HSK 5 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete official HSK 5 word list from the HSK exam syllabus (《HSK 考试大纲》, 2025-11): 1600 words with tone-marked pinyin, part of speech, and English meanings, built on 431 characters. Every word links to its word page, and every character links to a stroke-order page.
1600
Vocabulary words
431
Required characters
9.4
Average strokes
HSK 3.0
2025 syllabus
Stroke order
The 431 characters of HSK 5
Each character page has a stroke-order animation and a step-by-step breakdown.
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Word list
All 1600 HSK 5 words
1600 words across 3 pages — page 1 covers letters #–j.
The syllabus lists one word as two identical rows (same written form, pinyin and part of speech), so it is shown once below — the official count above still includes both rows.
# 16
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 哎 | āi | interj. | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) |
| 哎呀 | āiyā | interj. | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 唉 | ài | interj. | alas; oh dear |
| 爱护 | àihù | v. | to cherish; to treasure; to take care of; to love and protect |
| 安 | ān | adj. / v. | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) |
| 安全带 | ān | n. | seat belt |
| 安慰 | ānwèi | v. / adj. | to comfort; to console |
| 安装 | ān | v. | to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation |
| 暗 | àn | adj. | (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗); dark (variant of 暗) |
| 熬夜 | áoyè | v. | to stay up late or all night |
| 儿女 | érnǚ | n. | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) |
| 二手 | èrshǒu | adj. | indirectly acquired; second-hand (information, equipment etc); assistant |
| 二维码 | èrwéimǎ | n. | two-dimensional barcode; QR code |
| 哦 | ò | interj. | oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth) |
| 欧洲 | Ōuzhōu | n. | Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) |
| 偶然 | ǒurán | adj. | incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 把握 | bǎwò | v. / n. | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) |
| 白 | bái | adj. / adv. | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera |
| 半夜 | bànyè | num. / n. | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 傍晚 | bàngwǎn | n. | in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk |
| 包裹 | bāo | v. / n. | to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package |
| 包含 | bāohán | v. | to contain; to embody; to include |
| 包括 | bāo | v. | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of |
| 包装 | bāo | v. / n. | to pack; to package; to wrap; packaging |
| 薄 | báo | adj. | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile |
| 宝 | bǎo | n. | jewel; gem; treasure; precious |
| 保 | bǎo | v. / n. | to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old) |
| 保安 | bǎo’ān | v. / n. | to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard |
| 宝贝 | bǎobèi | n. | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character |
| 保持 | bǎochí | v. | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve |
| 保存 | bǎocún | v. | to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing) |
| 宝贵 | bǎo | adj. | valuable; precious; to value; to treasure; to set store by |
| 保留 | bǎo | v. | to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later |
| 保险 | bǎo | n. / adj. | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to |
| 保质期 | bǎozhìqī | n. | shelf life; expiration date |
| 报到 | bàodào | v. | to report for duty; to check in; to register |
| 报道 | bàodào | v. / n. | to report (news); report |
| 报告 | bàogào | v. / n. | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture |
| 报警 | bàojǐng | v. | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police |
| 暴雨 | bàoyǔ | n. | torrential rain; rainstorm |
| 抱怨 | bào | v. | to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied |
| 背 | bèi | n. / v. / adj. | the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing |
| 背后 | bèihòu | n. | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back |
| 背景 | bèijǐng | n. | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 被子 | bèi | n. | quilt |
| 本 | běn | adv. / pron. | root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 本地 | běndì | n. | local; this locality |
| 本领 | běnlǐng | n. | skill; ability; capability |
| 本人 | běnrén | pron. | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned |
| 本质 | běnzhì | n. | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality |
| 彼此 | bǐcǐ | pron. | each other; one another |
| 比分 | bǐfēn | n. | score |
| 比例 | bǐlì | n. | proportion; scale |
| 比喻 | bǐyù | v. / n. | to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively |
| 必 | bì | adv. | certainly; must; will; necessarily |
| 毕竟 | bìjìng | adv. | after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis |
| 避免 | bì | v. | to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from |
| 闭幕式 | bìmùshì | n. | closing ceremony |
| 必然 | bìrán | adj. / n. | inevitable; certain; necessity |
| 必需 | bìxū | v. | to need; to require; essential; indispensable |
| 必要 | bìyào | adj. | necessary; essential; indispensable; required |
| 便 | biàn | adv. | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards |
