HSK 6 Vocabulary List — Every Word with Pinyin & Meaning
Here is every HSK 6 word, each with pinyin, tone colors and its English meaning. The list is ordered by how often the word turns up in real Chinese text, so the highest-impact vocabulary comes first.
Updated June 2026
HSK 6 is part of the standard test of Mandarin proficiency. Below are all 460 HSK 6 words in our dictionary, each with pinyin, tone colors and an English meaning. They are ordered by how often they appear in real text, so the words that will repay your effort fastest come first.
- 1
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)
- 2
sharp; favorable
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old variant of 因[yin1]
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to do; to engage in
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to seem; like
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plain; informal
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like; same
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as; as if
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guilt; crime
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to attack; to accuse
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wisdom; intelligence
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to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave
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together
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mother; elderly female relative
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race; nationality
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no more; no longer
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(literary) sincere; honest
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to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc)
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to use up; to exhaust
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to go; to take
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life; fate
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so as not to; so as to avoid
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why
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public; collectively owned
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inevitably
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old variant of 肯[ken3]
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in order; in sequence
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to take a beating; to come under attack
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near
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a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
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in the evening; when night falls
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torrential rain; rainstorm
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miserable; tragic
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(law) the defendant; the accused
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turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb)
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local; this locality
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to run
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itself; in itself
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one's native country; native
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to close; to stop up
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variant of 逼[bi1]; to compel
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(of an academic course) required; compulsory
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flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up
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everywhere; all over
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(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely
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(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)
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wave
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to catch; to seize
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inconvenient; inappropriate
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won't do; unable to
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not to see; not to meet
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can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
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unexpectedly; to one's surprise
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to be obstructed; to be blocked up
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unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
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miserable; wretched
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disabled; handicapped
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disabled person
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to conceal; to hide away
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depot; storehouse
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toilet; lavatory
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to find out; to discover
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to look over; to examine
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length; accident
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code of conduct; conventions
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long-time; long-term
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prosperous
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long-term; long-range
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to sauté; to stir-fry
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to exceed; to overtake
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to support; to prop up
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to worship; adoration
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to rebuild; to reconstruct
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to get rid of; to remove
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everywhere; in all respects
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a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement
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well-known for sth; to become well known
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to go out and come in; entrance and exit
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to string together; to skewer
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to transmit outwards; to disseminate
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rumor; hearsay
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ship; boat
- 83
this place; here (literary)
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this matter
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vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
- 86
village; hamlet
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to miss (train, opportunity etc)
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to put up; to build (scaffolding)
- 89
main street; avenue
- 90
to interrupt; to break off
- 91
energetically; vigorously
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(husked) rice
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ambassador; envoy
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to forge (metal); (fig.) to create
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to worry; to be concerned
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party; association
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to consider as; to take to be
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on that day
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to treat as; to regard as
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variant of 島|岛[dao3]
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Taoism; Daoism
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to drip; to let drip
- 103
floor
- 104
place name; toponym
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to bow the head; to yield
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to suspend; to hang up
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to fall; to tumble
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to set a price; to fix a price
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to fix a time; fixed time
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to cross; to pass through
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(bound form) tip; end
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external; foreign
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ranks; troops
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to crouch; to squat
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to seize; to take away forcibly
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most; mostly
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to seize; to capture
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to generate electricity; to send a telegram
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to provide; to give
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to get angry
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to originate; to initiate
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to violate; to offend
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(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
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each and every; every
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to commit a crime; crime
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to seem; as if
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to defend; to protect (against)
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to split up; to divide
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angry; indignant
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to offer respectfully; to consecrate
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clothes; dress
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to float; superficial
- 133
secondary; auxiliary
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to bear; to carry (on one's back)
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woman
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rich; wealthy
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father and son
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to change one's costume; to repackage
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pole; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
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liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)
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can't keep up with; can't catch up with
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to keep up with; to catch up with
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port; harbor
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peak; summit
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to sing
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even more (so)
- 147
palace; temple
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to furnish; to provide
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princess
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to look after; to take into consideration
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thigh; part of a whole
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lonely; solitary
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orphan
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to scrape; to blow
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to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap
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radiance; glory
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to kneel
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track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)
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to cross over (by ferry); transition
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fruit tree; CL:棵[ke1]
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king
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seabed; seafloor
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sea wave
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overseas; abroad
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bay; gulf
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ocean
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eager to study; studious
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night
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horizontal; across
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to weigh; to examine
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deluge; flood
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pot; classifier for bottled liquid
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to protect
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to neglect; to overlook
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expense; cost
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emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
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to destroy; to ruin
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muddle-headed; twilight
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confused; chaotic
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rocket; CL:枚[mei2]
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to gather; to collect
- 182
disease; sickness
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mechanism; gear
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double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]
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arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
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to pick up; to collect
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pointed; tapering
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to supervise; to oversee
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general; high-ranking military officer
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pride; arrogance
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(bound form) boundary; border
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to divide; to break up
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to take the lid off; to expose
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reception (of transmitted signal); to receive
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to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
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street
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(in) the past few days; recently
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variant of 淨|净[jing4]
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a well; CL:口[kou3]
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(bound form) scenery; circumstance
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essence; extract
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exquisite; elegant
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astonishing
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to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!
