HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 27)

(adj.) fine, subtle; wonderful; clever, ingenious, miraculous

(v.) flash; dodge; (of the body) sway dramatically; (dialect) leave behind | (n./v.) lightning; to sprain or strain; to appear suddenly

(char.) fan; leaf, board | (v.) to fan; to flap | (m.) a measure word for doors, windows, etc.

(v.) shoot, fire; discharge in a jet; allude to; give forth, emit

(n.) soldier; army; weapon; warfare

(v./n.) to roll up, to curl; to sweep along; to involve; roll | (m./n.) volume; book, scroll; file, dossier; examination paper | (m.) a roll (of toilet paper, camera film, etc.) | (adj.) (slang) overachieving, overworked

(v./adj.) disclose, reveal; thorough; complete | (v.) to pass or seep through, to penetrate; to show, look or appear

(n.) soil, earth, land; territory | (adj.) dorky, unsophisticated, unfashionable; local, indigenous; unrefined; homemade | (radical.) earth | (n.) (TCM) earth

(adv.) not yet, not | (char.) the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches

(v.) to limit | (char.) limit, bound; (lit.) threshold

(n.) intestine | (char.) heart; sausage

(n.) disaster; personal misfortune

(v.) to stick to, to stick together; to glue, to adhere to | (adj.) sticky, glutinous (same as 黏)

(char.) door; household, family; family status | (char.) an account (in the bank, etc.) | (m.) measure word for homes, households | (radical.) household

(adj./adv.) neat, uniform; identical, same; all ready or present; simultaneously | (radical.) even | (v.) even up at one point or along one line; reach the height of, be level with | (n.) Qi (state in the Zhou Dynasty); Southern Qi Dynasty (479-502); Qi (short-lived regime established at the end of Tang Dynasty); Qi (Chinese family name)

(v.) quick-boil, quick-fry | (v.) explode; to occur unexpectedly

(v.) deep-fry; scald (as a way of cooking) | (v.) explode, burst; blow up; (spoken) fly into a rage; (spoken) scurry, flee in terror

(v.) to compel, to force; to extort; to approach, to draw near | (char.) (lit.) narrow

(v.) catch, seize, arrest

(v.) clutch, grasp; catch

(adj.) cool (pleasant, fine) | (char.) cruel; very, extremely

(v./n.) lean, incline towards; side, profile; (also: a stroke name side, dot in traditional calligraphy as defined in "Eight Principles of Yong") | (char.) (dialect) tilt; slope

(v.) violate, disobey | (v.) to occur again, have a recurrence of, break out again, to commit | (char.) criminal

(n.) charges for (crimes), guilt; illegal activity, offence; fault; hardship, misery

(v.) drop, fall; let fall; descend; cease, stop; receive, get; fall onto | (v.) leave out, be missing; leave behind; fall or drop behind | (v.) go down, fall (not used often) | (char.) lag, fall behind; be on the wane; write down; settlement; place where one or something stops | (char.) (dialect) only used in one word: 大大落落

(adj./v.) pink; (dialect) whitewashed; to turn into powder; to whitewash | (n.) powder; (cosmetic) face powder; food made from starch; fan, ardent admirer or enthusiast (short for 粉丝)

(char.) palace; temple; uterus

(n.) stick, rod, staff | (char.) villain, rascal

(v.) to cross (water); tide over, pull through; to ferry across

(adj.) fierce, ruthless; resolute, firm; relentless, harsh | (v.) restrain one's feelings to make a decision

(v.) add, increase; add a family member, have (a baby)

(v./n.) to worry; to suffer from; trouble, disaster

(v.) (of fire) go out; extinguish; perish; destroy, exterminate

(v.) to muddle along; to get along with; to pass off as | (v.) to mix | (char.) (same as 浑) turbid, muddy; foolish, stupid

(n.) arrow; distance covered by an arrow; arrow-like thing

(adj./n.) sharp, pointed; (of voice) piercing; acute, sensitive; point, tip, the best

(v.) to steep, to soak, to brew; (of a man) to court, to flirt with, to pick up (a woman) | (adj.) (dialect) spongy | (v.) to kill (the time), to loaf about | (n.) bubble; bubble-shaped thing | (char./m.) something soft and puffy; (dialect) small lake; measure word for the number of excretions (slightly vulgar)

(n.) fence, railing, hurdle; pen, shed; column or box (of text); board (for putting up notices)

(n.) wolf

(v.) swallow, devour; annex, seize