| 变动 | biàndòng | v. | to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation |
| 便利 | biànlì | adj. / v. | convenient; easy; to facilitate |
| 便利店 | biànlì | n. | convenience store |
| 标题 | biāotí | n. | title; heading; headline; caption; subject |
| 标志 | biāozhì | n. / v. | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 表达 | biǎodá | v. | to express; to convey |
| 表面 | biǎo | n. | surface; face; outside; appearance |
| 表明 | biǎomíng | v. | to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known |
| 表情 | biǎoqíng | n. | (facial) expression; to express one's feelings |
| 别 | bié | v. | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) |
| 饼 | bǐng | n. | round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry |
| 病房 | bìngfáng | n. | ward (of a hospital); sickroom |
| 病情 | bìngqíng | n. | state of an illness; patient's condition |
| 拨打 | bōdǎ | v. | to call; to dial |
| 玻璃 | bō | n. | glass; (slang) male homosexual |
| 博物馆 | bówù | n. | museum |
| 不利 | búlì | adj. | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental |
| 不幸 | búxìng | adj. / n. | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately |
| 不要紧 | búyàojǐn | adj. | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but |
| 补充 | bǔchōng | v. | to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary |
| 不得了 | bùdé | adj. | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly |
| 不符 | bùfú | v. | inconsistent |
| 不良 | bù | adj. | bad; harmful; unhealthy |
| 不然 | bùrán | conj. / adj. | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? |
| 步行 | bùxíng | v. | to go on foot; to walk |
| 不足 | bùzú | v. / n. | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 才 | cái | n. | (variant of 才) just now; (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 裁判 | cáipàn | v. / n. | judgment; to referee; umpire; judge; referee |
| 采访 | cǎifǎng | v. | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover |
| 采取 | cǎiqǔ | v. | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 彩色 | cǎisè | n. | color; multicolored |
| 采用 | cǎiyòng | v. | to adopt; to employ; to use |
| 参考 | cānkǎo | v. | consultation; reference; to consult; to refer |
| 餐饮 | cānyǐn | n. | food and beverage; catering; repast |
| 参与 | cānyù | v. | to participate (in sth) |
| 藏 | cáng | v. | to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect |
| 操作 | cāo | v. | to work; to operate; to manipulate |
| 册 | cè | mw. | book; booklet; classifier for books |
| 测 | cè | v. | to survey; to measure; to conjecture |
| 测试 | cèshì | v. | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) |
| 曾 | céng | adv. | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾经 | céngjīng | adv. | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 插 | chā | v. | old variant of 插 |
| 差别 | chā | n. | difference; distinction; disparity |
| 差距 | chājù | n. | disparity; gap |
| 叉子 | chā | n. | fork |
| 拆 | chāi | v. | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open |
| 产 | chǎn | v. | to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property |
| 产量 | chǎn | n. | output |
| 产品 | chǎnpǐn | n. | goods; merchandise; product |
| 产业 | chǎnyè | n. | industry; estate; property; industrial |
| 长处 | chángchù | n. | good aspects; strong points |
| 长度 | chángdù | n. | length |
| 长久 | cháng | adj. | (for a) long time |
| 长期 | chángqī | n. / adj. | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) |
| 常识 | chángshí | n. | common sense; general knowledge |
| 尝试 | chángshì | v. | to try; to attempt |
| 长途 | chángtú | adj. | long distance |
| 长远 | cháng | adj. | long-term; long-range |
| 场所 | chǎng | n. | location; place |
| 超 | chāo | v. | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- |
| 超出 | chāochū | v. | to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach |
| 超级 | chāojí | adj. | super-; ultra-; hyper- |
| 超速 | chāosù | v. | to exceed the speed limit; to speed; high-speed |
| 朝 | cháo | v. / prep. | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards |
| 吵 | chǎo | adj. / v. | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise |
| 炒 | chǎo | v. | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) |
| 车祸 | chē | n. | traffic accident; car crash |
| 车库 | chēkù | n. | garage |
| 车辆 | chē | n. | vehicle |
| 车厢 | chē | n. | carriage |
| 车主 | chēzhǔ | n. | vehicle owner |
| 彻底 | chèdǐ | adj. | thorough; thoroughly; complete |
| 沉 | chén | v. / adj. | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy |
| 沉默 | chénmò | v. | taciturn; uncommunicative; silent |
| 称 | chēng | v. | to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise |
| 称为 | chēngwéi | v. | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 称赞 | chēngzàn | v. | to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment |
| 成本 | chéngběn | n. | (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 承担 | chéngdān | v. | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 程度 | chéngdù | n. | degree; level; extent |
| 成分 | chéngfèn | n. | composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status |
| 成果 | chéng | n. | result; achievement; gain; profit |
| 成就 | chéng | n. / v. | accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about |
| 成立 | chénglì | v. | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water |
