New Practical Chinese Reader (2nd edition)
Volume 4 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 4 vocabulary list — all 683 words and 739 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 683 New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 4 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 亲 | qīn | — | parent |
| 爱 | ài | — | to love |
| 夸 | kuā | v. | to praise |
| 满 | mǎn | adj. | full; filled |
| 好 | hǎo | — | good |
| 吃 | chī | — | to eat |
| 别 | bié | — | surname Bie |
| 扭 | niǔ | — | to turn |
| 终 | zhōng | — | end |
| 于 | yú | prep. | in; on; at (indicating time or place) |
| 鸡 | jī | n. | chicken |
| 必 | bì | — | certainly |
| 须 | xū | — | must |
| 炒 | chǎo | — | to sauté |
| 丁 | dīng | — | surname Ding |
| 碗 | wǎn | n./mw. | bowl |
| 能 | néng | — | surname Neng |
| 干 | gān | — | old variant of 干 |
| 合 | hé | — | 100 ml |
| 作 | zuò | — | (bound form) worker |
| 开 | kāi | — | to open (transitive or intransitive) |
| 饭 | fàn | — | cooked rice |
| 馆 | guǎn | — | variant of 馆 |
| 华 | huá | — | abbr. for China |
| 人 | rén | — | person |
| 分 | fēn | — | to divide |
| 工 | gōng | — | work |
| 改 | gǎi | v. | to alter; to change; to correct |
| 奖 | jiǎng | v./n. | to reward/prize |
| 老 | lǎo | — | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity |
| 板 | bǎn | — | board |
| 煮 | zhǔ | v. | to boil; to cook |
| 宁 | níng | — | old variant of 宁 |
| 静 | jìng | — | still |
| 致 | zhì | — | (bound form) fine |
| 远 | yuǎn | — | far |
| 愚 | yú | — | to be stupid |
| 节 | jié | — | see 节骨眼 |
| 菜 | cài | — | vegetable |
| 谱 | pǔ | — | chart |
| 敲 | qiāo | — | to hit |
| 门 | mén | — | surname Men |
| 究 | jiū | — | after all |
| 竟 | jìng | — | unexpectedly |
| 心 | xīn | n. | heart; mind; feeling |
| 谈 | tán | v. | to talk; to discuss |
| 允 | yǔn | — | just |
| 许 | xǔ | — | surname Xu |
| 平 | píng | — | surname Ping |
| 常 | cháng | — | surname Chang |
| 打 | dǎ | — | (loanword) dozen |
| 听 | tīng | — | smile (archaic) |
| 研 | yán | — | to grind |
| 生 | shēng | — | to be born |
| 暑 | shǔ | — | heat |
| 假 | jiǎ | — | used in 假掰[gei1 bai1] |
| 高 | gāo | — | surname Gao |
| 中 | zhōng | — | (bound form) China |
| 痛 | tòng | v. | to ache |
| 苦 | kǔ | adj./n. | bitter/hardship; suffering |
| 辞 | cí | v. | to resign; to quit |
| 初 | chū | adj./pref. | preliminary; initial; first |
| 引 | yǐn | — | to draw (e.g. a bow) |
| 起 | qǐ | — | to rise |
| 温 | wēn | — | surname Wen |
| 暖 | nuǎn | — | old variant of 暖[nuan3] |
| 理 | lǐ | — | texture |
| 想 | xiǎng | — | to think (about) |
| 地 | dì | — | -ly |
| 址 | zhǐ | — | (bound form) site |
| 敢 | gǎn | v. | dare |
| 里 | lǐ | — | variant of 里 |
| 实 | shí | — | real |
| 习 | xí | — | surname Xi |
| 蓝 | lán | adj. | blue |
| 色 | sè | — | color |
| 握 | wò | — | to hold |
| 手 | shǒu | — | hand |
| 风 | fēng | — | wind |
| 衣 | yī | — | clothes |
| 罗 | luó | — | surname Luo |
| 嗦 | suō | — | to suck |
| 沉 | chén | — | variant of 沉[chen2] |
| 思 | sī | — | to think |
| 职 | zhí | n. | post; occupation; profession |
| 半 | bàn | — | half |
| 边 | biān | — | side |
| 天 | tiān | — | day |
| 妇 | fù | — | woman |
| 女 | nǚ | — | female |
| 全 | quán | — | surname Quan |
| 社 | shè | — | (bound form) society |
| 会 | huì | — | can |
| 用 | yòng | — | to use |
| 双 | shuāng | — | variant of 双 |
| 几 | jǐ | — | small table |
| 乎 | hū | — | (classical particle similar to 于) in |
| 不 | bù | — | no |
| 只 | zhī | — | variant of 只 |
| 总 | zǒng | adj. | chief, general, total |