HSK 5 vocabulary

hey!

interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)

to cherish

surname An

seat belt

to comfort

to install

variant of 暗[an4]

to stay up late or all night

to grasp (also fig.)

surname Bai

midnight

in the evening

to wrap up

to contain

to comprise

to wrap

surname Bo

variant of 寶|宝[bao3]

Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])

Bonan ethnic group

treasured object

to keep

to conserve

valuable

to keep

insurance

shelf life

to report for duty

to report (news)

to inform

to sound an alarm

torrential rain

to complain

variant of 背[bei1]

behind

background

blanket

(bound form) root

local

skill

I

essence

each other

score (of a game or competition)

proportion

to compare

certainly

after all

to avert

closing ceremony

inevitable

to need

necessary

plain

to change

convenient

convenience store

title

sign

to express

surface

to make clear

(facial) expression

surname Bie

round flat cake

ward (of a hospital)

state of an illness

to call

glass

museum

unfavorable

misfortune

unimportant

to replenish

desperately serious

inconsistent

bad

not so

to go on foot

insufficient

ability

(law) to judge

to interview

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)

color

to adopt

consultation

food and beverage

to participate (in sth)

Tibetan ethnic group

to work

book

to survey

to test (machinery etc)

surname Zeng

once

to insert

difference

disparity

fork

to tear open

to give birth

output

goods

industry

good aspects

length

long-time

long-term

common sense

to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)

long distance

long-term

location

to exceed

to exceed

super-

to exceed the speed limit

abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea

to quarrel

to sauté

traffic accident

garage

vehicle

carriage

vehicle owner

thorough

variant of 沉[chen2]

taciturn

to fit

to fit

to be called

to praise

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

to undertake

degree

composition

result

accomplishment

to establish

to grow to adulthood

Cheng District or Chengqu, a district of Shanwei City 汕尾市[Shan4 wei3 Shi4], Guangdong

to reach adulthood

to admit

to bear

mature

attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc

procedures

member

to mature

orange

surname Chi

to continue

ruler (measuring instrument)

wing

(of water) to dash against

to recharge (a battery)

ample

full of

to recharge (money onto a card)

adequate

to repeat

insect

house pet

to draw out

surname Chou

stench

(bound form) at first

to publish

junior

initial stage

remarkable

to sell

to attend

to come from

lunar New Year's Eve

to reside

to handle

to be in (some state, position, or condition)

to reside

to pass on

to disseminate

to transmit

legend

tradition

windowsill

bed sheet

to bring forth new ideas

to begin an undertaking

to create

to create

variant of 詞彙|词汇[ci2 hui4]

to resign

after this

before this

now

to provoke

never

thus

previously

to go for

to promote (an idea or cause)

to prompt

to promote sales

to urge

to deposit

to deposit money (in a bank etc)

to exist

measure

to reach (an agreement)

to decorate

to wrap

to interrupt

to break

to ask about

brazen

for the most part

general assembly

energetically

father's elder brother's wife

(husked) rice

brain

large quantities of

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

major event

elephant

large

arrogant idler

greater than

Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)

to be a substitute for

representative

to spur

to replace

treatment

surname Shan

alone

to hold a governmental office or post

single

unit (forming an entity)

cowardice

insipid

local

in those days

the present time

among

to resist

(onom.) dong

to consider as

to treat as

to fall

to direct

to lead to

to reach

reason

to fall due (loan etc)

to scale (a height)

(stage) lighting

to register (one's name)

to register

to wait

to wait

to equal

to bow the head

really

enemy

to hand over

geography

floor

region

position

underground

earthquake

light refreshments

to like

battery

electric-powered

(electrical) appliance

e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务[dian4 zi3 shang1 wu4])

television station

electronic edition

to transfer

to investigate and research

at set dates

to lose

to freeze

cave

animation

touching

to set about (a task)

tofu

soy milk

independent

unique

pronunciation

alone

to block up (a road, pipe etc)

to pass

shortcoming

short-term

to break

to pile up

to contrast

to treat

opponent

ranks

target

ton (loanword)

