HSK Level 4 Chinese Vocabulary is built for learners who want useful Chinese vocabulary in a clean reference format instead of a long, fluffy article.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 技术 | jì shù | technology; technique; skill | |
| 护士 | hù shi | nurse; CL:個|个[gè] | |
| 报名 | bào míng | to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply | |
| 报道 | bào dào | report; CL:篇; 份[fèn] | |
| 抬 | tái | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 抱 | bào | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace | |
| 抱歉 | bào qiàn | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 抽烟 | chōu yān | to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | |
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag | |
| 拒绝 | jù jué | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | recruitment; to invite applications for a job | |
| 挂 | guà | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); to be worried or concerned | |
| 指 | zhǐ | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to | |
| 按时 | àn shí | on time; before deadline; on schedule | |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 挺 | tǐng | to stick out; to (physically) straighten up; to endure or hold out | |
| 掉 | diào | to fall; to drop; to lag behind | |
| 排列 | pái liè | array; arrangement; permutation (i.e. ordered choice of n elements out of m) | |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept; to receive | |
| 推 | tuī | to push; to cut; to refuse | |
| 推迟 | tuī chí | to postpone; to put off; to defer | |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply; to provide | |
| 提前 | tí qián | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind; to call attention to; to warn of | |
| 握手 | wò shǒu | to shake hands |
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