New Practical Chinese Reader (2nd edition)
Volume 2 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 2 vocabulary list — all 606 words and 590 characters it covers, with pinyin and English meanings. Open a word to hear it and see it in a sentence; open a character to watch it written stroke by stroke.
Word list
All 606 New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 2 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 好 | hǎo | — | good |
| 久 | jiǔ | — | (of a period of time) long |
| 千 | qiān | num. | thousand |
| 工 | gōng | — | work |
| 作 | zuò | — | (bound form) worker |
| 人 | rén | — | person |
| 员 | yuán | — | (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity |
| 排 | pái | v. | arrange; put in order |
| 普 | pǔ | — | general |
| 通 | tōng | — | to go through |
| 话 | huà | n. | dialect; language |
| 见 | jiàn | v. | see |
| 队 | duì | n. | row of people; line |
| 用 | yòng | v. | use |
| 参 | cān | — | variant of 参 |
| 观 | guān | — | surname Guan |
| 从 | cóng | prep. | from |
| 非 | fēi | — | abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa |
| 常 | cháng | — | surname Chang |
| 王 | wáng | — | surname Wang |
| 府 | fǔ | — | seat of government |
| 井 | jǐng | — | Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy |
| 西 | xī | — | the West |
| 安 | ān | — | surname An |
| 兵 | bīng | n. | soldier; fighter |
| 马 | mǎ | — | surname Ma |
| 俑 | yǒng | — | wooden figures buried with the dead |
| 流 | liú | — | to flow |
| 利 | lì | — | surname Li |
| 银 | yín | — | silver |
| 行 | xíng | — | (bound form) row |
| 信 | xìn | n. | letter |
| 换 | huàn | v. | exchange; change |
| 数 | shǔ | v. | count |
| 早 | zǎo | adj. | early |
| 快 | kuài | adj. | fast; quick; rapid |
| 发 | fā | — | to send out |
| 展 | zhǎn | — | surname Zhan |
| 次 | cì | mw. | (measure word for actions) |
| 民 | mín | — | surname Min |
| 币 | bì | — | money |
| 年 | nián | — | surname Nian |
| 轻 | qīng | adj. | light; small |
| 英 | yīng | — | United Kingdom |
| 镑 | bàng | — | pound (sterling) (loanword) |
| 刚 | gāng | adv. | just; only a short while ago |
| 明 | míng | — | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) |
| 片 | piàn | — | disk |
| 城 | chéng | n. | city; wall |
| 市 | shì | — | market |
| 菜 | cài | n. | food; dish |
| 地 | dì | — | -ly |
| 方 | fāng | — | surname Fang |
| 美 | měi | — | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) |
| 元 | yuán | — | surname Yuan |
| 就 | jiù | adv. | exactly; precisely |
| 现 | xiàn | — | to appear |
| 金 | jīn | — | surname Jin |
| 欧 | ōu | — | Europe (abbr. for 欧洲) |
| 亚 | yà | — | Asia |
| 洲 | zhōu | — | continent |
| 学 | xué | — | to learn |
| 系 | xì | — | to connect |
| 儿 | ér | — | child |
| 子 | zǐ | — | son |
| 卡 | kǎ | — | to stop |
| 汇 | huì | — | to remit |
| 率 | lǜ | — | (bound form) ratio |
| 懂 | dǒng | v. | understand |
| 加 | jiā | v. | increase; add |
| 不 | bù | — | no |
| 性 | xìng | — | nature |
| 别 | bié | adv. | don't |
| 先 | xiān | adv. | first; before |
| 图 | tú | — | diagram |
| 书 | shū | — | abbr. for 书经 |
| 馆 | guǎn | n. | shop; place for cultural activities |
| 证 | zhèng | n. | certificate; card |
| 姓 | xìng | — | family name |
| 名 | míng | — | name |
| 自 | zì | — | (bound form) self |
| 己 | jǐ | — | self |
| 把 | bǎ | prep. | (denoting the disposal of something) |
| 职 | zhí | — | office |
| 业 | yè | — | surname Ye |
| 拿 | ná | v. | take; hold; get |
| 借 | jiè | v. | borrow; lend |
| 办 | bàn | — | to take care of (a matter) |
| 公 | gōng | — | public |
| 慢 | màn | adj. | slow; slowly |
| 填 | tián | v. | fill in; write |
| 室 | shì | n. | room |
| 带 | dài | v. | bring |
| 忘 | wàng | v. | forget |
| 一 | yī | — | one |
| 会 | huì | — | can |
| 长 | cháng | adj. | long |
| 开 | kāi | — | to open (transitive or intransitive) |
| 始 | shǐ | — | to begin |
| 翻 | fān | — | to turn over |