HSK 6 vocabulary

variant of 岸[an4]

case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc)

massage

to hint

expensive

in vain

white-collar

to arrange

to set up

percentage point

general merchandise

to break away from

to defeat

to pay a visit

to pay a New Year call

a register

version

to accompany

to play the role of

model

baseball

to hold in safekeeping

health protection

to keep warm

to promise to keep sth in good repair

to ensure

to explode

to break out

newspapers and periodicals

violence

to expose

newspaper (i.e. a company)

explosion

pessimistic

tragedy

sad

the North Pole

North America

passive

to be compelled

sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)

reserve

to double

to run

instinct

itself

one's native country

variant of 逼[bi1]

analogy

proportion

to close

to avoid

(of an academic course) required

to weave

to edit

to compile

everywhere

convenient and fast

to degenerate

soldiers

virus

(bound form) to sow (seeds)

to sow seeds

an exposition

weak

neck

impatient

in spite of

unexpectedly

unwell

unlikely to go so far as to

to repair

to catch

to compensate

to make up missed lesson

to subsidize

to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor

variant of 布[bu4]

unpeaceful

hasn't yet

won't do

must not

army

can't help (doing sth)

from time to time

part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)

not to allow

not suitable

(used after a verb) endlessly

to arrange

incessantly

procedure

to guess

property

wealth

talent

talent

financial affairs

property

texture of timber

variant of 踩[cai3]

to procure (for an enterprise etc)

rainbow

to gather

to accept

lottery ticket

to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc

disabled

depot

grassland

the side

to plot

survey

strategy

layer

aspect

fork

difference

socket

to check

to tear down

to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc)

source (of a product)

intestines

length

code of conduct

all year round

see 長壽區|长寿区[Chang2 shou4 Qu1]

room temperature

the number of showings of a movie, play etc

space

sporting venue

situation

factory

scene

scene

manufacturer

unobstructed

to sell well

to make a copy

to surpass

dynasty

tide

damp

to jeer at

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

to quarrel

to recall

to cancel

heavy

to avail oneself of

to support

name

to call

to be called

surname Cheng

surname Cheng

surname Sheng

to undertake

penalty

to complete a contract

to promise

(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)

to appear

effect

honesty

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation

town

lasting

to hold (passport, views etc)

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

size

to have an urge

variant of 衝擊|冲击[chong1 ji1]

rich

conflict

to worship

to rebuild

(of water) to dash against

to draw a prize

abstract

to worry about

preparations

initial

(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform

elementary (i.e. easy)

to leave a country or region

to exert oneself

well-known for sth

to go out and come in

to show

to go on a tour

due to

to get rid of

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

stockpile

to penalize

to save money (in a bank)

everywhere

to pass through

to pass on (to future generations)

to pass on

to infect

infectious disease

to impart

to transmit

to fax

ship

to string together

window

to rush

to establish

to found

to establish

creative

perpendicular

pure

chinaware

this moment

(onom.) whoosh

number of times

hurriedly

hasty

never

to practice (a trade)

vinegar

old variant of 脆[cui4]

weak

village

to store up

a unit of length

setback

to put up

to pair up

variant of 答覆|答复[da2 fu4]

to come into contact with

to move (to pity)

to hit

to fight

(of an employee) to clock on (or off)

to rumble with thunder

to forge (metal)

to fight a battle

chancellor (of a monarchy)

(idiom) astounded

earth

Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing

see 大方縣|大方县[Da4 fang1 Xian4]

large-format (picture, banner, photo etc)

erhua variant of 大伙[da4 huo3]

ambassador

great master

Oceania

more or less

foolish

to stay

price

a loan

to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position

to guide

simple

monotonous

to delay

to worry

protein

to be born

at the scene

at that time

the present age

the present time

to sb's face

immediately

to be elected

file

on that day

variant of 島|岛[dao3]

to go bankrupt

to change buses, trains etc

tutor

virtue

contrary to what one might expect

all right!

able to

to find out

lantern

grade

to drip

(attributive) low-carbon

to arrive

to resist

tunnel

region

topography

area

geology

to hit

ceremony

to ignite

model

electric rice cooker

electrical power

store

electric power source

to suspend

to transfer

to fish (with line and hook)

to fall

apex

(purchase) order

to get engaged

to set a price

to fix a time

to orientate

definition

custom-made

classifier for houses or buildings

motive

motive power

cartoons and comics

movement

pleasant to listen to

to tease (playfully)

a struggle

city

poison

to cross

(bound form) tip

shortage

symmetry

to join up

to withstand

to oppose

to correspond (to)

(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing

immediately

multitalented

thanks to

multimedia

superfluous

poly-

to seize

to seize

to hide

variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

vile

pediatrics

earring

carbon dioxide CO2

(of an illness) to occur

to worry

to generate electricity

to start

to provide

to emit light

invoice

to publish

to become inflamed

to develop

statutory

judge (in court)

legislation

surname Pan

busy

each and every

to breed

to send back information

to think back over sth

to violate

all sides

direction

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

to hinder

house price

to prevent and cure

to visit and discuss

to enlarge

to allow to fly

swift

fat

fat

fertile

lung

pneumonia

to divide up the work

to rank

by stages

to scatter

ambience

powder

angry

to close

scene

wind force

to reap a bumper harvest

wind and rain

to offer respectfully

lady

clothes

to float

to obey (an order)

width

symbol

material benefit

to take (medicine)

to guide

to assist

secondary

to cover

appendix (in a document)

negative

see 富裕縣|富裕县[Fu4 yu4 Xian4]

to assign

should

to adapt

to transform

probability (math.)

liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4])

candid

awkward

drought

to disturb

(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry

to be grateful

to hurry

to infect

impressions

fountain pen

port

a post

high-rise

excellent

high-level

high-end

peak

noble

expert

high tech

plateau

piece of writing submitted for publication

draft of a document

to cut

to sing

next door

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)

an individual

(literary) to give

the front (of)

to follow

to follow sb's tracks

public

surname Gong

see 公安縣|公安县[Gong1 an1 Xian4]

construction site

(old) laborer

post

to furnish

to attack

open

citizen

publicly known (to be)

efficacy

working procedure

public good

to supply

CE (Common Era)

just

public

princess

to consolidate

to sum up to

ditch

structure

lonely

paternal aunt

classical

place of historic interest

share certificate

people of ancient times

stock market

bone

to inspire

surname Gu

solid

adviser

malfunction

to turn (a corner etc)

to go round a curve

surname Guan

to show concern and care for

government

to tour

care

to be related

to look at sth with pleasure

official (in an organization or government)

tubing

can

wide

surname Gui

norm

to draw up a plan

to return sth

lit. compass and set square

track (for trains etc)

to kneel

precious

stick

national treasure

domestically produced

national anthem

flag (of a country)

the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country

king

to cross over (by ferry)

after the event

old-fashioned

domestic and international

coastal

height above sea level

the surface of the sea

sea area

to do harm to

cold winter

meaning (implicit in a phrase)

rare

drought

aviation

hardly

not in the least

millimeter

milliliter

not at all ...

good opinion

(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty

hospitality

easy to learn

to call

variant of 合併|合并[he2 bing4]

to compose

peace

harmonious

core

hey

dark

vestige

ruthless

to hate

horizontal

to weigh

great

deluge

descendant

late stage

later generation

to recoil

the latter

to neglect

pot

beard

a household

see 互助土族自治縣|互助土族自治县[Hu4 zhu4 Tu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

flower

peanut

to skate

to slide

to ski

to row

to divide up

fossil

microphone

to put on makeup

surname Huai

to cherish the memory of

pregnant

gaiety

surname Huan

to restore to the original state

to suffer (from illness)

to fantasize

patient

surname Huang or Hwang

emperor

dust

to lose heart

(in) return

to look back

to turn round

to remit

to report

to draw

to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)

to remit money

marriage

muddy

to mix

confused

energy

active

match (for lighting fire)

