TOCFL level 4 vocabulary

2236 words

Words 2101–2200 of 2236

• 覺悟jué wùto come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
• 一齊yī qíat the same time; simultaneously
• 發揚fā yángto develop; to make full use of
• 鞠躬jū gōngto bow; (literary) to bend down
• 文藝wén yìliterature and art
• 裁員cái yuánto cut staff; to lay off employees
• 科目kē mùacademic subject; field of study
• 妥當tuǒ dangappropriate; proper; ready
• 反面fǎn miànreverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad
• 下游xià yóulower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
• 華人Huá rénethnic Chinese person or people
• 敬禮jìng lǐto salute; salute
• 長輩zhǎng bèione's elders; older generation
• 好在hǎo zàiluckily; fortunately
• 傳單chuán dānleaflet; flier; pamphlet
• 淘氣táo qìnaughty; mischievous
• 記性jì xingmemory (ability to retain information)
• 上頭shàng tóu(of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time
• 轉達zhuǎn dáto pass on; to convey; to communicate
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 私立sī lìprivate (company, school etc)
• 路燈lù dēngstreet lamp; street light
• 禿tūbald; blunt
• 招手zhāo shǒuto wave; to beckon
• 取笑qǔ xiàoto tease; to make fun of
• 外匯wài huìforeign (currency) exchange
• 天主教Tiān zhǔ jiàoCatholicism
• 奶粉nǎi fěnpowdered milk
• 印章yìn zhāngseal; signet; chop; stamp
• 半路bàn lùhalfway; midway; on the way
• 一天到晚yī tiān dào wǎnall day long; the whole day
• 帶路dài lùto lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct
• 精細jīng xìfine; meticulous; careful
• 輪子lún ziwheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner
• 合乎hé hūto accord with; to conform to
• 動身dòng shēnto go on a journey; to leave
• 歲數suì shuage (number of years old)
• 郊外jiāo wàioutskirts
• 新式xīn shìnew style; latest type
• 素食sù shívegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet
• 蓋子gài zicover; lid; shell
• 時時shí shíoften; constantly
• 動不動dòng bu dòng(typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat
• 落實luò shípractical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
• 或多或少huò duō huò shǎomore or less
• 偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
• 告辭gào cíto say goodbye; to take one's leave
• 待會兒dāi huì rin a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r]
• 專人zhuān rénspecialist; person appointed for specific task
• 內地Nèi dìmainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
• 下棋xià qíto play chess
• 小販xiǎo fànpeddler; hawker
• 現成xiàn chéngready-made; readily available
• 後頭hòu toubehind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
• 公用gōng yòngpublic; for public use
• 舞廳wǔ tīngdance hall; ballroom
• 品德pǐn démoral character
• 賽跑sài pǎorace (running); to race (running)
• 新興Xīn xīngXinxing county in Yunfu 云浮, Guangdong; Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 市, south Taiwan
• 發炎fā yánto become inflamed; inflammation
• 球鞋qiú xiéathletic shoes
• 匯款huì kuǎnto remit money; remittance
• 農產品nóng chǎn pǐnagricultural produce
• 毯子tǎn ziblanket
• 輪船lún chuánsteamship; steamer; steamboat
• 前頭qián touin front; at the head; ahead; above
• 濃厚nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color)
• 鋼筆gāng bǐfountain pen
• 藥水Yào shuǐYaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
• 公立gōng lìpublic (e.g. school, hospital)
• 縮水suō shuǐto shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
• 反問fǎn wènto ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
• 界線jiè xiànlimits; bounds; dividing line
• 外行wài hánglayman; amateur
• 俗話sú huàcommon saying; proverb
• 天文tiān wénastronomy
• 陳列chén lièto display; to exhibit
• 藥方yào fāngprescription
• 口才kǒu cáieloquence
• 伊斯蘭教Yī sī lán jiàoIslam
• 油膩yóu nìgreasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar
• 俗話說sú huà shuōas the proverb says; as they say...
• 梅花méi huāplum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect)
• 近視jìn shìshortsighted; nearsighted; myopia
• 牢騷láo sāodiscontent; complaint; to complain
• 美觀měi guānpleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic
• 無可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
• 應邀yìng yāoat sb's invitation; on invitation
• 送行sòng xíngto see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party
• 冷門lěng ména neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
• 留念liú niànto keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
• 風氣fēng qìgeneral mood; atmosphere; common practice
• 插圖chā túillustration
• 不由得bù yóu decan't help; cannot but
• 辭典cí diǎndictionary (variant of 词典)
• 封建fēng jiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
• 和氣hé qifriendly; polite; amiable
• 敬酒jìng jiǔto toast; to propose a toast
• 開明kāi míngenlightened; open-minded; enlightenment
• 補習bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor