HSK 6 Vocabulary Table

to suffer from; to endure; to tide over (a difficult period); to delay

cancer

vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly

to love and respect; love and respect

peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed

serene

find a place for; help settle down; arrange for; to get into bed; placement

massage

to hint; to suggest; suggestion; a hint

law case; legal case; judicial case; CL:宗[zong1] ,桩[zhuang1] ,起[qi3]

case (law); CL:个

expensive; costly

bumpy; uneven; slotted and tabbed joint; crenelation

(of cooking) to boil for a long time; to endure; to suffer

profound mystery

to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to

to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to

to hold on to; to cling to; to dig up; to rake; to push aside; to climb; to pull out; to strip off

scar

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

to guard a pass; to check on sth

handle; grip; knob

a strike; to go on strike

overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent; the Way of the Hegemon, abbr. of 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道;

to break with both hands

to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself

pay a visit; call on

pay a New Year call; wish sb a Happy New Year

request sb to do sth; please!

to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated;

to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)

to issue; to promulgate; to award

version; edition; release

partner; companion; mate

to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; attendant

to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

play the part of; act

example; model; CL:个

to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking

pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); platform balance;

to shield; to harbor; to cover up

cloth-wrapper; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden

to surround; to encircle; to hem in

package; pack

to assure; to guarantee; to take care of; to safeguard; certainly; surely

to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy

nanny; housekeeper

(politically) conservative; to guard; to keep

to defend; to safeguard

to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain; maintenance

to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

to take care of oneself

saturation

having lived through many changes

remuneration; reward

to revenge (oneself); to avenge

to repay; to requite

to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation

to report sth to the police; to sound an alarm

submit an expense account; apply for reimbursement; write-off; wipe out

aspiration; ambition

violence; (use) force; violent

to expose; to reveal; to lay bare

exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material); to expose (a scandal to the public)

to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate

contemptible; despicable; base; mean

grieved; sorrowful

miserable; tragic

the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole

backup

memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book

to betray

recite; repeat from memory

passive (not taking initiative)

defendant

shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; alternative reading bei4 qiao4, mostly written

rush about; be busy running about

to run quickly; to travel quickly; to move fast; Mercedes-Benz, German car make

instinct

capital (finance); assets; means

oneself; I (humble form used in speeches); myself; in person; personal

in itself; per se; itself

ability; skill; source material; original story

clumsy; awkward; stupid

to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart

need not; (contraction of 不 and 用)

to leap; to bounce; to hop; to jump

to burst out; to gush; to spurt

to force; to compel; to coerce

nasal mucus; snivel

instance; example

analogy; metaphor; figure of speech; figuratively

proportion; specific gravity

to despise; to disdain; to look down upon;

malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage

malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice

arm

stop up; close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking

to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc);

border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region

boundary; border

frontier; border

edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

flat; (old form of character 匾, horizontal tablet with inscription)

to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue

derogatory sense; negative connotation

convenient; easy; facilitate

(informal) note; CL:张[zhang1] ,个

easy to; convenient for

an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune

changes; vicissitudes

to degenerate; to go bad; to deteriorate; metamorphosis

to recognize; to identify

to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead

to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself

to investigate; dialectical

plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1] ,条[tiao2]

to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout

specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease

sign; mark; symbol; to mark up

title; heading; headline; caption; subject

decide by vote; vote

to declare one's position; to say where one stands

to honor; to cite (in dispatches); cite (in dispatches); commend

to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)

villa; CL:幢[zhuang4] ,座[zuo4]

unusual; unique

awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche; awkward (writing or speech)

on the verge of; close to

hail; hailstone; CL:场[chang2] ,粒[li4]

third in order (III); third of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; letter 'C' or roman 'III' in list 'A, B, C', or 'I, II, III' etc; propyl

really isn't

to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed

to exploit; exploitation

to push aside; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch;

to sow seeds; sowing; seed

wave

great waves; billows;

aunt; wife of father's elder brother; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:个

wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep

exposition; international fair

to wrestle; to fight; to struggle

weak; frail

in spite of; regardless of

be worthy of; deserve to be called; prove oneself to be

unexpectedly; to one's surprise

unreasonable; shocking; outrageous

to disdain as beneath contempt

breast feeding; to suckle; to nurse

to catch; to seize; to capture

compensate; make up

remedy

to subsidize; subsidy; allowance

act against one's will; have no alternative but to; have to; to have no choice; must

there is no harm in; might as well

lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me

can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from

cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely

inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable

unavoidable

frequently; often

not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth)

equally matched; about the same

it goes without saying; it is self-evident

can't help; cannot but

by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to

posting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin; to announce

arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)

to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy

pace; (measured) step; march

to dispose; to deploy; deployment

position; place

ability; competence

tailor; dressmaker

judgment; to referee; umpire; judge; referee; CL:个,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]

to cut staff; to lay off employees

wealth; riches

financial affairs

finances (public); financial

lottery ticket

to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase

to gather; to collect; to harvest

to accept; to adopt (ideas)

staff officer; to give advice

to consult a reference; to refer to (another document)

disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal

cruel; ruthless; cruelty

to remain; left over; surplus; remnant

merciless; ruthless; cruel; mean

to glitter; brilliant; splendid

all of a sudden; hurriedly

depot; storehouse; warehouse

cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane

pale; wan

to work hard; to look after

drill; practice

to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate

to work; to operate; to manipulate

noisy; clamorous

draft (legislation, proposal etc)

careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious

lateral side; side; aspect; profile

to survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine

to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner

tactics; to be tactful

more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)

arrangement of ideas; administrative level; level; stage; phase

difference; distinction; diversity; disparity

socket; outlet;

to investigate and capture (a criminal); to ferret out; to hunt down and arrest

an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye

fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)

flabbergasted; astonished

diesel fuel

to assist by the arm; to mix; to mix; to support; to sustain

twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother

gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving

industry; estate; property; industrial

to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)

to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble

prosperous

to repay; to reimburse

to try; to attempt; CL:次[ci4]

situation; occasion

scene; occasion

location; place

wide open; to open up

to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)

to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative

unimpeded; free-flowing; straight path; unclogged; move without obstruction

best seller; chart-topping

to surpass; to exceed; to transcend

paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan); CL:张[zhang1] ,扎[za1]

jeer; mockery; scoff; sneer; make fun of; laugh at (derogatory)

lair; nest; den; hideout;

dynasty; reign (of a king)

tide; current; trend

to withdraw; to pull out; to retreat

to repeal; to revoke; to undo (computing)

to settle; to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)

oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy

contemplate; contemplation; meditation; ponder

heavy; hard; serious; critical

steady; calm and collected; not nervous

old-fashioned

to display; to exhibit

an assertion; to declare; to state

after one's heart (idiom); gratifying and satisfactory; everything one could wish

to set off;

name; term of address; title

to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (mathematics); Buddhist sect or creed

to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); demonstrate

castle; rook (chess piece)

punishment; penalty; to punish

(manufacturing, production etc) costs

to complete a contract; to reach a deal

(coll.) all day long; all the time

effect; result

intentional; deliberate; on purpose

member

to undertake; to accept a contract

to contract; to undertake (a job)

to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment

orange (fruit, color)

clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)

to hold; to contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil

sincere; cordial

steelyard; Roman balance; CL:台[tai2]

to bear; hardships

entail strenuous effort; be a strain

lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long

slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought);

slow; sluggish

to hesitate

equator (of the earth or astronomical body)

(financial) deficit; red letter

to serve as; to act as; to play the role of

abundant; plentiful; vigorous

rich; substantial; enrich; substantiate

adequate; sufficient; abundant

impetus; impulse; emotional impulse; impulsive

an attack; under attack; a shock

conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention

to worship; adoration

majestic; sublime

to revere; high esteem

to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)

dense

preparations; to get ready for sth

ugly; repulsive

a way out (of a difficulty etc)

to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray

family background; class origin

entranced; Trance (music genre)

promise; prospects; future

initial; preliminary; tentative

to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including

to store up; reserves

stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage

to deposit money; to save; savings

to discipline sb; to punish; disciplinary action; to deal with (a matter); CL:个

plight; unfavorable situation

to handle; to take care of; to punish

to offend; to violate; to go against

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

to pass through; to cross; to overcome

to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission

leaflet; flier; pamphlet

to impart; to pass on; to teach

shipping; boats

to breathe deeply; to pant

to string together; to mix up; to conspire; to rove; bunch or cluster; string (computing); classifier for rows or strings

sheet (bed); CL:条[tiao2] ,件[jian4] ,张[zhang1] ,床[chuang2]

to found; to establish; originate

innovation; to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails

to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture

to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation; CL:个

to brag; to chat (dialect)

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

smoke from kitchen chimneys;

perpendicular; vertical

hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

purely

pure; clean and honest; to purify

benevolent; charitable;

kindly; benevolent (often of older person)

magnetic tape; CL:盘[pan2] ,盒[he2]

male and female

to serve; to act as a valet

thorn; splinter; to stab; to pierce; to prick

substandard products; defective; seconds

sequence; order

cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket

to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2];

to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad

crude; coarse; rough

to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit

to ravage; to ruin

weak; frail

to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist

to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations

setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue

to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train)

to cooperate; partner

to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group

to reply (to an accusation)

to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)

to reach (an agreement); to accomplish

to wrap; to pack; to ask for a doggy bag (at a restaurant)

to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute

to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; a setback; a blow; percussion (music)

to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL:场[chang2]

to size sb up; to take measure of; to suppose; to reckon

to go hunting

to fight a battle; to go to war

at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming

minister (of a monarchy)

everybody; everyone; we all

wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled

in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole

general idea; main idea

more or less; roughly; approximately

evil-doer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum

price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)

to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate

to guide; to lead

to slight; to neglect

to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest

to guarantee; to vouch for

timid; cowardly

off season; slow business season; (see also 旺季)

potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water

protein

birthday

to be born

at the scene; on the spot

at that time; originally

the present age; the contemporary era

to sb's face; in sb's presence

current; today's; modern; present; to be facing (us)

persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)

top priority job; matter of vital importance

be elected

party; association; club; society; surname Dang; CL:个

file; record; archive; Taiwan pr. dang3 an4

grade; class; quality; level

to go bankrupt; to close down

guided missile; cruise missile; missile; CL:枚[mei2]

navigation

to be oriented towards; orientation

to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally

to steal

rice crops

(saying) the gains do not make up for the losses

able; capable; competent; efficient

(of an area) rich in resources; (of a person) gifted or able (idiom)

to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得得罪[de2 zui5]

lantern

to register; to login

to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in

to tread on; to step on

waiting

degree; rate

to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at

dam;

hostile; malevolence; antagonism; to view as enemy; to stand against

arrive; reach (a destination)

to resist; resistance

to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal

condition; situation; plight; extent; room for action

terrain; topography relief

geology

to increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental; progressive

to shake; to jolt; to bump

to turn upside-down; to reverse; back-to-front; confused; deranged; crazy

celebration; ceremony

model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative

to decorate; an ornament; to adorn; only for show

pad; cushion; mat

to establish; to fix; to settle

remember with concern; worry about

electric power source

to hold in the mouth

to carve; to engrave; carving

a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve

to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person

to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc)

to drop; to fall; to tumble; Taiwan pr. die2

fourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干; man; members of a family

to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again

to watch attentively; to fix attention on; to stare; to gaze; to follow; to shadow sb

