Vocabulary

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dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
Cháo abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
zhì shǎo at least; (to say the) least HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
线 xiàn thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
how; what way; what HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive 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
jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband 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
西 西 Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2