| 成年 | chéng | v. | to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year |
| 城区 | chéngqū | n. | city district; urban area |
| 成人 | chéngrén | v. / n. | adult |
| 承认 | chéngrèn | v. | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge |
| 承受 | chéngshòu | v. | to bear; to support; to inherit |
| 成熟 | chéngshú | v. / adj. | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] |
| 乘务员 | chéngwù | n. | attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
| 程序 | chéngxù | n. | procedures; sequence; order; computer program |
| 成员 | chéng | n. | member |
| 成长 | chéngzhǎng | v. | to mature; to grow; growth |
| 橙子 | chéng | n. | orange |
| 池 | chí | n. | surname Chi |
| 持续 | chíxù | v. | to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation |
| 尺子 | chǐ | n. | ruler (measuring instrument) |
| 翅膀 | chìbǎng | n. | wing |
| 冲 | chōng | v. | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash |
| 充电 | chōng | v. | to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure); to update one's skills and knowledge |
| 充分 | chōngfèn | adj. | ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full |
| 充满 | chōngmǎn | v. | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated |
| 充值 | chōngzhí | v. | to recharge (money onto a card); to top up |
| 充足 | chōngzú | adj. | adequate; sufficient; abundant |
| 重复 | chóngfù | v. | variant of 重复 |
| 虫子 | chóng | n. | insect; bug; worm |
| 宠物 | chǒngwù | n. | house pet |
| 抽 | chōu | v. | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash |
| 丑 | chǒu | adj. | shameful; ugly; disgraceful |
| 臭 | chòu | adj. | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) |
| 初 | chū | n. / adv. / pref. | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic |
| 出版 | chūbǎn | v. | to publish |
| 初级 | chūjí | adj. | junior; primary |
| 初期 | chūqī | n. | initial stage; beginning period |
| 出色 | chūsè | adj. | remarkable; outstanding |
| 出售 | chūshòu | v. | to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market |
| 出席 | chūxí | v. | to attend; to participate; present |
| 出自 | chūzì | v. | to come from |
| 除夕 | chúxī | n. | lunar New Year's Eve |
| 处 | chǔ | v. | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish |
| 处理 | chǔlǐ | v. | to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices |
| 处于 | chǔyú | v. | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 处 | chù | n. | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point |
| 传 | chuán | v. | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) |
| 传播 | chuánbō | v. | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 传递 | chuándì | v. | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive |
| 传说 | chuán | v. / n. | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 传统 | chuántǒng | n. / adj. | tradition; traditional; convention; conventional |
| 窗台 | chuāngtái | n. | window sill; window ledge |
| 床单 | chuángdān | n. | bed sheet |
| 创新 | chuàngxīn | v. / n. | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 创业 | chuàngyè | v. | to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture; entrepreneurship |
| 创造 | chuàngzào | v. | to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) |
| 创作 | chuàng | v. / n. | to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation |
| 词汇 | cí | n. | vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes); word |
| 辞职 | cízhí | v. | to resign |
| 此后 | cǐhòu | n. | after this; afterwards; hereafter |
| 此前 | cǐ | n. | before this; before then; previously |
| 此时 | cǐshí | n. | now; this moment |
| 刺激 | cìjī | v. / n. | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 从不 | cóng bù | — | never |
| 从而 | cóng’ér | conj. | thus; thereby |
| 从前 | cóng | n. | previously; formerly; once upon a time |
| 从事 | cóngshì | v. | to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do |
| 促进 | cùjìn | v. | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促使 | cùshǐ | v. | to induce; to promote; to urge; to impel; to bring about; to provoke; to drive (sb to do sth); to catalyze; to actuate; to contribute to (some development) |
| 促销 | cù | v. | to promote sales |
| 催 | cuī | v. | to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite |
| 存放 | cúnfàng | v. | to deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care |
| 存款 | cún | v. / n. | to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit |
| 存在 | cúnzài | v. | to exist; to be; existence |
| 措施 | cuòshī | n. | measure; step |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 达成 | dáchéng | v. | to reach (an agreement); to accomplish |
| 打扮 | dǎ | v. | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress |
| 打包 | dǎbāo | v. | to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) |
| 打断 | dǎ | v. | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) |
| 打破 | dǎpò | v. | to break; to smash |
| 打听 | dǎ | v. | to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around |
| 大胆 | dàdǎn | adj. | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless |
| 大多 | dà | adv. | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly |
| 大会 | dà | n. | general assembly; general meeting; convention |
| 大力 | dàlì | n. / adv. | energetically; vigorously |
