Vocabulary

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xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why 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
néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
dàn shì but; however HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
děi to have to; must; ought to; to need to HSK 2
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! 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
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on 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
Sān yuè March; third month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shén file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
zhù manifest; (Cant.) to wear ∼HSK 1
kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
noon; 7th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
in, at, on; interjection alas! ∼HSK 1
rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) ∼HSK 1
guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
chair, seat ∼HSK 1
yào shì important matter ∼HSK 1
Jīng capital city ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
(literary) some day; (literary) days in the past ∼HSK 1
fēn to distribute land ∼HSK 1
shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
chū jiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun ∼HSK 1
zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
nián shì years of age; age ∼HSK 1
qián dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) ∼HSK 1