Vocabulary

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kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial 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
sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.) Idiom ∼HSK 2
dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Hǎi Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
jiàn bu not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see ∼HSK 2
shēn fèn identity card; ID card ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
yǎng to raise (a child or animal) ∼HSK 2
zǒu to remove; to take away ∼HSK 2
mén dào doorway; gateway ∼HSK 2
jiù certainly ∼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
bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
ròu flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) ∼HSK 2
butcher; fig. murderous dictator ∼HSK 2
mài ròu to sell meat; (slang) to sell sex ∼HSK 2
tōng jiān adultery; to commit adultery ∼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
nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
yǒu néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
miàn abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
xià jiǔ liú the lowest professions ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2