TOCFL level 5 vocabulary

2686 words

Words 1801–1900 of 2686

• 通用tōng yòngto use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
• 撫養fǔ yǎngto foster; to bring up; to raise
• 兼職jiān zhíto hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
• 較量jiào liàngto pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble
• 謠言yáo yánrumor
• 搜集sōu jíto gather; to collect
• 光輝guāng huīradiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent
• 鈣gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 難免nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
• 潑pōto splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
• 容器róng qìreceptacle; vessel; (computing) container
• 性能xìng néngfunction; performance; behavior
• 元首yuán shǒuhead of state
• 蒼白cāng báipale; wan
• 階級jiē jí(social) class
• 捐獻juān xiànto donate; to contribute; donation; contribution
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down
• 遺體yí tǐremains (of a dead person)
• 特權tè quánprerogative; privilege; privileged
• 熱帶rè dàithe tropics; tropical
• 總經理zǒng jīng lǐgeneral manager; CEO
• 流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal
• 戰友zhàn yǒucomrade-in-arms; battle companion
• 不時bù shífrom time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently
• 主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)
• 嚮往xiàng wǎngto yearn for; to look forward to
• 雖說suī shuōthough; although
• 顯現xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
• 迷惑mí huoto puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
• 黎明lí míngdawn; daybreak
• 一道yī dàotogether
• 寶石bǎo shíprecious stone; gem
• 生前shēng qián(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
• 老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
• 本性běn xìngnatural instincts; nature; inherent quality
• 荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
• 必定bì dìngto be bound to; to be sure to
• 事宜shì yímatters; arrangements
• 分泌fēn mìto secrete; secretion
• 予以yǔ yǐto give; to impose; to apply
• 好比hǎo bǐto be just like; can be compared to
• 起步qǐ bùto set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
• 往來wǎng láidealings; contacts; to go back and forth
• 製品zhì pǐnproducts; goods
• 扭轉niǔ zhuǎnto reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
• 壓制yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
• 內涵nèi hánmeaningful content; implication; connotation (semantics); inner qualities (of a person)
• 依照yī zhàoaccording to; in light of
• 彈性tán xìngflexibility; elasticity
• 疏散shū sànto scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; to relax
• 轉動zhuǎn dòngto turn sth around; to swivel
• 日益rì yìday by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
• 人手rén shǒumanpower; staff; human hand
• 凍結dòng jiéto freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
• 營造yíng zàoto build (housing); to construct; to make
• 公務gōng wùofficial business
• 體操tǐ cāogymnastic; gymnastics
• 行列háng lièformation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")
• 持久chí jiǔlasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
• 制裁zhì cáito punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
• 開張kāi zhāngto open a business; first transaction of a business day
• 明日míng rìtomorrow
• 不堪bù kāncannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
• 指標zhǐ biāo(production) target; quota; index; indicator; sign; signpost; (computing) pointer
• 盞zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps
• 揉róuto knead; to massage; to rub
• 感性gǎn xìngperception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental
• 流程liú chéngcourse; stream; sequence of processes; work flow in manufacturing
• 探險tàn xiǎnto explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
• 主力zhǔ lìmain force; main strength of an army
• 選民xuǎn mínvoter; constituency; electorate
• 破碎pò suìto smash to pieces; to shatter
• 土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
• 值錢zhí qiánvaluable; costly; expensive
• 抵制dǐ zhìto resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
• 境地jìng dìcircumstances
• 跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
• 保重bǎo zhòngto take care of oneself
• 加重jiā zhòngto make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to aggravate (a bad situation); to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
• 奢侈shē chǐluxurious; extravagant
• 平穩píng wěnsmooth; steady
• 糞fènmanure; dung
• 輿論yú lùnpublic opinion
• 預告yù gàoto forecast; to predict; advance notice
• 眼看yǎn kànsoon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
• 物資wù zīgoods; supplies
• 一心yī xīnwholeheartedly; heart and soul
• 飢餓jī èhunger; starvation; famine
• 宣告xuān gàoto declare; to proclaim
• 弓Gōngsurname Gong
• 變革biàn géto transform; to change
• 實質shí zhìsubstance; essence
• 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together; bundle
• 販賣fàn màito sell; to peddle; to traffic
• 產物chǎn wùproduct; result (of)
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
• 點子diǎn zispot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer
• 蒼蠅cāng yinghousefly