YCT (Youth Chinese Test)
YCT 4 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete YCT 4 vocabulary list — all 293 words and 420 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 293 YCT 4 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | ā | — | abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc |
| 姨 | yí | — | mother's sister |
| 啊 | a | part./interj. | ah |
| 矮 | ǎi | adj./v. | short (height) |
| 安 | ān | — | surname An |
| 静 | jìng | — | still |
| 全 | quán | — | surname Quan |
| 搬 | bān | v. | to move |
| 办 | bàn | — | to take care of (a matter) |
| 法 | fǎ | — | variant of 法[fa3] |
| 报 | bào | — | to report |
| 纸 | zhǐ | — | variant of 纸 |
| 北 | běi | — | north |
| 方 | fāng | — | surname Fang |
| 被 | bèi | prep./adv. | quilt; by (somebody/something) |
| 比 | bǐ | — | Belgium |
| 赛 | sài | — | to compete |
| 必 | bì | — | certainly |
| 须 | xū | — | must |
| 毕 | bì | — | surname Bi |
| 业 | yè | — | surname Ye |
| 变 | biàn | — | to change |
| 化 | huà | — | variant of 花[hua1] |
| 表 | biǎo | — | exterior surface |
| 演 | yǎn | — | to perform (a play etc) |
| 别 | bié | — | surname Bie |
| 人 | rén | — | person |
| 冰 | bīng | — | ice |
| 激 | jī | — | to arouse |
| 凌 | líng | — | surname Ling |
| 箱 | xiāng | — | box |
| 饼 | bǐng | — | round flat cake |
| 干 | gān | — | old variant of 干 |
| 猜 | cāi | v. | guess |
| 参 | cān | — | variant of 参 |
| 观 | guān | — | surname Guan |
| 加 | jiā | v./adj. | add |
| 草 | cǎo | — | variant of 草[cao3] |
| 地 | de | part./n. | ground |
| 层 | céng | n. | storey |
| 尝 | cháng | v. | taste |
| 长 | cháng | — | long |
| 城 | chéng | — | city walls |
| 超 | chāo | — | to exceed |
| 市 | shì | — | market |
| 成 | chéng | — | surname Cheng |
| 绩 | jì | — | to spin (hemp etc) |
| 虫 | chóng | — | variant of 虫 |
| 子 | zǐ | — | son |
| 出 | chū | — | to go out |
| 发 | fā | — | to send out |
| 初 | chū | — | at first |
| 中 | zhōng | — | (bound form) China |
| 除 | chú | — | to get rid of |
| 了 | le | — | (completed action marker) |
| 窗 | chuāng | — | old variant of 窗[chuang1] |
| 户 | hù | — | a household |
| 床 | chuáng | n./mw. | bed |
| 春 | chūn | — | old variant of 春[chun1] |
| 季 | jì | — | surname Ji |
| 词 | cí | — | old variant of 词 |
| 典 | diǎn | — | canon |
| 聪 | cōng | — | (literary) acute (of hearing) |
| 明 | míng | — | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) |
| 从 | cóng | prep. | from |
| 错 | cuò | v./n. | wrong |
| 打 | dǎ | — | (loanword) dozen |
| 扰 | rǎo | — | to disturb |
| 扫 | sǎo | — | to sweep (with a brush or broom) |
| 算 | suàn | — | to regard as |
| 针 | zhēn | — | needle |
| 大 | dà | — | big |
| 概 | gài | — | (bound form) general |
| 海 | hǎi | — | surname Hai |
| 家 | jiā | — | used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 象 | xiàng | — | elephant |
| 带 | dài | v. | carry |
| 戴 | dài | v./n. | to wear (accessories) |
| 担 | dān | — | to undertake |
| 心 | xīn | — | heart |
| 到 | dào | — | to reach |
| 处 | chù | — | to reside |
| 等 | děng | v./part. | to wait for |
| 铁 | tiě | — | surname Tie |
| 图 | tú | — | diagram |
| 址 | zhǐ | — | (bound form) site |
| 电 | diàn | — | lightning |
| 灯 | dēng | — | lamp |
| 梯 | tī | — | (bound form) ladder |
| 邮 | yóu | — | post (office) |
| 件 | jiàn | — | item |
| 东 | dōng | n./adj. | east |
| 冬 | dōng | n. | winter |
| 肚 | dù | — | tripe |
| 短 | duǎn | adj. | short |
| 锻 | duàn | — | to forge |
| 炼 | liàn | — | to refine |
| 多 | duō | — | many |
| 么 | me | — | exclamatory final particle |
| 儿 | ér | — | child |