5600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
to detain; to arrest; to hold
to excite; to thrill; exciting
to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain
used up; dried up; exhausted
to wither
to weep
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears
hole; pocket; cavity
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins; the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
suffering
vexed; distressed
bitter and astringent; pained
to force a smile; a bitter laugh
painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
inventory; stock
to strikingly resemble
to exaggerate
to talk big; to sound off; bombastic
to brag about; to flaunt
to collapse
to carry
to step across; to stride over; to straddle
span
transnational; multinational
to step across; step over
happy; cheerful
spacious; wide
wide-ranging
wide; broad; extensive
tolerant; generous; magnanimous
expansive; wide; width
lenient; tolerant; indulgent
to forgive; forgiveness
spacious; roomy; uncrowded
to entertain; to be hospitable to
funds; a sum of money
basket
mad; wild; violent
party; carousal; hilarity
zealotry; fanatical; feverish
to play truant; to cut classes
moreover; besides; in addition
mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore
mineral resources
mineral resources
frame; casing; fig. framework
frame; framework
to make a loss
to treat sb unfairly
a bunch; to tie together; bundle
bewildered; perplexed; confused
predicament; plight
to enlarge
to expand
to extend
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
expansion; dilation; to expand
parentheses; brackets
ostentatious; extravagant; liberal with money
to pull; to stimulate; to motivate
zipper
to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
cheerleading squad
horn; loudspeaker; brass wind instrument
twelfth lunar month
candle; wax
candle
guest; visitor
incoming telephone call; to phone in; to send in a telegram
to pay a visit
to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth
history; antecedents; origin
the rise and fall of the terrain; the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
next year; the coming year
hard-won
railing; banister
regular column or segment; program
blueprint
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms
cable car
not to feel like; disinclined to
idle; lazy
to misuse; to abuse
in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel!
to wolf down food
to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
to fish up; to dredge up
excuse me
tired; exhausted; worn out
service; services
firm; secure
to keep in mind; to remember
firmly; safely
discontent; complaint; to complain
to prattle; to chatter away; to nag
husband or wife
old age; very; eldest child in a family
to age; to become outdated
polite term for old woman or man
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown