TOCFL level 5 vocabulary

2686 words

Words 701–800 of 2686

• 靈驗líng yànefficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct
• 流落liú luòto wander about destitute; to be stranded
• 流星liú xīngmeteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])
• 籠lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 爐lústove; furnace
• 錄影lù yǐngto videotape; to videorecord
• 錄影機lù yǐng jīcamcorder; video recorder; videocassette recorder (Tw)
• 淪陷lún xiànto fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
• 論點lùn diǎnargument; line of reasoning; thesis; point (of discussion)
• 囉嗦luō suo
• 鑼luógong
• 落得luò deending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
• 落魄luò tuòdown and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional
• 落選luò xuǎnto fail to be chosen (or elected); to lose an election
• 駱駝luò tuocamel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
• 驢lǘdonkey
• 旅費lǚ fèitravel expenses
• 履歷lǚ lìbackground (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé
• 馬鈴薯mǎ líng shǔpotato
• 買主mǎi zhǔcustomer
• 麥子mài ziwheat
• 麥Mài
• 蠻橫mán hèngrude and unreasonable
• 盲從máng cóngto follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience
• 毛毯máo tǎnblanket
• 眉méieyebrow; upper margin
• 眉頭méi tóubrows
• 每每měi měioften
• 門戶mén hùdoor; strategic gateway; portal; faction
• 迷宮mí gōngmaze; labyrinth
• 鳴míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
• 明理míng lǐsensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning
• 名號míng hàoname; title; good reputation
• 名堂míng tangitem (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment
• 名下míng xiàunder sb's name
• 冥想míng xiǎngto meditate; meditation
• 命中mìng zhòngto hit (a target)
• 綿延mián yán(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
• 免稅miǎn shuìnot liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free; duty free (shop)
• 面孔miàn kǒngface
• 民營mín yíngprivately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
• 模具mó jùmold; matrix; pattern or die; Taiwan pr. [mo2 ju4]
• 末期mò qīend (of a period); last part; final phase
• 默mòsilent; to write from memory
• 漠視mò shìto ignore; to neglect; to treat with contempt
• 某些mǒu xiēsome; certain (things)
• 木刻mù kèwoodcut
• 木料mù liàolumber; timber
• 目擊mù jīto see with one's own eyes; to witness
• 募集mù jíto raise; to collect
• 納悶nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
• 乃是nǎi shìequivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
• 耐力nài lìendurance
• 男方nán fāng(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
• 南極洲Nán jí zhōuAntarctica
• 難民nàn mínrefugee
• 囊括náng guāto include; to embrace; to bring together
• 腦力nǎo lìmental capacity
• 內銷nèi xiāoto sell in the domestic market; domestic market
• 內戰nèi zhàncivil war
• 內政nèi zhènginternal affairs (of a country)
• 娘家niáng jiāwife's family (before marriage)
• 凝結níng jiéto condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood)
• 農具nóng jùfarm implements; farm tools
• 農田nóng tiánfarmland; cultivated land
• 怒氣nù qìanger
• 懦弱nuò ruòcowardly; weak
• 女方nǚ fāngthe bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
• 拍馬屁pāi mǎ pìto flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying
• 拍子pāi zibeat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports)
• 排擠pái jǐto crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
• 派出所pài chū suǒlocal police station
• 派頭pài tóumanner; style; panache
• 旁人páng rénother people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
• 旁聽páng tīngto sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class)
• 配給pèi jǐto ration; to allocate
• 噴漆pēn qīto spray paint or lacquer; lacquer
• 貧苦pín kǔpoverty-stricken; poor
• 貧民pín mínpoor people
• 品味pǐn wèito sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
• 婆家pó jiāhusband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
• 破獲pò huòto uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture
• 欺侮qī wǔto bully
• 奇觀qí guānspectacle; impressive sight
• 奇異qí yìfantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic
• 期貨qī huòabbr. for 期貨合約|期货合约[qi1 huo4 he2 yue1], futures contract (finance)
• 啟QǐQi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
• 棄權qì quánto waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
• 洽商qià shāngto negotiate; to talk over
• 牽連qiān liánto implicate; implicated; to link together
• 前程qián chéngfuture (career etc) prospects
• 前科qián kēcriminal record; previous convictions
• 潛藏qián cánghidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed
• 淺薄qiǎn bósuperficial
• 淺顯qiǎn xiǎn(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
• 腔調qiāng diàoa tune; a melody; accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language); tone (manner of expression)
• 牆角qiáng jiǎocorner (junction of two walls)
• 強求qiǎng qiúto insist on; to demand; to impose
• 強權qiáng quánpower; might
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand; (coll.) to season (food)