flower

to hide

children

indirectly acquired

2D barcode

to issue

variant of 發布|发布[fa1 bu4]

well-developed

to display

to invent

to originate

to make a speech

to pronounce

to punish

to fine

court of law

to turn over

tomato

prosperous

contrary

on the contrary

variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]

to return to

to react

to mirror

anyway

range

surname Fang

plan

to protect

house

to prevent

to seem

to visit

(of planes etc) to fly

pilot

Africa

to part

to scatter

one after another

to classify

to separate

to distribute

to part company

to analyze

to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)

to strive

richly colorful

style

crazy

social custom

risk

to negate

to declare to be untrue

a (married) couple

to support with the hand

surname Fu

dress

secondary

surname Fu

to pay

to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)

woman

rich

to duplicate

reform

to improve

to make better

another day

to correct

surname Ge

to summarize

concept

to have the courage to do sth

just

tall

superior quality

height

high level

high tech

efficient

to do

to leave

song lyric

song

to separate

especially

individually

every trade

an individual

individuality

each

root

fundamental

to replace (a worn-out tire etc)

to replace the old with new

variant of 公布[gong1 bu4]

engineering

engineer

tool

function

fair

civil servant

to congratulate

industry

arts and crafts

apartment building

to contribute

to share

to join

to constitute

surname Gu

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

ancient times

ancient

to applaud

to fix

home

to register (at a hospital etc)

odd

to close

to observe

point of view

notion

champion

(formal) to honor with one's presence

light

light ray

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

public square

(of an area) vast or extensive

wide

rule (e.g. of science)

scale

rule

what is your surname?

cupboard

to boil

pot

traditional Chinese painting

National Day

really

fruit (produced by a plant)

excessive

excessive

(medicine) allergic

to be overdue

excessively

abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1 sa4 ke4 si1 tan3], Kazakhstan

customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

overseas

seafood

to keep in the mouth

content

to contain

sweat

(bound form) row

trade

favorable criticism

good luck

to improve

good

inquisitive

100 ml

lawful

meal in a partitioned box

rational

river

contract

group photo

to cooperate

short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

surname Hong

monkey

thickness

consequences

to neglect

to breathe

lake

butterfly

lane

to interact

outdoor

expense

surname Hua

to row

variant of 花[hua1]

call charge

scene

subject (of a talk or conversation)

chemistry

(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)

to bring relief

slow

cucumber

gold

ash

to wave

to reinstate

gray

to recycle

exchange rate

wedding ceremony

(bound form) meals (as in 伙食[huo3 shi2])

variant of 夥伴|伙伴[huo3 ban4]

hotpot

or

goods

perhaps

mechanism

(of competition or fighting) intense

machine

robot

muscle

and

level

to gather

disease

to pass an exam or a test

to gather

about to

hastily

extremely

collective (decision)

to urgently need

to give or receive urgent medical treatment

to concentrate

to crowd in

to connect

quarter of a year

to record

variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")

newsreel

technical ability

to commemorate

day of commemoration

to calculate

computer

to remember

to write down

esteemed guest

household electric appliance

to process

to heat

to deepen

to accelerate

household duties

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

if

to support

to drive (vehicle)

driver's license (abbr. for 駕駛執照|驾驶执照[jia4 shi3 zhi2 zhao4])

value

difficult

staunch

to pick up

surname Jian

scissors

to lose weight

curriculum vitae (CV)

simply

to establish

key (on a piano or computer keyboard)

gradually

to establish

keyboard

to build

to construct

to construct

almost

a speech

to pay particular attention to

to reward

to talk about

course of lectures

rain and snow

to pour liquid

to exchange

to associate (with)

to deal

footstep

angle

(bound form) to compare

teaching material

to touch

to receive

stage

to approach

reception (of transmitted signal)

(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)

structure

to combine

conclusion

saving

to arrive at (place or time)

today

tight

urgent

as quickly as possible

as much as possible

inseparably close

cautious

progress

the not-very-distant past

to import

to strive one's hardest

for the past few years

near in time

(in) the past few days

to go a step further

the classics

energy

spirit

nice surprise

to engage in (business etc)

still

bar (place to buy drinks)

lasting

variant of 救[jiu4]

ambulance

to get a job

resident

unexpectedly

to reside

tangerine

variant of 據|据[ju4]

to be at a distance of ... from

to possess

theater

huge

it is said that

concrete

to have

to relinquish

absolute

finals (of a competition)

role

determination

to exploit (a resource)

to bloom

to open (a conference)

opening ceremony

boiled water

to open (a new road or railway line)

to open a business

to launch

to look after

to pay a visit to

to look upon as

to lean against or on

to be close to

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

(scientific) research

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

reliable

awful

(try to) overcome (hardships etc)

customer service

objective

client

space

in the sky

to control

pocket

a person's preferences

warehouse

surname Kuan

width

to lose (money)

insect

to expand

source (of information etc)

work

ordinary people

variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]

(coll.) husband

(coll.) mother's mother

(coll.) wife

(coll.) mother's father

optimistic

delight

(bound form) tears

kind

teardrop

similar

type

pear

to divorce

centimeter

to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)

theory

inside

reason

surname Li

immediately

immediately

power

profits

benefit

to exploit

to combine

to link

promptly

continuous

complexion

(romantic) love

good

foodstuff

to measure

amazing

(railway) train

as the time draws near

(small) bell

flexible

neck

necktie

lead

to receive

to lead

domain

used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]

to spread

flu

to skim over

to leave a message

surname Long

to leak

to carve wood

dry land (as opposed to the sea)

to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam

passer-by

itinerary

in turn

to record sound

travel agency

paper

(loanword) logic

to scold

to buy and sell

to satisfy

busy

writing brush

fault

contradiction

(coll.) can't do anything about it

rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1])

media, esp. news media

art

delicious

charm

outpatient service

to bewilder

to lose the way

secret

close

secretary

face

area (of a floor, piece of land etc)

to face sth

to face

to describe

sensitive

name (of a thing)

famous brand

(business) card

clear-cut

clear

star

life

fate

to feel with the hand

vague

mode

strange

some

gaze

wood

even

seldom

degree of difficulty

hard to (predict, imagine etc)

a man

variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]

alarm clock

interior

capable

beginning of the year

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

age

reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)

variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

jeans

concentrated

peasant

agriculture

woman

to chant

Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])

incidentally

to take (a picture)

to arrange in order

used in 派司[pa1 si5]

local police station

athletic track

to compensate for loss

to accompany

to cultivate

to cultivate

to join

matching

to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货[pei4 huo4] and 送貨|送货[song4 huo4])

basin

variant of 碰[peng4]

to run into

to ascertain

to ascertain

to approve

(bound form) matching

to cheat

to piece together

phonetic writing

(bound form) article

brand

character

breed

to engage

surname Ping

to discuss

variant of 憑|凭[ping2]

see 平安區|平安区[Ping2 an1 Qu1]

balance

to evaluate

to rely on

calm

average

screen (TV, computer or movie)

platform

destruction

to spread extensively

to look forward to

period of time

(name of states and dynasties at several different periods)

his

variant of 奇蹟|奇迹[qi2 ji4]

the rest

company

balloon

gasoline

to sign one's name

to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)

to sign (one's name with a pen etc)

to sign (one's name)

to go forward

to come (formal)

prospects

to leave for

sound of moving water

to owe

variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]

big and strong

to emphasize (a statement)

strength

strong

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)

to rescue

quiet

to cut

parent

dear

friends and family

amiable

affection

one's close relatives

personally

hardworking

short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]

easy

severity (of the case)

feeling

scene

mood

to ask for guidance

to request

poor

trend

area

to pass away

surname Quan

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

with all one's strength

all-around

all

all new

to advise

to lack

to ensure

definite

to confirm

variant of 群[qun2]

community

to ignite

to wind

to love ardently

heat

enthusiastic

enthusiastic

talent

artificial

human relationships

population

humanity

manpower

the people

Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)

crowd

human body

person

to bear

to recognize

calendar

articles for daily use

as

like this

how

nowadays

like

as follows

soft

software

weak

to sprinkle

racetrack

tint

desert

sand

foolish

variant of 曬|晒[shai4]

