5600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
clapper-board; auctioneer's hammer; to beat time with clappers
to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
to investigate one by one; to screen
to reject; to exclude; to eliminate
the charts; table of ranking
to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate
license; vehicle license; car registration
group; sect; clique
to send; to dispatch
to climb; to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
to climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber
to clamber up; to rise
to plot; to scheme; to calculate
to spiral; to circle; to go around
to judge; to sentence; to discriminate
to sentence; to condemn
to judge; to decide; judgment
judgment; to pass judgment on; to sentence
to hope for; to long for; to expect
to rebel; to revolt; a rebel
other people; bystander
crab
chubby; plump
to abandon; to discard; to renounce
to dig; to excavate; to exclude
to play a small role
foam; bubble; bubble
cannon; firecracker
embryo
to wear
prescription; formula; recipe
component; part; fitting
supporting role
spouse
dubbing
to deploy; to allocate; configuration
fountain
basin; depression
to attack
cooking; culinary arts
to cook
shed; shack; canopy
vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles; one's future prospects are brilliant
surging; turbulent
to expand; to inflate; to swell
to cheer on; to root for sb; to sing sb's praises
to meet with a rebuff
by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
wholesale; bulk trade; distribution
to criticize; critique
to reveal; to publish; to make public
to hack; to chop; to split open
leather
beaten; exhausted; tired
to tire; tired
spleen
to mate or marry; to match; matching
buttocks; bottom; butt
to match; is comparable with
lonely; secluded
for example; for instance; such as
film; movie; film reel
to lean; to slant; oblique
to prefer; to favor
bias; deviation
prejudice; bias
to deviate; to diverge
component of a Chinese character
remote; desolate; far from the city
unfortunately; as it happened; stubbornly
partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline
remote; far from civilization
length; space occupied on a printed page
fragment; extract; episode
to drift; to lead a wandering life
to float; to hover; to drift
to drift; to go rafting
to float; to hover
to wave; to flutter; to fly
box office
to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke
to struggle; to wrestle
to piece together; to splice
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs
impoverished; lacking; deficient
poor; impoverished
repeatedly; again and again; continuously
moral character
rank; grade; quality
to savor; to sample; taste
behavior; moral conduct
to engage; to hire; to betroth
to appoint; appointed
to employ; to hire
flat; dull; ordinary
single-story house
gentle; mild; moderate
reasonably priced; inexpensive; to keep prices down
plane; print media