HSK 2 Vocabulary Table

modal particle indicating polite suggestion;...right?;...OK?

white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera; surname Bai

hundred; numerous; all kinds of; surname Bai

assistance; aid; to help; to assist

newspaper; newsprint; CL:份[fen4] ,期[qi1] ,张[zhang1]

particle used for comparison and '-er than'; to compare; to contrast; to gesture (with hands); ratio

do not; must not; to pin; to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify; other; another

guesthouse; CL:个,家[jia1]

long; length

to sing a song

to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to thread

next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time

from; via; passing through; through

mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong; CL:个

play basketball

everyone

to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc;

to wait for; to await; class (grade); et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once;

younger brother; CL:个,位[wei4]

first; number one

to understand; to know

towards; at; for

right; correct

room; CL:间[jian1]

extraordinary; unusual; extreme; very; exceptional

waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel; CL:个

high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific); surname Gao

to tell; to inform; to let know

older brother; CL:个,位[wei4]

to (someone); for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (passive particle)

bus; CL:辆[liang4] ,班[ban1]

(business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated; CL:家[jia1]

expensive; noble; your (name); precious

(used after a verb) to indicate the completion of an action

child

still; yet; even more; still more; also; too; as well

tasty; delicious

black; dark; abbr. for Heilongjiang 黑龙江 province in northeast China

red; bonus; popular; revolutionary

train station

airport; airfield; CL:家[jia1] ,处[chu4]

(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:个,打[da2]

item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc

classroom; CL:间[jian1]

older sister; CL:个

to present; to introduce; to recommend; to suggest; to let know; to brief

near; close to; approximately

to enter; to advance; to come (or go) into; to receive or admit; to eat or drink; to submit or present; (used after a verb) into, in; to score a goal

just (emphasis); at once; right away; only; as early as; already; as soon as; then; in that case; as many as; even if; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; to suffer; subjected to; to accomplish; to take advantage of; to go with (of foods); with regard to; concerning

to think; to feel

coffee; CL:杯[bei1]

to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:个

exam; CL:次[ci4]

might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:个

can; may; possible; able to

subject; course; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2] ,节[jie2] ,门[men2]

rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plain-spoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant

happy; merry

tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard

to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the eight trigrams of the Book of Changes representing fire (old)

two (quantities); both; ounce; some; a few; tael; weight equal to 50 grams

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division)

road; path; way; CL:条[tiao2]

trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour

to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt

slow

busy; hurriedly

each; every

younger sister; fig. younger woman (esp. girl friend or rival); CL:个

gate; doo; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technologyr; CL:个, 扇[shan4]

noodles

male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; CL:個|个[ge4];

you (polite); as opposed to informal you 你[ni3])

cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2] ,杯[bei1]

female; woman; daughter;

lateral; side; to the side; beside

to walk quickly; to march; to run

cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly

ticket; ballot; bank note; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for shipments and business transactions (topolect); CL:张[Zhang1]

wife; CL:个

to get up

thousand

(lead) pencil; CL:支[zhi1] ,枝[zhi1] ,杆[gan3]

clear; fine (weather)

last year

to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sthto yield

day; day of the month; date; sun; abbr. for 日本 Japan

to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

(human) body; health; CL:个

to fall ill; to sicken

birthday; CL:个

time; period; CL:段[duan4]

affair; matter; thing; business

wrist watch; CL:块[kuai4] ,只[zhi1] ,个

cell phone; cellular phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4]

to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send

although…still…; even if…nevertheless...

it (inanimate thing or animal)

play soccer (football)

topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; surname Ti; CL:个,道[dao4]

to dance

outside; in addition; foreign; external

to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire

to play; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wan4); to have fun; to trifle with; to keep sth for entertainment

in the evening; CL:个

to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous

for what reason?; why?

to ask

question; problem; issue; topic; CL:个

to wish for; to desire; hope CL:个

watermelon; CL:条[tiao2]

to wash; to bathe

hour; CL:个

laugh; smile; CL:个

new; newly; meso- (chemistry)

family name; surname; name; CL:个

rest; to rest

snow; snowfall; to have the appearance of snow; to wipe away, off or out; to clean CL:场[chang2]

color; CL:个

eye; CL:只[zhi1] ,双[shuang1]

mutton

medicine; drug; cure; CL:种[zhong3] ,服[fu4]

to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); important; vital; may; must

also; too; (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula

(used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time; once; in a while; all of a sudden; all at once;

already

together; in the same place; with; altogether (in total)

idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; CL:个

because… thus…; on account of…then…

overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia

swim

right side; right, to the right

fish; CL:条[tiao2] ,尾[wei3]

far; distant; remote

movement; campaign; sports; CL:场[chang3]

again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then)

early morning; Good morning!; CL:个

husband; CL:个

to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change

particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like -ing ending

really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)

to know; to be aware of

preparation; prepare

to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走); to change (shape, form, meaning)

most; the most; -est

left; the left side; to the left of