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

currency

truck

to defeat

al-Qaeda

motor vehicle

hunger

to arouse

fund

to encourage

passion

machine

gene (loanword)

opportunity

mechanism

even if

extreme

to give emergency treatment

eager

group

extremely

lucky

to inherit

third in a race

discipline

lonely

skill

skill

used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]

to double

the daily life of a family

each and every family (idiom)

to intensify

home

family member

(formal) to apply

home

to make heavier

to suppose

(of a woman) to marry

pointed

shoulder

to monitor

firm

to supervise

firm

firm

difficult

hardships

hard

to hold concurrent posts

to test

to simplify

summary

to weaken

to reduce pressure

to inspect

double-edged sword

arrow

to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc

gap

indirect

robust

building

(common place name)

to explain

medal (awarded as a prize)

award

thick paste of fermented soybean

soy sauce

adhesive tape

(lit. and fig.) focal point

communication

anxious

glue

to discuss

outskirts

corner (of a room, courtyard etc)

footprint

comparatively

to provide guidance

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

to bear fruit

on end

to bear fruit

street

outstanding

to conserve energy

ending

up to (a time)

to end

rhythm

surname Xie

to solve (a problem)

to decipher

to liberate

to explain (verbally)

to draw on (others' experience)

(finger) ring

to draw support from

sum of money

gold medal

money

banking

metal

Kaneko (Japanese surname)

to the greatest extent

and then

rate of progress

to evolve (biologically, technologically etc)

recently

myopic

to make headway

exquisite

accurate

astonishing

to trade

to be proficient in

with utmost care

amazed

delicate

accurate

Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

to warn

landscape

scene

cervical vertebra

variant of 淨|净[jing4]

to compete

camera lens

dispute

to correct

(coll.) ethanol

alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)

to go to school

mother's brother

to save sb's life

(coll.) even if

to save

to relieve disaster

to help sb in trouble

narrow

narrow

chrysanthemum

aspect

variant of 局限[ju2 xian4]

act

script

to assemble

(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)

violent

to donate money

to contribute (as a gift)

to roll up

to roll up

strategic decision

to despair

armed forces

serviceman

even

card

to initiate

power switch

to start

to offer (goods or services)

beginning

to chop

to look down upon

to look upon

to show respect for

to keep an eye on

to look as if

to have a preference for

to regard as important

to recuperate

to inspect

archaeology

to examine

to test

branch of study

science fiction

academic subject

popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及[ke1 xue2 pu3 ji2])

tasty

pitiful

to thirst for

feasible

coach

task

old variant of 肯[ken3]

to be frightened

air-to-surface (missile)

leisure

mouthfeel

slogan

oral cavity

oral

to fasten

dry and dull

ruthless

used in transliteration

to praise

to exaggerate

accountant

quick

section

pattern

deficit

to perplex

to extend

to leave out

hot pepper

(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc

to approach

to come and go

surname Lai

to block sb's path

fence

cymbidium

soft

wolf

to read aloud

(literary) pen

labor force

honest

rat

elderly lady (respectful)

willing (to do sth)

surname Lei

classification

texture

to manage wealth

the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])

idea

reason

surname Li

grain

position

strength

to experience

calendar year

exception

interest (on a loan)

United Nations

to connect (or be connected) to a network

Lenovo

to link

bilateral

the two poles

to dry in the air

material

material

to sprinkle

very early in the morning

course

to flow

browser (software)

flow rate

to flow into

to circulate

corridor

surname Lu

leak

surname Lu

route

road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)

road surface

to videotape

to hire (an employee)

to record (video or audio)

journey

journey

to fulfill (one's obligations)

(bound form) ratio

to make green with plants

wheel

steamship

to alternate

wheelchair

wheel

forum (for discussion)

to fall to the ground

to fall behind

careless

wharf

ant

used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]

to bury

to take a step

(loanword) microphone

very long

caricature

blind person

old variant of 冒[mao4]

to take risks

(commercial) trade

coal

plum blossom

eyebrow

pleasing to the eye

to complement

fascinating

surname Mi

density

bee

concentrated

generic term for cotton or kapok

to excuse sb

to do with difficulty

not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc)

immunity (to disease)

face (body part)

flour

outer surface

to describe

to describe

clever

to extinguish or put out

folk song

among the people

popular custom

(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform

the populace

democracy

quota

bright

obviously

reputation

a place famous for its scenery or historical relics

order

to give a name to

to imitate

imitation

(fashion) model (loanword)

