YCT (Youth Chinese Test)
YCT 3 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete YCT 3 vocabulary list — all 150 words and 202 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 150 YCT 3 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 把 | bǎ | prep./v./num. | grasp; [measure word for knives] |
| 吧 | ba | part. | [makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")] |
| 白 | bái | adj./n./adv./v. | white |
| 百 | bǎi | num./n. | hundred |
| 半 | bàn | num. | half |
| 帮 | bāng | — | old variant of 帮 |
| 助 | zhù | — | to help |
| 饱 | bǎo | adj./v. | full up; eaten to one’s satisfaction |
| 杯 | bēi | — | cup |
| 子 | zǐ | — | son |
| 本 | běn | pron./mw./adv./n. | root; [measure word for books] |
| 别 | bié | adv./v./pron. | separate |
| 菜 | cài | n. | vegetable |
| 唱 | chàng | — | to sing |
| 歌 | gē | — | song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]) |
| 车 | chē | — | surname Che |
| 站 | zhàn | — | station |
| 迟 | chí | — | surname Chi |
| 到 | dào | — | to reach |
| 出 | chū | v./mw. | to go out |
| 穿 | chuān | v. | to wear; to put on |
| 次 | cì | adj. | time |
| 打 | dǎ | — | (loanword) dozen |
| 篮 | lán | — | basket (receptacle) |
| 球 | qiú | — | ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2]) |
| 蛋 | dàn | — | variant of 蜑[Dan4] |
| 糕 | gāo | — | cake |
| 但 | dàn | — | but |
| 是 | shì | — | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 当 | dāng | — | (onom.) dong |
| 然 | rán | — | correct |
| 得 | dé | part./v. | gain; obtain |
| 第 | dì | — | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") |
| 一 | yī | — | one |
| 电 | diàn | — | lightning |
| 脑 | nǎo | — | brain |
| 影 | yǐng | — | picture |
| 丢 | diū | v. | lose |
| 东 | dōng | — | surname Dong |
| 西 | xī | — | the West |
| 懂 | dǒng | v. | to understand |
| 动 | dòng | — | (of sth) to move |
| 物 | wù | — | (bound form) thing |
| 园 | yuán | — | surname Yuan |
| 都 | dōu | adv. | both; all |
| 读 | dú | v. | read aloud |
| 对 | duì | prep./v./mw./adj. | correct; right |
| 饿 | è | v./adj. | hungry |
| 飞 | fēi | — | to fly |
| 机 | jī | — | surname Ji |
| 感 | gǎn | — | to feel |
| 冒 | mào | — | old variant of 冒[mao4] |
| 给 | gěi | prep./v./part. | to give |
| 公 | gōng | — | public |
| 共 | gòng | — | common |
| 汽 | qì | — | steam |
| 刮 | guā | — | to scrape |
| 风 | fēng | — | wind |
| 关 | guān | v./n. | to close |
| 果 | guǒ | — | fruit |
| 汁 | zhī | — | juice |
| 过 | guò | part./v./adv. | to cross (road; bridge; river etc.) |
| 还 | hái | adv./v. | still |
| 黑 | hēi | adj. | black |
| 猴 | hóu | — | monkey |
| 后 | hòu | n. | behind |
| 坏 | huài | adj./v. | bad |
| 欢 | huān | — | variant of 欢 |
| 迎 | yíng | — | to welcome |
| 回 | huí | v. | to return |
| 鸡 | jī | — | fowl |
| 件 | jiàn | mw. | item; [measure word for items of clothing] |
| 饺 | jiǎo | — | dumplings with meat filling |
| 教 | jiào | — | surname Jiao |
| 室 | shì | — | surname Shi |
| 进 | jìn | v. | to enter |
| 近 | jìn | adj./v. | near; close by |
| 就 | jiù | adv./prep./conj./v. | simply |
| 开 | kāi | v./mw. | to switch on; open |
| 可 | kě | — | (prefix) can |
| 爱 | ài | — | to love |
| 课 | kè | n. | lesson |
| 哭 | kū | v. | cry |
| 裤 | kù | — | variant of 裤 |
| 快 | kuài | adj./adv. | fast; quick |
| 乐 | lè | — | surname Le |
| 蓝 | lán | adj. | blue |
| 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 |
| 虎 | hǔ | — | tiger |
| 累 | lèi | adj./v. | tired |
| 礼 | lǐ | — | surname Li |
| 卖 | mài | v. | to sell |
| 慢 | màn | adj. | slow |
| 忙 | máng | v./adj. | busy |
| 玫 | méi | — | (fine jade) |
| 瑰 | guī | — | (semiprecious stone) |
| 花 | huā | — | surname Hua |
| 每 | měi | pron. | every; each |
| 面 | miàn | — | face |
| 包 | bāo | — | surname Bao |