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in other words; that is
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(coll.) even if
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to help sb in trouble; aid
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variant of 據|据[ju4]
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to relinquish; to abandon
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to donate; to offer (aid)
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to cut short; extinct
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to feel; to find that
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to come to understand; to realize
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armed forces; troops
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to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline)
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beginning; to start
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to look after
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to look upon as; to regard as
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to fasten; to button
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to step across; to stride over
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expansive; wide
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mineral deposit; ore deposit
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variant of 闊|阔[kuo4]
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(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic)
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to depend on; to hang on in a place
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to come and go; to have dealings with
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variant of 懶|懒[lan3]
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(literary) pen; fold (for livestock)
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texture; grain (of wood)
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alliance; union
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one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy)
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material; stuff
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to split; to crack
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other; another
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leader
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a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
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dew; syrup
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to pass by or through
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to bury
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to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive
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ferocious; fierce
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face to face
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to face; to turn towards
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clever; wonderful
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tomorrow
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fame; reputation
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to rub; to grind
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grave; tomb
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hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
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mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies)
- 251
inside and outside; domestic and foreign
- 252
mud; clay
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to turn; to twist
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(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish
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to hope for; to look forward to
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bubble; foam
- 257
to lean; to slant
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slope; CL:個|个[ge4]
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variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]; store
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to throw oneself at; to pounce on
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to bully
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wonderful; marvelous
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to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether)
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to come (formal); before
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modest; self-effacing
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to rob (with force); bandit
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strong; sturdy
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ingenious; clever
- 269
feasible; realistic
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to infringe on; to encroach on
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kin; kindred
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with one's own eyes; personally
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(of water etc) clear; clean
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clean; to clean
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trend; tendency
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to get rid of; to exclude
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authority; power
- 278
power; authority
- 279
nevertheless; actually
- 280
to give up one's seat for sb
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day and night; around the clock
- 282
to enter; to go into
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consistent; the same
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to compete; competition
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to plug; to stop up
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to lose; to forfeit
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(mountain) peak
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valley; ravine
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hillside
- 290
taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled
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wound; cut
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tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]
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deep; profound