(loanword) motorbike

model

in silence

look

mother

native language

wood

catalog

powdered milk

difficulty

Antarctica

South America

hard to avoid

head

brains

meaningful content

internal medicine

inside and outside

undergarment

energy

energy sources

mud

year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)

end of the year

to read

to turn

agricultural produce

dense

farmland

old variant of 暖[nuan3]

central heating

idol

to eliminate

to arrange in order

to rehearse

to rank (1st, 2nd etc)

tray

to hope for

huge

to throw

puffed

to compensate

to accompany

to train

to allocate

to admire

to form a complete set

to spout

to hold or offer with both hands

to collide

to drape over one's shoulders

surname Pi

fatigue

short period of time

unilateral

swindler

variant of 飄|飘[piao1]

to float

frequency

frequently

impoverished

frequency

variant of 品嚐|品尝[pin3 chang2]

equal

commonplace

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

square meter

to evaluate

to comment on

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

slope

to splash

to go bankrupt

urgent

to throw oneself at

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4]

to eradicate

plain and simple

to deceive

to have expectations

time limit

in between

complete

chess piece

originally

starting point

to start (a machine)

to enlighten

to reveal

announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)

origin

atmosphere

gas (i.e. gaseous substance)

odor

personality traits

appropriate

as it turns out

exactly

to lead along

every family (idiom)

modest

foreground

potential

preceding period

premise

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

surname Qiang

wall

to strengthen

strong

to compel

to look at

bridge (lit. and fig.)

ingenious

feasible

intimate

kin

hardworking

Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911)

early morning

youth

puberty

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)

clean

to clear up

to tidy up

to listen attentively

to wash

clear

trend

clear-headed

circumstances

sunny and cloudless

circumstances

to seek

to propose marriage

to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)

to seek employment

to request help

to differentiate

irrigation ditch

surname Qu

to take a wife

to replace

fun

to confine

the whole distance

power

bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)

defect

to establish

mass

fuel

to dye

hot spot

level of heat

popular

water heater

hotline (communications link)

to discuss passionately

artificial intelligence (AI)

household

per capita

(idiom) multitude

person

personnel

artificial

sidewalk

to bear

to admit an error

to maintain (that sth is true)

to approve

to approve of

cognition

still (remaining)

sometime

the other day

day and night

day by day

a mixture

to melt

capacity

to blend into

honor

soft

to enter a country

entrance door

to be included among those selected for

weak point

to let go

to plug

competition (e.g. sporting)

variant of 散[san4]

(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse)

variant of 散[san4]

to distribute

throat

to lose

to scan

to kill

to brake (when driving)

shark

to filter

hilltop

(mountain) peak

hillside

surname Shan

lightning

to fan

trademark

wound

casualties

wounded person

taken in (by sb's deceit)

higher authorities

to make progress

to hit the market (of a new product)

aforementioned

to rise to power (in politics)

first third of a month

child

tongue

(bound form) society

old variant of 射[she4]

to involve

to shoot

to videotape

to imagine

webcam

body and mind

very late at night

God

nerve

magical

esthetics

to ascend

to generate

tone

vitality

ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment)

to enter the next grade school

to remain

verse

humidity level

used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)

poem

Leo (star sign)

to know

to ascend in light steps

to distinguish

time (esp. as sth that passes)

truth

tangible benefit

opportunity

fashion

(in) real time

speed per hour

oil

appetite

substance

ample

to exert all one's strength

soldier

moderately

to demonstrate

to release

after the event

sight

power

eyesight

to attempt

(political, economic etc) affairs

matter

suitable

to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc)

to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization)

to receive

earnings

arm (from shoulder to wrist)

technique

gesture

the most important

life span

disaster-stricken

to output

painting and calligraphy

books

in writing

to transport

to write

category

fried potato chips

variant of 豎|竖[shu4]

to set up

amount

to digitize

to age

to lead

to take the lead

rice

reservoir

river

water surface

cement

in an instant

line of thought

to think of

to die

surname Song

classifier for ships

to gather

to model

inner quality

let it be

considered to be

although

age (number of years old)

years

to damage

to harm

actually

firmly-based

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa)

stage presence, poise

billiards

outer space

solar energy

to discuss

to negotiate

flexibility

to explore

to investigate

boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival

candy

to scald

to fish out (from pocket)

to escape

to flee from sth

naughty

to wash out

set meal

special

personal strength

specially

special

property

specially

subject matter

to withdraw (money)

to point out

gymnastic

volume (amount of space an object occupies)

system

to add

talent

to add

natural

natural gas

astronomy

land under heaven

naive

surname Tian

track and field (athletics)

to adjust

to dive (into water)

to press close to

to do what one is told

sense of hearing

to hear (news)