to delete

to fan

to delete

mountain area

to be good at

good and honest

to be good at

fan

to injure

to injure

merchant

merchant

commercial affairs

business

to bestow (a reward)

to upload

to rise

the top and bottom of sth

to rise

to burn

barbecue

variant of 蛇[she2]

to hate to do sth

to be willing to part with sth

equipment

to design

to set up

community

facilities

to take a photograph

to set up

to stretch

stature

depth

identity

deep

profound

to penetrate deeply

far-reaching

legend

mysterious

to ascend

to produce

to exist

(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid

to go up by one grade

to become hot

organism

one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]

to grow

to save

province

provincial capital

victory

victory

abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs

variant of 濕|湿[shi1]

to lose one's love

to suffer from insomnia

bard

lapse

unemployment

time difference

often

Time, US weekly news magazine

practice

time

strength

period

to implement

stone

to practice

to achieve

to implement

experiment

laboratory

to apply in practice

to eat

usable

from beginning to end

type

suitable

seems as if

accident

incident

examination paper

city resident

fact

to view as

thing

in advance

experiment

undertaking

to try sth out

to be applicable

variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4]

to gather

to watch (a TV program)

to guard

first

method

handwork

(surgical) operation

glove

procedure

finger

selling price

vegetables

calligraphy

study (room)

bookshelf

to import

cozy

practiced

acquaintance

to count

(computing) mouse

to belong to

surname Shu

data

tree

to throw down

bilateral

moisture content

taxes

sleep

to obey

can't say for sure

to persuade

to reflect on

private

(line of) thought

thought

all over the place

it seems

all around

to search

to search (a place, a database, online etc)

dormitory

(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)

surname Sui

afterward

at any time

conveniently

as one wishes

(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces

harm

loss

to shorten

to reduce

actually

to lock

another person

desk lamp

steps

married woman

to talk (with sb)

peach

to cover

special local product

a characteristic

special

specific (to)

characteristic

pain

to promote

to submit (a report etc)

subject

to mention

to promote (to a higher-ranking position)

to question

to know from experience

physical strength

to embody

to experience for oneself

to substitute for

sky

the sky

to fill or stuff

dessert

to carry on a shoulder pole

to choose

to transfer

naughty

to adjust

to challenge

(athletics) high jump

long jump (athletics)

to stick

railroad

to stay somewhere temporarily

regular

to go through

like

to sympathize with

identical

statistics

to unify

pain

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)

to throw into

head

prominent

drawing

books (in a library or bookstore)

land

potato

hare

round

team

to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)

to extend

to recommend

to impel

to retreat

to withdraw

to return (sth borrowed etc)

to retire (from the workforce)

slippers

the outside

(coll.) mother's father

outward appearance

(coll.) mother's mother

figure

to bend

plaything

perfect

(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive

complete

just in case

to go back and forth

Internet

to harm

smile

to threaten

surname Wei

as (in the capacity of)

to keep

illegal

to violate (a law)

scarf

to revolve around

maintenance (of equipment)

only

tail

huge

stomach

hello (when answering the phone)

future

to be located at

position

warm

literature

steady

questionnaire

to hold

bedroom

to shake hands

unrelated

to have no alternative

countless

unlimited

not valid

dance (performance art)

military skill or technique (in former times)

(lit. and fig.) stage

multicolored

fog

(commodity) prices

physics

articles

property

matter

Western-style food

(drinking) straw

to absorb

suit

variant of 戲|戏[xi4]

to connect

details

a drama

system

to download

early or late

sophisticated

enclosure

to seem

clearly

to show

county

the scene (of a crime, accident etc)

