HSK 7–9 vocabulary
The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷淡 | lěngdàn | not friendly or warm toward people |
| 冷冻 | lěngdòng | to freeze food by putting it somewhere very cold |
| 冷酷 | lěngkù | not kind; showing no care or warm feelings for other people |
| 冷酷无情 | lěngkù-wúqíng | very cold and unkind to people |
| 冷落 | lěngluò | to be cold to someone and give them little attention |
| 冷门 | lěngmén | a subject or thing that few people know about or like |
| 冷漠 | lěngmò | cold and unfriendly to people; not caring about their feelings |
| 冷笑 | lěngxiào | to laugh in a cold, unfriendly way to show you do not respect someone |
| 冷战 | lěngzhàn | the Cold War: the time of bad relations between the US and the USSR |
| 愣 | lèng | to suddenly stop moving or speaking because you are very surprised |
| 离谱儿 | lípǔr | too much; more than what is normal or acceptable |
| 离奇 | líqí | very strange; not normal |
| 离职 | lízhí | to leave your job; to resign from work |
| 黎明 | límíng | dawn, daybreak; the early morning time when the sky becomes light |
| 礼服 | lǐfú | formal clothes for big events like a wedding |
| 礼品 | lǐpǐn | a gift; something nice you give to a person |
| 礼仪 | lǐyí | polite ways of behaving in formal or important situations |
| 里程碑 | lǐchéngbēi | a stone by the road showing distance to a place |
| 理睬 | lǐcǎi | to pay attention to someone or what they say |
| 理会 | lǐhuì | to pay attention to or take notice of someone or something |
| 理科 | lǐkē | science subjects studied at school, like physics, chemistry, and biology |
| 理念 | lǐniàn | an important idea that guides how people think or do things |
| 理事 | lǐshì | a member of a council; a director who helps manage an organization |
| 理所当然 | lǐsuǒdāngrán | right and normal; something that should happen or be done |
| 理性 | lǐxìng | thinking calmly and clearly with your head, not your feelings |
| 理直气壮 | lǐzhí-qìzhuàng | to feel sure you are right, so you speak with confidence |
| 力不从心 | lìbùcóngxīn | to want to do something, but not be able to do it |
| 力度 | lìdù | the amount of strength or effort used when doing something |
| 力求 | lìqiú | to try very hard to do or get something |
| 力所能及 | lìsuǒnéngjí | within your ability; something you are able to do |
| 力争 | lìzhēng | to try very hard to get something or to do something |
| 历程 | lìchéng | the way something develops or changes over a long time |
| 历届 | lìjiè | every past one, from the first one until now |
| 历经 | lìjīng | to go through something difficult, like hard times or many problems |
| 历来 | lìlái | always, from the past until now |
| 历时 | lìshí | to last; to take (a period of time) |
| 立方 | lìfāng | a cube, a solid shape with six equal square sides |
| 立方米 | lìfāngmǐ | cubic meter (m³), a unit for measuring how much space something fills |
| 立功 | lìgōng | to do something great and win praise or honor |
| 立交桥 | lìjiāoqiáo | a bridge that carries one road over another road |
| 立体 | lìtǐ | having length, width, and height; not flat, like a ball or box |
| 立足 | lìzú | to become able to stay and do well in a new place or job |
| 励志 | lìzhì | inspirational; making you want to work hard for a goal |
| 利害 | lìhài | the good and bad points of something |
| 利率 | lìlǜ | the percent a bank pays you for keeping money there |
| 利索 | lìsuo | quick and neat in movement or action |
| 粒 | lì | measure word for small round things, like pills, peanuts, or grains |
| 连滚带爬 | liángǔn-dàipá | to run away very fast in a scared way, falling and crawling |
| 连绵 | liánmián | going on and on without stopping (for rain) |
| 连任 | liánrèn | to keep the same important job or position for another period of time |