(communications) channel

airy

to hold a conversation

to correspond (by letter, email etc)

communications

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)

copper (chemistry)

companion

person of the same profession

children's fairy tales

similar

bronze medal

delighted

to steal

stealthily

brains

to vote

to lodge a complaint

investment

(bound form) to penetrate

to pass through

to leak out

transparent

to occur suddenly

to break through

design

chart

apprentice

way

image

to spit

soil

to spit

to unite

group

to have a reunion

speculation

to market

to implement

tax rebate or refund

to swallow

variant of 拖[tuo1]

to delay

to consign (goods)

to dig

Wow!

baby

askew

external

diplomacy

the outside world

surgery (branch of medicine)

external

sister's son

to bend

tenacious

all things

prince

net

from now on

dealings

in former years

full moon

crisis

minute (i.e. extremely small)

to violate the rules

to defend

to feel embarrassed or awkward

the game of Go

(to be done) by (a certain date)

vitamin

until

to feel wronged

to entrust

not yet

not necessarily

minor (i.e. person under 18)

for this reason

why

sense of taste

appetite

mild

gentle and soft

(computer) file

stationery

liberal arts

civilized

well-known

cultural relic

reference material (used in scholarly study)

literature and art

tortoise

sewage

to be indifferent

undoubtedly

weapon

mistake

to misunderstand

object

to absorb

daughter-in-law

custom

a comedy

happy occasion

to wash the face and rinse the mouth

cell (biology)

bacterium

series

Chinese opera

delicate

to scare

variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

to place an order

summer camp

to go offline

last third of the month

(of colors) bright

before

variant of 鮮豔|鲜艳[xian1 yan4]

to dislike

to make visible

danger

outstanding

to limit

variant of 線|线[xian4]

extant

limit

merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale

to sink into

trail

to be limited to

to differ

sausage

to pass on

equal

to link

perfume

to correspond

necklace

Chinese chess

comic dialogue

to yearn for

to eliminate

to disinfect

firefighting

to consume

to put an end to

wheat

stingy

erhua form of 小偷[xiao3 tou1]

smile

effect (scientific phenomenon)

to rest

to carry (on one's person)

an association

to coordinate

to provide assistance

beloved

bottom of one's heart

new style

bright

mind

salary

to love dearly

see 新興縣|新兴县[Xin1 xing1 Xian4]

lit. new bud

cherished desire

heart

to trust

faith

to rise

model (particular version of a manufactured article)

shape

cost-performance ratio

function

variant of 胸[xiong1]

to revise

to restore

sleeve

to allow

to relate (a story or information)

to rotate

to select the best

(at a school) to take as an elective

to learn

academic degree

learning

student

vein

blood group

blood pressure

blood

to cycle

to seek

to compress

second place (in a sports contest)

to flood

to submerge

surname Yan

coastal

bitter cold

to strictly prohibit

severe

to delay

blistering hot

to extend

discussion

to continue

words

inflammation

gaze

soon

to perform on a musical instrument

banquet

to inspect and verify

surname Yang

variant of 癢|痒[yang3]

to provide for the elderly (family members)

nursing home

oxygen

manner

distant

main point

or

essential factor

old variant of 野[ye3]

that's fine

wild

countryside

surname Ye

liquid

as before

to depend on

top quality

(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)

medical care and medicines

one by one

mother's sister

(for) a lifetime

heritage

heredity

region

together

consistent

to doubt

same

to immigrate

instrument

ceremony

a period of time in the recent past

a series of

repeatedly

a burst

ruins

so that

in order to avoid

in the past

unusual

benefit

propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)

one breath

to comment

(idiom) exactly alike

entertainer

whole body

a period of time

together

very likely

to inhibit

old variant of 因[yin1]

syllable

silver

silver medal

to draw (e.g. a bow)

to hide

to guide

to lead to

to draw into

secrets

drinking water

surname Yin

infant

hero