| 大妈 | dàmā | n. | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 大米 | dàmǐ | n. | (husked) rice |
| 大脑 | dànǎo | n. | brain; cerebrum |
| 大批 | dàpī | adj. | large quantities of |
| 大厦 | dàshà | n. | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) |
| 大事 | dàshì | n. | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way |
| 大象 | dà | n. | elephant |
| 大型 | dàxíng | adj. | large; large-scale |
| 大爷 | dà | n. | (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man |
| 大于 | dàyú | v. | greater than; bigger than; more than |
| 大众 | dàzhòng | n. | the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc) |
| 代 | dài | v. / n. | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 代表 | dài | n. / v. | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of |
| 带动 | dàidòng | v. | to spur; to provide impetus; to drive |
| 代替 | dàitì | v. | to replace; to take the place of |
| 待遇 | dàiyù | n. | treatment; pay; salary; status; rank |
| 单 | dān | adj. / adv. / n. / mw. | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number |
| 单独 | dāndú | adv. | alone; by oneself; on one's own |
| 担任 | dānrèn | v. | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as |
| 单一 | dānyī | adj. | single; only; sole |
| 单元 | dān | n. | unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase |
| 胆小 | dǎn | adj. | cowardice; timid |
| 淡 | dàn | adj. | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen |
| 当地 | dāngdì | n. | local |
| 当年 | dāng | n. | in those days; then; in those years; during that time |
| 当前 | dāng | v. / n. | the present time; to be faced with |
| 当中 | dāngzhōng | n. | among; in the middle; in the center |
| 挡 | dǎng | v. | variant of 挡 |
| 当 | dàng | v. | at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 当成 | dàngchéng | v. | to consider as; to take to be |
| 当作 | dàng | v. | to treat as; to regard as |
| 倒 | dǎo | v. | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit |
| 导演 | dǎoyǎn | v. / n. | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 导致 | dǎozhì | v. | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 到达 | dàodá | v. | to reach; to arrive |
| 道理 | dàolǐ | n. | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification |
| 到期 | dàoqī | v. | to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) |
| 登 | dēng | v. | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) |
| 灯光 | dēng | n. | (stage) lighting; light |
| 登记 | dēngjì | v. | to register (one's name) |
| 登录 | dēnglù | v. | to register; to log in |
| 等待 | děngdài | v. | to wait; to wait for |
| 等候 | děnghòu | v. | to wait; to wait for |
| 等于 | děngyú | v. | to equal; to be tantamount to |
| 低头 | dītóu | v. | to bow the head; to yield; to give in |
| 的确 | dí | adv. | really; indeed |
| 敌人 | dírén | n. | enemy |
| 递 | dì | v. | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order |
| 地理 | dìlǐ | n. | geography |
| 地面 | dì | n. | floor; ground; surface |
| 地区 | dìqū | n. | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) |
| 地位 | dìwèi | n. | position; status; place |
| 地下 | dì | n. / adj. | underground; subterranean; covert |
| 地震 | dìzhèn | v. | earthquake |
| 点心 | diǎn | n. | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert |
| 点赞 | diǎnzàn | v. | |
| 电池 | diànchí | n. | battery |
| 电动 | diàndòng | adj. | electric-powered; (Tw) video game |
| 电器 | diànqì | n. | (electrical) appliance; device |
| 电商 | diànshāng | n. | e-commerce (abbr. for 电子商务) |
| 电视台 | diànshìtái | n. | television station |
| 电子版 | diànzǐbǎn | n. | electronic edition; digital version |
| 调 | diào | v. | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody |
| 调研 | diàoyán | v. | to investigate and research; research; investigation |
| 定期 | dìngqī | v. / adj. | at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term |
| 丢失 | diūshī | v. | to lose; to misplace |
| 冻 | dòng | v. | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly |
| 洞 | dòng | n. | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) |
| 动画 | dòng | n. | animation; cartoon |
| 动人 | dòngrén | adj. | touching; moving |
| 动手 | dòngshǒu | v. | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch |
| 豆腐 | dòu | n. | tofu; bean curd |
| 豆浆 | dòu | n. | soy milk |
| 独立 | dúlì | v. / adj. | independent; independence; to stand alone |
| 独特 | dútè | adj. | unique; distinctive |
| 读音 | dúyīn | n. | pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
| 独自 | dúzì | adv. | alone |
| 堵 | dǔ | v. / adj. / mw. | to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) |
| 度 | dù | mw. / n. / v. / suf. | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences |
| 短处 | duǎnchù | n. | shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points |
| 短期 | duǎnqī | n. / adj. | short term; short-term |
| 断 | duàn | v. | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly |
| 堆 | duī | v. / n. / mw. | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount |
| 对比 | duìbǐ | v. / n. | to contrast; contrast; ratio |
| 对待 | duìdài | v. | to treat; treatment |
| 对手 | duìshǒu | n. | opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match |
| 队伍 | duì | n. | ranks; troops; queue; line; procession |
| 对象 | duì | n. | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 吨 | dūn | mw. | ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn] |
