zi

    pillar

  • 祝愿zhù yuàn

    to wish

  • 专用zhuān yòng

    special

  • 转zhuàn

    see 转文

  • 转动zhuàn dòng

    to turn sth around

  • 赚zhuàn

    to earn

  • 赚钱zhuàn qián

    to earn money

  • 装备zhuāng bèi

    equipment

  • 壮观zhuàng guān

    spectacular

  • 追究zhuī jiū

    to investigate

  • 捉zhuō

    to clutch

  • 咨询zī xún

    to consult

  • 自来水zì lái shuǐ

    running water

  • 自我zì wǒ

    self-

  • 自学zì xué

    self-study

  • 自言自语zì yán zì yǔ

    to talk to oneself

  • 自在zì zai

    comfortable; at ease

  • 宗教zōng jiào

    religion

  • 总部zǒng bù

    general headquarters

  • 总监zǒng jiān

    head

  • 总经理zǒng jīng lǐ

    general manager

  • 总量zǒng liàng

    total

  • 走私zǒu sī

    to smuggle

  • 奏zòu

    to play music

  • 租金zū jīn

    rent

  • 足zú

    excessive

  • 足以zú yǐ

    sufficient to...

  • 族zú

    race

  • 祖父zǔ fù

    father's father

  • 祖国zǔ guó

    motherland

  • 祖母zǔ mǔ

    father's mother

  • 钻zuān

    variant of 钻

  • 最佳zuì jiā

    optimum

  • 最终zuì zhōng

    final; ultimate

  • 罪zuì

    guilt

  • 罪恶zuì è

    crime

  • 作zuò

    worker

  • 作废zuò fèi

    to become invalid

  • 作战zuò zhàn

    combat

  • 座谈会zuò tán huì

    conference

How to Study HSK 6 Vocabulary

HSK 6 vocabulary is best learned in short, regular sessions. Start by reading through the word list and marking every word you cannot confidently read and understand. Review those words first, then move on to the rest of the list. Seeing the hanzi together with pinyin and meaning, as in the table above, builds the three connections your memory needs: shape, sound, and sense.

Use the free tools on HSKtools to make the words active. Analyze your Chinese text to see how these words appear in real sentences, Practice with HSK quiz to test recognition, and Test your HSK level to check your overall progress. Review the words you missed the same day and again the next day, and move to the next level only when most words feel automatic. For the complete picture, See all HSK levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is HSK 6?+

HSK 6 is the 6th level of the HSK 3.0 standard and belongs to the Intermediate band. Learners at this level can read academic and professional Chinese with confidence.. It is one of the nine levels that make up the modern Chinese proficiency system.

How many words are in HSK 6?+

The official HSK 3.0 standard lists 1,140 new words at HSK 6, for a cumulative total of 5,456 words through this level.

How can I practice HSK 6 vocabulary?+

Review the word list below with hanzi, pinyin, and meanings, then practice with the HSK quiz and analyze real Chinese texts with the text analyzer. Start with the words you do not know and review them in short daily sessions.