YCT (Youth Chinese Test)
YCT 2 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete YCT 2 vocabulary list — all 70 words and 97 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 70 YCT 2 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 包 | bāo | — | surname Bao |
| 子 | zǐ | — | son |
| 北 | běi | — | north |
| 京 | jīng | — | surname Jing |
| 比 | bǐ | prep./v./n./adj. | to compare |
| 不 | bù | — | no |
| 客 | kè | — | customer |
| 气 | qì | — | gas |
| 茶 | chá | n. | tea |
| 打 | dǎ | — | (loanword) dozen |
| 电 | diàn | — | lightning |
| 话 | huà | — | dialect |
| 弟 | dì | — | younger brother |
| 视 | shì | — | variant of 视 |
| 对 | duì | — | right |
| 起 | qǐ | — | to rise |
| 多 | duō | — | many |
| 少 | shǎo | — | few |
| 房 | fáng | — | surname Fang |
| 间 | jiān | — | between |
| 分 | fēn | — | to divide |
| 钟 | zhōng | — | surname Zhong |
| 汉 | hàn | — | Han ethnic group |
| 语 | yǔ | — | dialect |
| 好 | hǎo | — | good |
| 吃 | chī | — | to eat |
| 红 | hóng | adj./v. | red |
| 画 | huà | n./v./mw. | to draw/paint (pictures) |
| 黄 | huáng | n./adj. | yellow |
| 会 | huì | v./n. | to know how to; can; meeting |
| 脚 | jiǎo | n./mw. | foot |
| 觉 | jué | — | a nap |
| 得 | dé | — | to obtain |
| 可 | kě | — | (prefix) can |
| 以 | yǐ | — | old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 块 | kuài | mw. | yuan |
| 来 | lái | v./n./num./part. | to come |
| 了 | le | part./v. | [makes an exclamation] |
| 冷 | lěng | adj. | cold |
| 里 | lǐ | — | variant of 里 |
| 面 | miàn | — | face |
| 两 | liǎng | num./n. | two (of something) |
| 零 | líng | num./n. | zero |
| 绿 | lǜ | adj. | green |
| 买 | mǎi | v. | buy |
| 没 | méi | — | (negative prefix for verbs) have not |
| 关 | guān | — | surname Guan |
| 系 | xì | — | to connect |
| 有 | yǒu | — | to have |
| 妹 | mèi | — | younger sister |
| 名 | míng | — | name |
| 字 | zì | — | letter |
| 呢 | ne | part. | [returns/forwards a question] |
| 年 | nián | n. | year |
| 朋 | péng | — | friend |
| 友 | yǒu | — | friend |
| 漂 | piāo | — | to float |
| 亮 | liàng | — | bright |
| 床 | chuáng | — | bed |
| 铅 | qiān | — | old variant of 铅 |
| 笔 | bǐ | — | writing brush |
| 钱 | qián | n. | money |
| 请 | qǐng | v. | to invite; please |
| 热 | rè | adj./n./suf./v. | hot |
| 上 | shàng | — | used in 上声 |
| 边 | biān | — | side |
| 书 | shū | — | abbr. for 书经 |
| 睡 | shuì | — | to sleep |
| 说 | shuō | — | to persuade |
| 天 | tiān | — | day |
| 同 | tóng | — | like |
| 学 | xué | — | to learn |
| 玩 | wán | v. | to play |
| 晚 | wǎn | — | evening |
| 香 | xiāng | — | fragrant |
| 蕉 | jiāo | — | banana |
| 熊 | xióng | — | surname Xiong |
| 猫 | māo | — | cat (CL:只) |
| 生 | shēng | — | to be born |
| 习 | xí | — | surname Xi |
| 颜 | yán | — | surname Yan |
| 色 | sè | — | color |
| 要 | yào | v. | want; be going to; ask for; demand |
| 也 | yě | adv./part./adj. | too; also |
| 医 | yī | — | medical |
| 院 | yuàn | — | courtyard |
| 椅 | yǐ | — | chair |
| 早 | zǎo | — | early |
| 怎 | zěn | — | how |
| 么 | me | — | exclamatory final particle |
| 样 | yàng | — | manner |
| 真 | zhēn | adv./adj. | real; so (+adjective) |
| 只 | zhī | adv./mw. | [measure word for animals] |
| 桌 | zhuō | — | table |
| 昨 | zuó | — | yesterday |
| 坐 | zuò | v. | to sit |
| 做 | zuò | v. | to do; to be; become (an occupation) |