| 朵 | duǒ | mw. | variant of 朵 |
| 躲 | duǒ | v. | to hide; to dodge; to avoid |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 发表 | fā | v. | to issue; to publish |
| 发布 | fābù | v. | to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute |
| 发达 | fādá | adj. / v. | well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper |
| 发挥 | fā | v. | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) |
| 发明 | fāmíng | v. / n. | to invent; an invention |
| 发起 | fāqǐ | v. | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) |
| 发言 | fāyán | v. / n. | to make a speech; statement; utterance |
| 发音 | fāyīn | v. / n. | to pronounce |
| 罚 | fá | v. | variant of 罚 |
| 罚款 | fá | v. / n. | to fine; penalty; fine (monetary) |
| 法院 | fǎ | n. | court of law; court |
| 翻 | fān | v. | variant of 翻 |
| 番茄 | fān | n. | tomato |
| 繁荣 | fánróng | adj. / v. | prosperous; booming (economy) |
| 反 | fǎn | adj. / v. / adv. | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system |
| 反而 | fǎn’ér | adv. | on the contrary; instead |
| 反复 | fǎnfù | adv. / v. / n. | repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return |
| 返回 | fǎn | v. | to return to; to come (or go) back |
| 反应 | fǎnyìng | v. / n. | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction |
| 反映 | fǎnyìng | v. | to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render |
| 反正 | fǎnzhèng | adv. | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side |
| 范围 | fànwéi | n. | range; scope; limit; extent |
| 方 | fāng | adj. / n. | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 方案 | fāng’àn | n. | plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill |
| 防 | fáng | v. | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent |
| 房屋 | fángwū | n. | house; building |
| 防止 | fángzhǐ | v. | to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions |
| 仿佛 | fǎngfú | adv. | to seem; as if; alike; similar |
| 访问 | fǎngwèn | v. | to visit; to call on; to interview |
| 飞行 | fēixíng | v. | (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation |
| 飞行员 | fēixíng | n. | pilot; aviator |
| 非洲 | Fēizhōu | n. | Africa |
| 分别 | fēn | v. / adv. / n. | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually |
| 分布 | fēnbù | v. | to scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc); (statistical, geographic) distribution |
| 纷纷 | fēnfēn | adj. / adv. | one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell |
| 分类 | fēnlèi | v. | to classify |
| 分离 | fēnlí | v. | to separate |
| 分配 | fēnpèi | v. | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) |
| 分手 | fēnshǒu | v. | to part company; to split up; to break up |
| 分析 | fēnxī | v. | to analyze; analysis |
| 分享 | fēn | v. | to share (let others have some of sth good) |
| 奋斗 | fèndòu | v. | to strive; to struggle |
| 丰富多彩 | fēngfù-duōcǎi | — | richly colorful |
| 风格 | fēnggé | n. | style |
| 疯狂 | fēng | adj. | crazy; frenzied; wild |
| 风俗 | fēngsú | n. | social custom |
| 风险 | fēng | n. | risk; hazard |
| 否定 | fǒudìng | v. / adj. | to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation |
| 否认 | fǒurèn | v. | to declare to be untrue; to deny |
| 夫妇 | fūfù | n. | a (married) couple; husband and wife |
| 扶 | fú | v. | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help |
| 福 | fú | n. | good fortune; happiness; luck |
| 服装 | fú | n. | dress; clothing; costume; clothes |
| 副 | fù | mw. | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions |
| 富 | fù | adj. | rich; abundant; wealthy |
| 付出 | fùchū | v. | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) |
| 负担 | fùdān | v. / n. | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 妇女 | fùnǚ | n. | woman |
| 富有 | fùyǒu | adj. / v. | rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with |
| 复制 | fùzhì | v. | to duplicate; to make a copy of; to copy; to reproduce; to clone |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 改革 | gǎigé | v. | reform; to reform |
| 改进 | gǎijìn | v. | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 改善 | gǎishàn | v. | to make better; to improve |
| 改天 | gǎi | adv. | another day |
| 改正 | gǎizhèng | v. | to correct; to amend; to put right; correction |
| 盖 | gài | n. / v. | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build |
| 概括 | gài | v. / adj. | to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline |
| 概念 | gài | n. | concept; idea |
| 敢于 | gǎnyú | v. | to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in |
| 刚好 | gānghǎo | adj. / adv. | just; exactly; to happen to be |
| 高大 | gāodà | adj. | tall; lofty; towering |
| 高档 | gāodàng | adj. | superior quality; high grade; top grade |
| 高度 | gāodù | n. / adj. | height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly |
| 高级 | gāojí | adj. | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking |
| 高科技 | gāokējì | n. | high tech; high technology |
| 高效 | gāo | adj. | efficient; highly effective |
| 搞 | gǎo | v. | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of |
| 告别 | gào | v. | to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to |
| 歌词 | gēcí | n. | song lyric; lyrics |
| 歌曲 | gēqǔ | n. | song |
| 隔 | gé | v. | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of |
| 格外 | géwài | adv. | especially; particularly |
