HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep

(n.) flower; decorative plant; anything resembling a flower | (v.) spend, cost | (n./adj.) fireworks; design; blurred | (adj.) colored | (char.) fancy, tricky; beautiful young woman; (lit.) prostitute, courtesan

(adj./v.) difficult; put (sb) in a difficult position | (char.) adversity, disaster, catastrophe; to rebuke, to reprove | (char.) bad, unpleasant

(adj./v.) painful, hurting; to love dearly, dote (on...)

(n.) fax

(n./adj./adv.) general idea; rough, approximate; briefly; approximately; probably

(v.) to pour, to tip; to invert; to reverse; to move backward | (v.) to fall over, to fail or collapse; to overthrow; be spoiled, have malfunction; change, shift; move around; sell up; buy and resell at a profit | (adj.) upside down, inverted | (adv.) (contrary to common sense or one's expectation); but, however; (after a "verb + de" structure, implying blame); (in the subordinate clause, indicating concession); (in an imperative sentence or a question, indicating impatience); (used to soften the tone)

(v./adj.) show pity on; pitiful, pathetic

(adj.) careless

(n./v.) influence, effect, impact; motive, intention; to act on, to affect

(n.) bank, coast, shore | (char.) (lit.) high, tall; haughty, proud

(v.) to arrange, lay, or put; to put on or affect (an attitude, a look) | (v.) to sway, wag, or wave | (n.) pendulum (of a clock) | (n.) lower part (of upper garments); hem or bottom (of a skirt)

(n.) newspaper office

(adj.) pessimistic

(v./n.) edit; editor

(n.) virus

(n.) neck

(adj.) impatient

(n.) cloth, fabric | (char.) to make public; to spread; to arrange

(adj.) unstable, uneasy, worried

(n.) step; move, measure

(n.) belongings, property, welfare

(v.) to step on, to trample, to tread; to degrade, to belittle, to demean

(n.) rainbow

(v.) to transcribe; to copy; to raid; to take a shortcut; to fold (one's arms)

(adj.) humid, damp, moist, wet

(sep-v.) quarrel

(prep.) make use of, take advantage of (an opportunity)

(n./v.) call; style of address; appellation, name

(n.) idiom, set phrase

(adj.) abstract

(v.) to show, to produce

(conj.) only if, only when, unless

(v.) infect, be contagious

(v.) rush; temper oneself; stir up, cause (trouble)

(adj.) hurried, hasty

(n.) vinegar | (char.) (of love) jealousy

(v.) make contact with, deal with

(adj.) generous, large-handed; (of one's manner) natural and poised; (of style or color) tasteful, in good taste | (n.) (lit.) expert, scholar | (n.) (TCM) major formula

(v.) stay, be in a daze | (adj.) foolish | (adj.) dumbfound

(v./n.) provide/take a loan; loan