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to be in vogue; to be popular
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to know; knowledge
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occasionally; from time to time
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after the event; in hindsight
- 298
often; constantly
- 299
to learn to read; able to read
- 300
to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping
- 301
to receive; to collect
- 302
taxes; duties
- 303
to obey; to follow
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to speak the truth; truth to tell
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to die; death
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to give a present
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to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party
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considered to be; at last
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although; even though
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age (number of years old)
- 311
to tread; to stamp
- 312
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower
- 313
to sigh; to heave a sigh
- 314
classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time
- 315
special; unique
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exceptionally big
- 317
specially; for a special purpose
- 318
specially; intentionally
- 319
pain; (of a body part) to be painful
- 320
to kick; to play (e.g. soccer)
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field; farm
- 322
to add; to increase
- 323
paradise; heaven
- 324
land under heaven; the whole world
- 325
born of the same parents; sibling
- 326
person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
- 327
to go through; to pass through
- 328
identical; the same
- 329
headache
- 330
books (in a library or bookstore); CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- 331
to push out; to release
- 332
to swallow; to take
- 333
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm
- 334
variant of 拖[tuo1]
- 335
to dig; to excavate
- 336
Wow!; sound of a child's crying
- 337
external; foreign
- 338
outside; outdoors
- 339
outer clothing; semblance
- 340
to bend; to curve around
- 341
queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 342
from now on; in the future
- 343
to espy; to spot
- 344
dealings; contacts
- 345
in former years; in previous years
- 346
prince; son of a king
- 347
for this reason; with regards to this
- 348
mistake; error
- 349
dance (performance art); dancing
- 350
unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- 351
not valid; ineffective
- 352
to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued)
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to dislike; suspicion
- 354
danger; dangerous
- 355
to express; to exhibit
- 356
vanguard; pioneer
- 357
to sink into; to get caught up in
- 358
unexpected; hard to imagine
- 359
noise
- 360
to know
- 361
to consume; to use up
- 362
smiling face; smiley :) ☺
- 363
wheat; CL:粒[li4]
- 364
to put an end to; to annihilate
- 365
smile; smiling expression
- 366
laughter
- 367
bright; smart
- 368
newcomer; new recruit
- 369
(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging
- 370
cherished desire; dream
- 371
to appear; to look
- 372
prosperous; thriving
- 373
terrible; fearful
- 374
murderer; assassin
- 375
to hang or suspend; to worry
- 376
to elect; election
- 377
to rotate; to revolve
- 378
to learn; to master
- 379
along; to follow (a line, tradition etc)
- 380
coastal
- 381
soon; in a moment
- 382
to go along; to follow
- 383
ocean; vast
- 384
manner; pattern
- 385
to face upward; to look up
- 386
to be on good terms; to be close friends
- 387
old variant of 野[ye3]
- 388
an era; an age
- 389
together
- 390
at the same time; simultaneously
- 391
a period of time; a while
- 392
to print; to mark
- 393
to hide; to conceal
- 394
to answer; to reply
- 395
hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 396
usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 397
to be able to use; useable
- 398
usage
- 399
motive; intention
- 400
to have sth to do with; to relate to
- 401
to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind
- 402
to amuse oneself; to have fun
- 403
to march; to parade
- 404
land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation
- 405
former; original
- 406
far away; a distant location
- 407
complainant; plaintiff
- 408
reason; cause
- 409
to be far from; to keep away from
- 410
distant; by far
- 411
to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain
- 412
variant of 雜|杂[za2]
- 413
to say again; to put off a discussion until later
- 414
morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later
- 415
to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship)
- 416
to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into
- 417
debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 418
battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 419
to occupy; to hold
- 420
chapter; section
- 421
to recruit; to provoke
- 422
as before; (same) as usual
- 423
to shine; to illuminate
- 424
in other words; that is to say
- 425
to press down; to calm
- 426
policy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 427
timely; just (when needed)
- 428
regime; political power
- 429
to stop; to prohibit
- 430
branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- 431
to weave; to knit
- 432
to treat an illness
- 433
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- 434
to appoint; to assign
- 435
to focus solely on; to pay attention only to
- 436
solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest)
- 437
and so on; and such
- 438
finger; toe
- 439
as for; as to
- 440
to swell; swelling
- 441
good faith; devotion
- 442
all kinds of
- 443
to halt; to stay
- 444
variant of 煮[zhu3]
- 445
(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen
- 446
residence; dwelling
- 447
pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- 448
to earn; to make a profit
- 449
to investigate; to look into
- 450
to clutch; to grab
- 451
the self; oneself
- 452
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud
- 453
to play music; to achieve
- 454
(bound form) foot; leg
- 455
father's father; paternal grandfather
- 456
father's mother; paternal grandmother
- 457
variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]
- 458
crime; evil
- 459
optimum; optimal
- 460
combat; to fight
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