| 个别 | gè | adv. / adj. | individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare |
| 各行各业 | gèháng-gèyè | — | every trade; all professions; all walks of life |
| 个人 | gèrén | n. | individual; personal; oneself |
| 个性 | gèxìng | n. | individuality; personality |
| 各自 | gèzì | pron. | each; respective; apiece |
| 根 | gēn | n. / mw. | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) |
| 根本 | gēnběn | n. / adj. / adv. | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all |
| 更换 | gēng | v. | to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc) |
| 更新 | gēngxīn | v. | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate |
| 公布 | gōngbù | v. | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 工程 | gōngchéng | n. | engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking |
| 工程师 | gōngchéngshī | n. | engineer |
| 工具 | gōngjù | n. | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) |
| 功能 | gōngnéng | n. | function; capability |
| 公平 | gōngpíng | adj. | fair; impartial |
| 公务员 | gōngwù | n. | functionary; office-bearer |
| 恭喜 | gōngxǐ | v. | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |
| 工业 | gōngyè | n. | industry |
| 工艺 | gōngyì | n. | arts and crafts; industrial arts |
| 公寓 | gōngyù | n. | apartment building; block of flats |
| 贡献 | gòng | v. / n. | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution |
| 共享 | gòng | v. | to share; to enjoy together |
| 沟通 | gōutōng | v. | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 构成 | gòuchéng | v. / n. | to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing) |
| 古 | gǔ | adj. | ancient; old; paleo- |
| 鼓 | gǔ | n. / v. / adj. | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell |
| 古代 | gǔdài | n. | ancient times |
| 古老 | gǔlǎo | adj. | ancient; old; age-old |
| 鼓掌 | gǔzhǎng | v. | to applaud; to clap |
| 固定 | gùdìng | v. | to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular |
| 故乡 | gù | n. | home; homeland; native place |
| 挂号 | guàhào | v. | to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail |
| 怪 | guài | adj. / v. / adv. | variant of 怪 |
| 关闭 | guānbì | v. | to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down |
| 观察 | guānchá | v. | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观点 | guān | n. | point of view; viewpoint; standpoint |
| 观念 | guān | n. | notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions |
| 冠军 | guànjūn | n. | champion |
| 光临 | guānglín | v. | (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend |
| 光明 | guāngmíng | n. / adj. | light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted |
| 光线 | guāng | n. | light ray; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph) |
| 广 | guǎng | adj. | wide; numerous; to spread |
| 广场 | guǎngchǎng | n. | public square; plaza |
| 广大 | guǎngdà | adj. | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous |
| 广泛 | guǎngfàn | adj. | extensive; wide range |
| 规律 | guīlǜ | n. / adj. | rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior; regular pattern; rhythm; discipline |
| 规模 | guīmó | n. | scale; scope; extent |
| 规则 | guīzé | n. / adj. | rule; regulation; rules and regulations |
| 贵姓 | guìxìng | n. | |
| 柜子 | guì | n. | cupboard; cabinet |
| 滚 | gǔn | v. | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! |
| 锅 | guō | n. | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing |
| 国画 | guó | n. | traditional Chinese painting |
| 国庆 | guóqìng | n. | National Day |
| 果然 | guǒrán | adv. | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed |
| 果实 | guǒshí | n. | fruit (produced by a plant); (fig.) fruits (of success etc); results; gains |
| 过度 | guòdù | adj. | excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue |
| 过分 | guòfèn | adj. | excessive; undue; overly |
| 过敏 | guòmǐn | v. | oversensitive; allergic; allergy |
| 过期 | guòqī | v. | to be overdue; to exceed the time limit; to expire (as in expiration date) |
| 过于 | guòyú | adv. | too much; excessively |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 哈 | hā | onom. / interj. | (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 奇, husky (dog) |
| 海关 | hǎi | n. | customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) |
| 海外 | hǎiwài | n. | overseas; abroad |
| 海鲜 | hǎi | n. | seafood |
| 含 | hán | v. | to keep in the mouth; to contain |
| 含量 | hán | n. | content; quantity contained |
| 含有 | hányǒu | v. | to contain; including |
| 汗水 | hàn | n. | sweat; perspiration |
| 行 | háng | n. / mw. | row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column |
| 行业 | hángyè | n. | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 好评 | hǎopíng | n. | favorable criticism; positive evaluation |
| 好运 | hǎoyùn | n. | good luck |
| 好转 | hǎo | v. | to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement |
| 好 | hào | v. | to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 好奇 | hàoqí | adj. | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity |
| 合 | hé | v. | variant of 合 |
| 合法 | héfǎ | adj. | lawful; legitimate; legal |
| 盒饭 | héfàn | n. | meal in a partitioned box |
| 合理 | hélǐ | adj. | rational; reasonable; sensible; fair |
| 河流 | hé | n. | river |
| 合同 | hétóng | n. | (business) contract |
| 合影 | héyǐng | v. / n. | to take a joint photo; group photo |
