5600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
to leave without saying good-bye
improper; inappropriate
unknown; unable to find out
to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to
indefinite; indeterminate; adventitious
real estate; immovable property
to be no lack of; to have plenty of
illegal; lawless
there is no harm in; might as well
not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply
lit. I dare not; fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
to not reach; to be inferior to
to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
not necessarily; not likely
to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
slack; in a slump
cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly
indispensable
inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
ineffective; not doing one's best
to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite
inevitably
not good; not encouraging
uneven; injustice; unfairness
must not; cannot; to not allow
incautious; inattentive
to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered
not stint; not spare; not hesitate
to be no fewer than; to not give way
equally matched; about the same
unreasonable; shocking; outrageous
unworthy
to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
untiring; unremitting; indefatigable
no less than; not inferior to
it goes without saying; it is self-evident
not to mind taking the trouble
not to accept as correct; to object; to disapprove
lit. isn't that a joy?; fig. extremely; awfully
to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast
can't help; cannot but
can't help; involuntarily
to withhold, to refuse
to agree by chance; taking the same action without prior consultation
through and through; one hundred percent
unhealthy tendency
unconsciously; unwittingly
at a loss what to do
not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
arrangement; composition; layout
pace; step; march
to step into; to enter
part; component
radical
to dispose; to deploy; deployment
to guess; to conjecture; to suppose
ability; competence
finance and economics
financial resources
finances; financial
to cut out; to cut; to trim
ruling
tailor; dressmaker
ruling; adjudication
to cut staff; to lay off employees
to pick; to pluck; to collect
mining
to pick; to pluck
dish; cooked dish
to refer to; compare; to pay respect to
staff officer; to give advice
to consult a reference; to refer to
to destroy; to spoil; to ruin
cruel; cruelty
to remain; to be left over; residual
badly damaged; shattered
cruel; mean; merciless
ashamed
miserable; wretched; cruel
deathly pale
bitter; painful; deeply distressed
disastrous
to glitter; brilliant; splendid
all of a sudden; hurriedly
pale; wan
housefly
great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes
cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
museum piece; collector's item; precious object
to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
to control; to manipulate
to work hard; to look after
drill; practice
to worry about
to operate; to control; to rig
noisy; clamorous
draft