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Advanced band

HSK 7–9 vocabulary

The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.

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WordPinyinMeaning
甘心gānxīnwilling to do or accept something, even when it is hard
肝脏gānzàngliver; the organ inside your body that cleans your blood
尴尬gāngàembarrassed; not knowing what to say or do
赶赴gǎnfùto hurry to a place, often for something important
赶往gǎnwǎngto hurry to a place because time is short
敢情gǎnqingas it turns out; said when you now see or understand something
感gǎnto feel
感触gǎnchùdeep thoughts and feelings you get from an experience
感恩gǎn'ēnto be grateful; to feel thankful to someone
感激gǎnjīto feel very thankful to someone for their help
感慨gǎnkǎito have deep, often sad feelings about how things change
感染gǎnrǎnto give a person or wound a sickness; to catch such a sickness
感染力gǎnrǎnlìThe power to make people feel strong emotions
感叹gǎntànto sigh with feeling about something
感性gǎnxìngemotional; following your feelings more than your thinking
干部gànbùa person with an important job in the government or a company
干事gànshiA person who does office work for a group or company.
刚毅gāngyìvery strong and firm in character; a person who never gives up
纲领gānglǐnga main plan or set of aims that guides what a group does
纲要gāngyàoan outline; the main points of a plan, book, or talk
钢gāngsteel, a very hard and strong metal (as in 钢铁 'steel')
缸gānga big jar or tank for water or fish (as in 鱼缸)
港gǎnga place where ships stop; port; harbor (as in 港口)
杠铃gànglínga heavy metal bar used for lifting exercise to make the body strong
高昂gāo'ángvery expensive; costing a lot of money
高傲gāo'àoproud in a bad way; thinking you are better than other people
高超gāochāovery good; showing great skill
高低gāodīheight; how high or low something is
高调gāodiàohigh-profile; easy for everyone to see and notice
高额gāo'évery large in amount, often about money
高尔夫球gāo'ěrfūqiúgolf; a game where you hit a small ball into holes
高峰期gāofēngqīrush hour; the busiest time of day on roads or buses
高贵gāoguìnoble and elegant, looking very special or important
高空gāokōngthe sky or air very high above the ground
高龄gāolínga very old age, especially of a person
高明gāomíngvery clever; showing great skill and good ideas
高山gāoshāna very tall mountain
高效gāoxiàoefficient; working fast and well, not wasting time or effort
高新技术gāoxīn-jìshùvery new and modern technology, like computers and the internet
高血压gāoxuèyāhigh blood pressure, a health problem when blood pushes too hard in the body
高压gāoyāhigh pressure, as in weather or blood pressure
高雅gāoyǎelegant and cultured; showing very good taste
高涨gāozhǎngto go up fast and high, like water or prices
搞鬼gǎoguǐto secretly do sneaky things to trick someone
搞笑gǎoxiàofunny; making people laugh
告gàoto tell someone something (as in 告诉 gào su)
告辞gàocíto politely say goodbye before leaving someone's home or office
告诫gàojièto tell someone seriously not to do something
告示gàoshia written notice put in a public place for people to read
告知gàozhīto tell someone about something