HSK 5 Vocabulary
300 characters · 887 words · Advanced
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Characters (300)
碍àito hinder岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast拔báto pull up拜bàito bow to; to pay one's respects版bǎna register扮bànto disguise oneself as棒bàngstick悲bēisad辈bèilifetime鼻bínose彼bǐthat壁bìwall宾bīnvisitor饼bǐnground flat cake玻bōsee 玻璃[bo1 li5]博bóabundant; plentiful; extensive; wide猜cāito guess裁cáito cut out (as a dress)册cèbook叉chāfork插chāto insert拆chāito tear open柴cháifirewood肠chángintestines尝chángto taste; to try (food)偿chángto repay倡chàngto initiate乘chéngto ride池chípond愁chóuto worry about丑chǒuclown臭chòustench厨chúkitchen触chùto touch闯chuǎngto rush辞cíto resign聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing)脆cuìbrittle呆dāifoolish; stupid贷dàito lend on interest
Words (887)
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一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]安慰ānwèito comfort; to console岸上àn shangashore按摩ànmómassage白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum拜访bàifǎngto pay a visit; to call on扮演bànyǎnto play the role of包围bāowéito surround; to encircle; to hem in包装bāozhuāngto wrap; to package (goods etc)保卫bǎowèito defend保养bǎoyǎngto take good care of (or conserve) one's health报答bàodáto repay报警bàojǐngto sound an alarm抱怨bàoyuànto complain背包bēibāoknapsack悲剧bēijùtragedy悲伤bēishāngsad; sorrowful北极běijíthe North Pole被动bèidòngpassive本人běnrénI; me; myself鼻子bízinose比方bǐfanganalogy; illustrative example比重bǐzhòngproportion彼此bǐcǐeach other; one another必需bìxūto need毕竟bìjìngafter all闭幕bìmùthe curtain falls闭幕式bìmùshìclosing ceremony边境biānjìngfrontier; border编辑biānjíto edit变动biàndòngto change便利biànlìconvenient便条biàntiáo(informal) note便于biànyúeasy to; convenient for宾馆bīnguǎnguesthouse饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookie病毒bìngdúvirus玻璃bōliglass博客bókè(loanword) a blog; a blogger博览会bólǎnhuìan exposition; an international fair