| 合作 | hé | v. | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation |
| 黑 | hēi | adj. | black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing) |
| 红 | hóng | adj. | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus |
| 猴子 | hóu | n. | monkey |
| 厚度 | hòudù | n. | thickness |
| 后果 | hòu | n. | consequences; aftermath |
| 忽视 | hūshì | v. | to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |
| 呼吸 | hūxī | v. | to breathe |
| 湖 | hú | n. | lake |
| 蝴蝶 | hú | n. | butterfly |
| 胡同 | hútòng | n. | variant of 同 |
| 互动 | hùdòng | v. | to interact; interactive |
| 户外 | hùwài | n. | outdoor |
| 花费 | huāfèi | v. | expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure |
| 滑 | huá | adj. / v. | to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted |
| 划 | huá | v. | to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match) |
| 化 | huà | suf. / v. | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 |
| 话费 | huàfèi | n. | call charge |
| 画面 | huà | n. | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view |
| 话题 | huàtí | n. | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 化学 | huà | n. | chemistry; chemical |
| 环节 | huán | n. | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc |
| 缓解 | huǎn | v. | to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain) |
| 缓慢 | huǎnmàn | adj. | slow |
| 黄瓜 | huáng | n. | cucumber |
| 黄金 | huángjīn | n. | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) |
| 灰 | huī | n. / adj. | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected |
| 挥 | huī | v. | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse |
| 恢复 | huīfù | v. | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate |
| 灰色 | huīsè | n. / adj. | gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous |
| 回收 | huíshōu | v. | to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product) |
| 汇率 | huìlǜ | n. | exchange rate |
| 婚礼 | hūnlǐ | n. | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 伙 | huǒ | mw. | companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together |
| 伙伴 | huǒbàn | n. | partner; companion; comrade |
| 火锅 | huǒ | n. | hotpot |
| 或是 | huòshì | adv. / conj. | or; either one or the other |
| 货物 | huòwù | n. | goods; commodity; merchandise |
| 或许 | huòxǔ | adv. | perhaps; maybe |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 机构 | jīgòu | n. | mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution |
| 激烈 | jī | adj. | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme |
| 机器 | jīqì | n. | machine |
| 机器人 | jīqìrén | n. | robot; android |
| 肌肉 | jīròu | n. | muscle; flesh |
| 及 | jí | conj. | and; to reach; up to; in time for |
| 级 | jí | n. / mw. | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level |
| 集 | jí | n. / mw. | to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode |
| 疾病 | jíbìng | n. | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 及格 | jígé | v. | to pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard |
| 集合 | jíhé | v. | to gather; to assemble; (math.) set |
| 即将 | jí | adv. | on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of |
| 急忙 | jímáng | adv. | hastily |
| 极其 | jíqí | adv. | extremely |
| 集体 | jítǐ | n. | collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group |
| 急需 | jíxū | v. | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 急诊 | jízhěn | v. / n. | to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department, or from a doctor on a house call) |
| 集中 | jízhōng | v. / adj. | to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together |
| 挤 | jǐ | v. / adj. | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) |
| 系 | jì | v. | to tie; to fasten; to button up |
| 季度 | jìdù | n. | quarter of a year; season (sports) |
| 记录 | jìlù | v. / n. | to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc) |
| 纪录 | jìlù | n. | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") |
| 纪录片 | jìlù | n. | newsreel; documentary (film or TV program) |
| 技能 | jìnéng | n. | technical ability; skill |
| 纪念 | jì | v. / n. | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir |
| 纪念日 | jì | n. | day of commemoration; memorial day |
| 计算 | jì | v. | to count; to calculate; to compute |
| 计算机 | jì | n. | computer; (Tw) calculator |
| 记忆 | jìyì | v. / n. | to remember; to recall; memory |
| 记载 | jìzǎi | v. | to write down; to record; written account |
| 嘉宾 | jiābīn | n. | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) |
| 家电 | jiā | n. | household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器 |
| 加工 | jiāgōng | v. | to process; processing; working (of machinery) |
| 加热 | jiārè | v. | to heat |
| 加深 | jiāshēn | v. | to deepen |
| 加速 | jiāsù | v. | to speed up; to expedite |
| 家务 | jiāwù | n. | household duties; housework |
| 甲 | jiǎ | n. | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 假如 | jiǎrú | conj. | if |
| 架 | jià | n. / v. / mw. | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc |
| 驾驶 | jiàshǐ | v. | to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive |
| 驾照 | jiàzhào | n. | driver's license |
| 价值 | jiàzhí | n. | value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) |
| 艰苦 | jiānkǔ | adj. | difficult; hard; arduous |
| 坚强 | jiān | adj. | staunch; strong |
