Vocabulary

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kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
zuǒ yòu xiǎng to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder Idiom ∼HSK 2
bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Dōng Hǎi East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Nán Hǎi South China Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Daihatsu, Japanese car company Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
cǎo yào herbal medicine ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
cái by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
xiǎng tóu to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
cǎo zhǐ rough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper ∼HSK 2
àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
liú zhù to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical) ∼HSK 2
zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ∼HSK 2
zhàn war; to wage war ∼HSK 2
shí wèi the tens place (or column) in the decimal system ∼HSK 2
rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
shù yuè several months ∼HSK 2
jiǔ cài food and drink; food to accompany wine ∼HSK 2
hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
lái tóu cause; reason; interest; influence ∼HSK 2
dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
Yán face, facial appearance ∼HSK 2
jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
liàn jiù to master (a skill) ∼HSK 2
chěng to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it ∼HSK 2
shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
kàn zhe bàn to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) ∼HSK 2
tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2
cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2