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HSK 2.0 level 5

1299 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600
女士nǚshì
lady; madam; Miss; Ms
一路yīlù
the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
保存bǎocún
to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
单独dāndú
alone; by oneself; on one's own
塔tǎ
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎpó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座 (zuò)); (loanword) (pastry) tart
庆祝qìngzhù
to celebrate
激烈jīliè
(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
细节xìjié
details; particulars
显得xiǎnde
to seem; to look; to appear
抢qiāng
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
根gēn
root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)
相似xiāngsì
similar; alike
退休tuìxiū
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
餐厅cāntīng
dining hall; dining room; restaurant
宇宙yǔzhòu
universe; cosmos; space
凭píng
to lean on; to lean against; to rely on; to depend on; (bound form) evidence; proof; on the basis of; according to; no matter (what, how etc)
对手duìshǒu
opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
后果hòuguǒ
consequences; aftermath
深刻shēnkè
profound; deep; deep-going
神秘shénmì
mysterious; mystery
企图qǐtú
to attempt; to try; attempt
吹chuī
to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
围绕wéirào
to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
套tào
to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; …
待遇dàiyù
treatment; pay; salary; status; rank
突出tūchū
prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
答应dāying
to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
遗憾yíhàn
regret; to regret; to be sorry that
合同hétong
contract; agreement
居然jūrán
unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
愤怒fènnù
angry; indignant; wrath; ire
支zhī
to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
输入shūrù
to import; to input
驾驶jiàshǐ
to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
离婚líhūn
to divorce
倒dǎo
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
个性gèxìng
individuality; personality
升shēng
to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗 (dǒu)); to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 (shēng)); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 (shēng))
伙伴huǒbàn
companion; pal; partner; business associate
失业shīyè
unemployment; to lose one's job
改进gǎijìn
to improve; to make better; improvement
教训jiàoxun
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson
紧jǐn
tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
重复chóngfù
to repeat; to duplicate
奋斗fèndòu
to strive; to struggle
发言fāyán
to make a speech; statement; utterance
与其yǔqí
rather than... (used in expressions of the form 与其 (yǔqí) + {verb1} + 不如 (bùrú) + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
道理dàoli
reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification
钟zhōng
handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); a (large) bell (CL:架 (jià)); clock (CL:座 (zuò)); amount of time; o'clock (CL:点 (diǎn),分 (fēn),秒 (miǎo)) (as in 三点钟 (sāndiǎnzhōng) "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分钟 (wǔfēnzhōng) "five minutes" etc)
最初zuìchū
first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
服装fúzhuāng
dress; clothing; costume; clothes
荣誉róngyù
honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary
物理wùlǐ
physics; physical; relating to the material world
义务yìwù
duty; obligation (CL:项 (xiàng)); volunteer (work etc)
论文lùnwén
paper; treatise; thesis; to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
逃táo
to escape; to run away; to flee
陆续lùxù
in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
预防yùfáng
to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic
冒险màoxiǎn
to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
反正fǎnzhèng
anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
否认fǒurèn
to declare to be untrue; to deny
客观kèguān
objective; impartial
对比duìbǐ
to contrast; contrast; ratio
戏剧xìjù
a drama; a play; theater; script of a play
摆bǎi
to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum; hem (at the bottom of a garment)
税shuì
taxes; duties
落后luòhòu
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
亲自qīnzì
personally; in person; oneself
逐步zhúbù
progressively; step by step
似的shìde
seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. sìde
传递chuándì
to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
吻wěn
kiss; to kiss; mouth
品种pǐnzhǒng
breed; variety
忽视hūshì
to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
活跃huóyuè
active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
盖gài
lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
删除shānchú
to delete; to cancel
不然bùrán
not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?
公寓gōngyù
apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套 (tào))
幻想huànxiǎng
to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
教练jiàoliàn
to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位 (wèi),名 (míng))
总之zǒngzhī
in a word; in short; in brief
除非chúfēi
only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
宝贝bǎobèi
treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character
其余qíyú
the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
吸收xīshōu
to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit
恨hèn
to hate; to regret
摸mō
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
据说jùshuō
it is said that; reportedly
效率xiàolǜ
efficiency
无数wúshù
countless; numberless; innumerable
总裁zǒngcái
chairman; director-general (of a company etc)
举jǔ
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; …
顶dǐng
apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; …
气氛qìfēn
atmosphere; mood