Hyundai, South Korean company

modernization

(electricity) line

reality

phenomenon

to restrict

current situation

country or countryside

to be in contact (with sb)

rustic

equivalent to

relatively

related

similar

to miss

noise

to enjoy

to imagine

photo album

item

rubber

upward

symbol

to consume (goods and services, resources etc)

consumer

to digest (food)

negative

sales volume

to disappear

to sell

young lady

small scale

less than, <

efficiency

inclined

agreement

to write

bridegroom

psychology

bride

newcomer

to appreciate

attitude (of the heart)

new type

envelope

to trust

trustworthiness

journey

to form

operation

pedestrian

to describe

outer appearance

circumstances

to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)

action

image

form

to walk

fortunate

nature

to amend

to build

leisure

to require

requirement

open-minded

variant of 宣布[xuan1 bu4]

to disseminate

athlete

course credit

subject

educational background

academic year

learning

scholar

ice cream bar

to inquire

to seek

to train

rapid

ah (used to express surprise)

deposit

money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve

duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

tooth

along

see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4]

research and development

(of an atmosphere etc) solemn

to research and manufacture

eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

to give a lecture

tear

variant of 陽臺|阳台[yang2 tai2]

type

the waist and lower back

surname Yao

to bite

otherwise

if it were not for

medicaments

medicaments

nighttime

night market

business

in one's spare time

according to

to rely on

medical treatment

still

medicine

to move

one-off (offer)

an era

in case (sth happens)

to move

regret

the whole journey

to have a pleasant journey (idiom)

question

consistent

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

old variant of 以[yi3]

and

since (used after a specified time or event)

100 million

consciousness

unexpected

to signify

duty

sense

therefore

loudness

element

to recommend

eating and drinking

to print

should

to welcome

to welcome

nutrition

to do business

a copy of a film

movies and television

hard

to answer

hardware

to put to use

to embrace

to have

courage

usage

user

to exert oneself physically

articles for use

use

privilege

long (tradition, history etc)

fine

graceful

superiority

excellent quality

hereby

to mail

post office

to go sightseeing

(postage) stamp

youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)

to hesitate

destructive

powerful

advantageous

limited

useful

to contribute to

kindergarten

to entertain

tone

Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March

literature and language

speech sounds

forecast

to forecast

to place an order

to prevent

to forecast

corn

booking

surname Yuan

circle

original

New Year's Day

staff

principle

honest and prudent

desire

to agree on sth (after discussion)

to move

freight fee

luck (good or bad)

to transport

to use

to be present

to rest with

(included) in it

online

to rest with

to approve

dregs

too bad

early period

morning and evening

for a long time

to make

to bring about

(bound form) to increase

to promote

to increase

to give as a present

to present as a gift

to deep fry

to take

narrow

to put on display

to unfold

to put on display

to reveal

to unfold before one's eyes

variant of 占[zhan4]

platform (at a railway station)

busy (telephone line)

to rise (of prices, rivers)

to appreciate (in value)

applause

to grasp (often fig.)

account number

(bank, computer etc) account

to catch cold

to convene (a conference or meeting)

discount

philosophy

sincere

to target

precious

true

to treasure

to diagnose

disposition of troops

to strive for

to fight for

orderly

whole

whole

used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

government

evidence

just as

credentials

politics

surname Zhi

well-known

surname Zhi

(TV, radio) to broadcast live

workplace

employee

to implement

to stop

to guide

to arrive

to rule

to work out

to draw up

system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)

wisdom

so far

to treat (an illness)

intelligent

volunteer

to manufacture

to make

Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1 hua2 wen2 hua4] "Chinese culture")

the Chinese nation

middle level (in a hierarchy)

to act as intermediary

middle (of a period of time)

Sino-foreign

center

traditional Chinese medicine

traditional Chinese medical science

kind

seed

great

numerous

weight

to plant

anniversary

hog

progressively

gradually

bamboo

variant of 煮[zhu3]

to take charge of

to take the initiative

subjective

master

director

staple food

theme

chairperson

to register

housing

to stay at

address

to pay attention to

to grab

to keep a firm grip on

expert

to focus one's attention

to change

to pass on

to decorate

to decorate

to knock against

condition

condition

to sculpt

to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

qualifications

funds

posture

variant of 諮詢|咨询[zi1 xun2]

see 資源縣|资源县[Zi1 yuan2 Xian4]

purple

children

since (a time)

automatic

to realize

letter (of the alphabet)

itself

freedom

comprehensive

general headquarters

altogether

total

completely

president (of a country)

in a word

rent