TOCFL level 3 vocabulary

1105 words

Words 801–900 of 1105

• 差點兒chà diǎn rSAI ĐIỂM NHIerhua variant of 差点; almost; nearly
• 聲調shēng diàoTHANH ĐIỆUtone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
• 留學生liú xué shēngLƯU HỌC SINHstudent studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student
• 用法yòng fǎDỤNG PHÁPusage
• 課文kè wénKHÓA VĂNtext
• 西餐xī cānTÂY XANWestern-style food
• 月餅yuè bǐngNGUYỆT BÍNHmooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
• 預習yù xíDỰ TẬPto prepare a lesson
• 毛筆máo bǐMAO BÚTwriting brush
• 班機bān jīairliner; (regular) flight (CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4],班[ban1])
• 輩子bèi ziall one's life; lifetime
• 不見了bù jiàn leto have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found
• 差點chà diǎnalmost; nearly
• 蟲chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
• 當做dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
• 地攤dì tānroadside stall
• 對了duì leCorrect!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ...
• 多多少少duō duō shǎo shǎoto some extent; more or less
• 房客fáng kètenant
• 訪fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 改天gǎi tiānanother day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check
• 公尺gōng chǐmeter (unit of length)
• 公分gōng fēncentimeter (cm); gram (g)
• 公克gōng kègram
• 貴姓guì xìngwhat is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname?
• 國語Guó yǔChinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
• 還要hái yào
• 好好兒hǎo hāo rin good condition; perfectly good; carefully; well
• 好了hǎo le
• 紅豆hóng dòuazuki bean; red bean
• 紅綠燈hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
• 忽Hū
• 花心huā xīnfickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
• 化妝品huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
• 會話huì huà(language learning) conversation; dialog; to converse (in a non-native language); (computing) session
• 講價jiǎng jiàto bargain (over price); to haggle
• 交友jiāo yǒuto make friends
• 教導jiào dǎoto instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
• 教法jiào fǎteaching method; teachings; doctrine
• 姊妹jiě mèi(older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc)
• 舅jiùmaternal uncle
• 舅媽jiù mā(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
• 拉肚子lā dù zi(coll.) to have diarrhea
• 連絡lián luò
• 露營lù yíngto camp out; camping
• 慢用màn yòngsame as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]
• 螞蟻mǎ yǐant
• 米粉mǐ fěnrice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan
• 名詞míng cí(linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept)
• 民國Mín guóRepublic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
• 木Mù
• 腦nǎobrain; mind; head; essence
• 年年nián niányear after year; yearly; every year; annually
• 喔ō(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
• 坪pínga plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
• 球賽qiú sài(ball sports) game; match
• 人人rén réneveryone; every person
• 日出rì chūsunrise
• 獅shī(bound form) lion
• 石Shíabbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
• 上街shàng jiēto go onto the streets; to go shopping
• 生字shēng zìnew character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
• 受得了shòu de liǎoto put up with; to endure
• 水餃shuǐ jiǎoboiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
• 似sìto seem; to appear; to resemble; similar
• 天天tiān tiānevery day
• 聽起來tīng qi laito sound like
• 外祖父wài zǔ fùmaternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
• 外祖母wài zǔ mǔmother's mother; maternal grandmother
• 問好wèn hǎoto say hello to; to send one's regards to
• 想像xiǎng xiàngto imagine; to envision; imagination
• 嚇一跳xià yī tiàostartled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin
• 謝Xiè
• 鴨yāduck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute
• 樣樣yàng yàngall kinds
• 衣櫃yī guìwardrobe; armoire
• 噢yǔoh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. [ou4]
• 樂團yuè tuánband; orchestra
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 找錢zhǎo qiánto give change; to seek funding; (dialect) to make money; to earn a living
• 真是zhēn shiindeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
• 這樣子zhè yàng ziso; such; this way; like this
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 走走zǒu zǒu
• 最多zuì duōat most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal
• 作夢zuò mèng
• 做人zuò rénto conduct oneself; to behave with integrity
• 做事zuò shìto work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 成Chéngsurname Cheng
• 身上shēn shangon the body; at hand; among
• 人們rén menpeople
• 作zuōworker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
• 嘛máused in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?
• 想到xiǎng dàoto think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
• 金Jīnsurname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
• 情qíngfeeling; emotion; passion; situation
• 清QīngQing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing
• 不少bù shǎomany; a lot; not few
• 偪bīvariant of 逼; to compel; to pressure