regularly; at regular intervals

definition

to lose face

forgetful; scatterbrained

host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

chairman of the board; chairman

to freeze (loan, wage, price etc)

unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion

motor; locomotive; motive; motivation; intention

sound of activity or people talking; news of activity

power; motion; propulsion; force

artery

go on a journey; leave

to hit with hands or fists; to start work; to touch

development; trend; dynamic state; movement; moving

mobilize; arouse; CL:次[ci4] ,个

classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)

pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)

precipitous

a struggle; fight; battle

to urge sb to complete a task

drugs; narcotics; poison

dictatorship

to block; to stop; blockage

to gamble

put an end to

end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular

The Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)

upright; regular; proper; correct

short in time; fleeting; brief

to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment

to sever; to break off

to pile up; to heap; accumulation

(of a cheque etc) to cash; to honor a commitment

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

symmetry; symmetrical

to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with

to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation

to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical

rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway; CL:幅[fu2]

to correspond; a correspondence; corresponding; homologous; matching with sth; counterpart

to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check

ranks; troops; CL:个

at once; immediately; forthwith

to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body

diversification; pluralism; to diversify

to morally degenerate; to become depraved; a fall from grace; a fall into sin or depravity

extra; added; additional

nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating

worsen

to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain

(feeling of) resentment; (longstanding) grudge

that's all; nothing more

carbon dioxide; CO2

to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 發发布[fa1 bu4]

to get rich

to daydream; lost in thought

to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse

to find; to detect; to discover

to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission

to vow; to pledge; to swear

to publish; to issue (stocks, currency etc); to release; to distribute (a film)

inflamed from infection or injury; inflammation

to develop; to make full use of

to develop; growth; development

legal person; corporation; see also 自然自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2]

to take turns; order in series; time; a kind of; barbarians

every; all

flourishing; bustling

busy; bustling

traditional Chinese character

to breed; to reproduce; to propagate

to retort; to refute

unusual; abnormal

to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy

to resist; to rebel

to send back information; feedback

reverse side of sth; opposite side of some topic; the other side

to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)

to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment

to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question

on the other hand...; conversely...

to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked

category

to sell; to peddle; to traffic

direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth

dialect

circumference;

policy; guidelines; CL:个

defend; protect (against)

defense

to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions

prevention and cure

spinning and weaving

to visit; to call on; to interview; CL:次[ci4]

to enlarge; to magnify

to radiate; radioactive

illegal

birds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air

fly

to leap

fertile

slander; libel

to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal

to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work;

ruins

boiling; ebullition

lung; CL:个

to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve; to defend against an accusation; to exculpate

propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms

a bonus; to award a bonus

to resolve; to decompose; to break down

to split up; to divide; to break up; fission

secrete

clearly demarcated; sharply contoured

difference (of opinion, position); bifurcation

scatter; disperse; distribute

to tell; to instruct; to command

sepulcher; tomb

fine powder; dust

white; light pink; erotic; beautiful woman; powdered (with make-up)

crash; break up

weight; measure

angry; indignant

plentiful; rich; plump; well-rounded

rich; sumptuous

bumper harvest

to seal; to close; to confine; to seal off; to close down; sealed; confined; closed; unreceptive

system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic

to blockade; to seal off

sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point

storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)

elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise

scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (topolect); impressive (topolect)

general mood; atmosphere; common practice

humor; wit; humorous; witty

local conditions and customs (idiom)

local flavor; local style

to meet by chance; to come across; to fawn upon

to consecrate; to dedicate; to devote

veto; to overrule; to veto; to reject

a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:对[dui4]

lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]

to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by

captive

width; extent; range; scope

to obey (an order); to comply; to defer

to be convinced; to accept

(material) welfare; well-being

good fortune; to enjoy good fortune

symbol; mark; sign

radiation

to look down at; to overlook

to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle;

to foster; to bring up; to raise

corruption; corrupt; rotten

to rot; to become gangrenous

corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption

rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate

to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary; subsidiary