Vocabulary

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wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts 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
bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period 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
sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently Idiom ∼HSK 2
wén wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned Idiom ∼HSK 2
xiǎo zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
méi méi day and night; regardless of the time of day or night Idiom ∼HSK 2
shí biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was Idiom ∼HSK 2
bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part Idiom ∼HSK 2
zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities Idiom ∼HSK 2
kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase Idiom ∼HSK 2
- fēng (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle Idiom ∼HSK 2
qiān chā wàn bié (idiom) extremely diverse; to vary greatly Idiom ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
shuō tōng it does not make sense Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gòu bu zháo to be unable to reach Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
duì tóu correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
shuō huà suàn shù to keep one's promise; to mean what one says Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
wán wán (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
tóu huí the first time; for the first time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
chū fēng tou to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出锋头 Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult 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
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhè nián tou (coll.) nowadays Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
dài zi belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place; public venue Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
zāng bìng (coll.) venereal disease Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gěi liǎn (coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gǒu gōu (coll.) dog; doggie Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
level of heat; (fig.) zeal; fervor; (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
de (coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary Colloquialism HSK 2