HSK 7-9 vocabulary with pinyin and audio
5585 words
- 冷酷 lěngkù — unfeeling; callous
- 冷门 lěngmén — an obscure or neglected field/activity; an upset (a little-known competitor who wins)
- 冻结 dòngjié — to freeze (water, etc.); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices, accounts, etc.)
- 净化 jìnghuà — to purify; to cleanse (e.g. air, water, spirit)
- 凄凉 qīliáng — mournful; miserable; expressing or causing sadness
- 准则 zhǔnzé — norm; standard; criterion
- 准许 zhǔnxǔ — to allow; to grant; to permit
- 凉爽 liángshuǎng — cool and refreshing (temperature/feeling)
- 凋谢 diāoxiè — to wither; to wilt; wizened
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn — to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc.)
- 减负 jiǎnfù — to alleviate a burden on somebody; to reduce (someone's) (financial, academic, or workload) burden
- 减退 jiǎntuì — to ebb; to go down; to decline
- 凑 còu — to gather together; to pool or collect (money, resources, people)
- 凑合 còuhe — to make do; to improvise; to get by in a difficult situation
- 凑巧 còuqiǎo — by chance; luckily; as it happened
- 凝固 nínggù — to freeze; to solidify; to congeal (liquid → solid)
- 凝结 níngjié — to condense; to solidify; to coagulate
- 凝聚 níngjù — to condense; to coagulate; to aggregate; to form a coherent whole
- 凝视 níngshì — to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
- 凤凰 fènghuáng — phoenix (mythical bird symbolizing rebirth and good fortune)
- 凤毛麟角 fèngmáolínjiǎo — lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; fig. very rare; few and far between
- 凭证 píngzhèng — proof; certificate; receipt; voucher
- 凯旋 kǎixuán — to return in triumph; to return victorious
- 凳子 dèngzi — stool; small seat
- 凶 xiōng — terrible; fearful; causing fear
- 凶恶 xiōngè — fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening
- 凶手 xiōngshǒu — murderer; assassin
- 凶残 xiōngcán — savage; cruel; fierce
- 凶狠 xiōnghěn — cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- 凶猛 xiōngměng — fierce; violent; ferocious
- 凸 tū — protruding; sticking out; convex
- 凸显 tūxiǎn — to present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify; clear and obvious
- 凹 āo — concave; depressed; sunken; indented
- 出丑 chūchǒu — to make a fool of oneself; to embarrass oneself
- 出人意料 chūrényìliào — unexpected; surprising
- 出任 chūrèn — to take up a post; to assume (an official) position
- 出众 chūzhòng — to be outstanding; to stand out
- 出具 chūjù — to issue (a document, certificate etc.); to provide (official paperwork)
- 出动 chūdòng — to start out; to set off on a trip
- 出卖 chūmài — to offer for sale; to sell (goods)
- 出厂 chūchǎng — to leave the factory (of finished goods); be shipped from the factory
- 出发点 chūfādiǎn — starting point (place or time where a journey, trip, or activity begins)
- 出口成章 chūkǒuchéngzhāng — (of one's speech) eloquent; articulate
- 出台 chūtái — to officially launch (a policy, program, etc.)
- 出土 chūtǔ — to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
- 出头 chūtóu — to get out of a predicament; to emerge from difficulty
- 出局 chūjú — to be put out (in baseball); to be eliminated from a competition; to be dismissed/weeded out (fig.)
- 出征 chūzhēng — to go into battle; to campaign (military)
- 出息 chūxī — to yield interest or profit; (Buddhism) to exhale
- 出手 chūshǒu — to take action; to make a move (e.g., intervene or start doing something)
- 出神 chūshén — spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- 出访 chūfǎng — to go on an official visit (as a government or organizational representative); to visit abroad for official/business purposes
- 出资 chūzī — to provide funds; to put money into (a project, enterprise); to invest
- 出走 chūzǒu — to leave home; to run away
- 出路 chūlù — a way out; a way forward; an outlet or solution (literal or figurative)
- 出身 chūshēn — family background; social/class origin
- 出面 chūmiàn — to appear personally; to step in (to handle something); to show up
- 函 hán — envelope; case; letter
- 凿 záo — to chisel; to bore or make a hole (by carving or cutting); to dig out
- 刁难 diāonàn — to give someone a hard time; deliberately make things difficult for someone
- 分割 fēngē — to cut up; to break up; to divide (into parts)
- 分化 fēnhuà — to split apart; to break up into parts
- 分发 fēnfā — to distribute; to assign (someone) to a job
- 分外 fènwài — exceptionally; unusually; to an extra degree
- 分寸 fēncun — propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; staying within social norms
- 分成 fēnchéng — to divide into parts; to split
- 分担 fēndān — to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
- 分支 fēnzhī — branch (of a company, river, organization, etc.)
- 分明 fēnmíng — clear; distinct (easy to tell apart or perceive)
- 分歧 fēnqí — difference (of opinion, position); disagreement; gap
- 分泌 fēnmì — to secrete (produce and release a substance, esp. by glands)
- 分红 fēnhóng — dividend; profit distribution paid to shareholders
- 分裂 fēnliè — to split up; to divide; to break up
- 分解 fēnjiě — to resolve; to decompose; to break down (into parts)
- 分辨 fēnbiàn — to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve (e.g. a doubt or difference)
- 分量 fēnliàng — component (of a vector); vector component
- 切割 qiēgē — to cut; to sever; to slice (physically or figuratively, e.g. cut ties)
- 切忌 qièjì — to avoid as taboo; to avoid by all means
- 切换 qiēhuàn — to switch over (from one thing to another)
- 切磋 qiēcuō — to compare notes; to learn from one another
- 切记 qièjì — remember at all costs; bear in mind; be sure to
- 切身 qièshēn — personal; directly affecting oneself
- 切除 qiēchú — to excise; to cut out (e.g. a tumor or damaged tissue)
- 刊物 kānwù — publication; periodical or printed material (magazine, journal, etc.)
- 刊登 kāndēng — to publish (an article, story, advertisement) in a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical; to carry (a report)
- 刑事 xíngshì — criminal; penal (relating to criminal law or crimes)
- 刑法 xíngfǎ — criminal law (branch of law dealing with crimes and punishments)
- 划不来 huábulái — not worth it; not cost-effective; uneconomical
- 划得来 huádelái — worth it; it pays to
- 划时代 huàshídài — epoch-making; highly significant, marking a new era
- 划算 huásuàn — worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective; considered profitable
- 列举 lièjǔ — to list; to enumerate
- 则 zé — (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; therefore
- 创 chuàng — to found; to create; to start; to initiate (an undertaking, enterprise, etc.)
- 创伤 chuāngshāng — wound; injury; (psychological) trauma
- 创始人 chuàngshǐrén — creator; founder; initiator (person who establishes an organization, company, movement, etc.)
- 初衷 chūzhōng — original intention; initial aspiration
- 判 pàn — to judge; to decide; to form an opinion or conclusion
- 判决 pànjué — judgment; court decision; ruling (by a court)
- 判处 pànchǔ — to sentence; to condemn (legally)