Vocabulary

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chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
zuò yòng to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
yǎn jing eye HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
xiǎng dào to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate HSK 2
quán whole; all HSK 2
tào to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
dài lái to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce HSK 2
xíng dòng operation; action; to move about; mobile HSK 2
gǒu dog HSK 2
huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
xuǎn to choose; to pick; to select; to elect HSK 2
zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward HSK 2
wéi to 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.) HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
jìn to enter; to join; to go into HSK 2
yuán yīn cause; origin; root cause; reason HSK 2
suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
rán hòu then; after that; afterwards HSK 2
shì qing affair; matter; thing; business HSK 2
chéng wéi to become; to turn into HSK 2
cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily HSK 2
ér qiě (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore HSK 2
chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
yào don't!; must not HSK 2
dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
dāng to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2