| 捡 | jiǎn | v. | to pick up; to collect; to gather |
| 剪 | jiǎn | v. | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate |
| 剪刀 | jiǎndāo | n. | scissors |
| 减肥 | jiǎnféi | v. | to lose weight |
| 简历 | jiǎnlì | n. | curriculum vitae (CV); résumé; biographical notes |
| 简直 | jiǎnzhí | adv. | simply; really |
| 建 | jiàn | v. | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct |
| 键 | jiàn | n. | key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin |
| 渐渐 | jiàn | adv. | gradually |
| 建立 | jiànlì | v. | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 键盘 | jiànpán | n. | keyboard |
| 建设 | jiànshè | v. | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建造 | jiànzào | v. | to construct; to build |
| 建筑 | jiànzhù | v. / n. | to construct; building |
| 将近 | jiāngjìn | adv. | almost; nearly; close to |
| 讲话 | jiǎng | n. | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address |
| 讲究 | jiǎng | v. / adj. | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen |
| 奖励 | jiǎnglì | v. | to reward; reward (as encouragement) |
| 讲述 | jiǎngshù | v. | to talk about; to narrate; to give an account |
| 讲座 | jiǎng | n. | a course of lectures |
| 降水 | jiàng | v. | rain and snow |
| 浇 | jiāo | v. | to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold |
| 交换 | jiāo | v. | to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute |
| 交往 | jiāowǎng | v. | to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact |
| 交易 | jiāoyì | v. / n. | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 脚步 | jiǎobù | n. | footstep; step |
| 角度 | jiǎodù | n. | angle; point of view |
| 较 | jiào | prep. / adv. | to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo] |
| 教材 | jiàocái | n. | teaching material |
| 接触 | jiēchù | v. | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with |
| 接待 | jiēdài | v. | to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) |
| 阶段 | jiē | n. | stage; section; phase; period |
| 接近 | jiējìn | v. | to approach; to get close to |
| 接收 | jiēshōu | v. | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate |
| 结 | jié | v. / n. | knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel) |
| 结构 | jiégòu | n. | structure; composition; makeup; architecture |
| 结合 | jiéhé | v. | to combine; to link; to integrate; binding |
| 结论 | jiélùn | n. | conclusion; verdict; to conclude; to reach a verdict |
| 节省 | jiéshěng | v. | saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on |
| 届 | jiè | mw. | to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) |
| 今日 | jīnrì | n. | today |
| 紧 | jǐn | adj. / v. | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten |
| 紧急 | jǐnjí | adj. | urgent; emergency |
| 尽快 | jǐn | adv. | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
| 尽量 | jǐn | adv. | as much as possible; to the greatest extent |
| 紧密 | jǐnmì | adj. | inseparably close |
| 谨慎 | jǐnshèn | adj. | cautious; prudent |
| 进步 | jìnbù | v. / adj. | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 近代 | jìndài | n. | the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949) |
| 进口 | jìnkǒu | v. | to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) |
| 尽力 | jìnlì | v. | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort |
| 近年来 | jìn | — | for the past few years |
| 近期 | jìnqī | n. | near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent |
| 近日 | jìnrì | n. | (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days |
| 进一步 | jìnyíbù | adv. | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 经典 | jīng | n. / adj. | the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical |
| 精力 | jīnglì | n. | energy |
| 精神 | jīng | n. / adj. | vigor; vitality; drive; spiritual |
| 惊喜 | jīngxǐ | adj. | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 经营 | jīngyíng | v. | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate |
| 静 | jìng | adj. / v. | still; calm; quiet; not moving |
| 酒吧 | jiǔbā | n. | bar; pub; saloon |
| 久远 | jiǔ | adj. | lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time |
| 救 | jiù | v. | to save; to assist; to rescue |
| 救护车 | jiùhùchē | n. | ambulance |
| 就业 | jiùyè | v. | to get a job; employment |
| 居民 | jūmín | n. | resident; inhabitant |
| 居然 | jūrán | adv. | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to |
| 居住 | jūzhù | v. | to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in |
| 橘子 | jú | n. | tangerine |
| 据 | jù | prep. | according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy |
| 距 | jù | v. | at a distance of; distance; to be apart |
| 具备 | jùbèi | v. | to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements) |
| 剧场 | jùchǎng | n. | theater |
| 巨大 | jùdà | adj. | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous |
| 据说 | jù | v. | it is said that; reportedly |
| 具体 | jùtǐ | adj. / v. | concrete; definite; specific |
| 具有 | jùyǒu | v. | to have; to possess |
| 捐 | juān | v. | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy |
| 绝对 | jué | adj. / adv. | absolute; unconditional |
| 决赛 | juésài | v. / n. | finals (of a competition) |
| 角色 | juésè | n. | role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] |
| 决心 | juéxīn | n. / v. | determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind |