Vocabulary

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tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
què shí indeed; really; reliable; real; true HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
jīn gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
biāo target; goal; objective HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
shuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number) HSK 3
jīng shén spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really 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
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive 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
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
xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism 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
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
to pass an imperial examination ∼HSK 2
xiǎo dào bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2