Vocabulary

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dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) 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
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
wèn question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
jīng already HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
Shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西 西 Zhōng China and the West; Chinese-Western Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西 西 Shān Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history; any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla in 658 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
yuè July; seventh month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Liù yuè June; sixth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān Shān Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shí Kashgar, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Yìn India Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Huái nán Huainan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
xià to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
guó each country; every country; various countries ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
nián hào reign title; era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it); year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) ∼HSK 1
jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
shàng to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1