Vocabulary

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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
it HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but 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
jīng already 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
de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc 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
cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 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
zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān mén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shān Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Zhōng Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Nán Hàn Southern Han Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Jiǔ yuè September; ninth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
shuǐ brine; bittern; marinade ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
jiǔ cài garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) ∼HSK 1
biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
fēn (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction ∼HSK 1
měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
shí fifty ∼HSK 1
jiǔ shí ninety ∼HSK 1
gāo liáng sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān suō to travel back and forth; to shuttle ∼HSK 1
shí more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1