HSK 7–9 vocabulary
The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 削 | xiāo | to peel fruit or vegetables with a knife |
| 消 | xiāo | news; a message (as in 消息 xiāo xi) |
| 消沉 | xiāochén | feeling very sad and having no hope or energy |
| 消遣 | xiāoqiǎn | a fun activity that helps time pass |
| 萧条 | xiāotiáo | quiet and sad, with few people or things around |
| 销 | xiāo | to sell; sales (as in 销售) |
| 销毁 | xiāohuǐ | to destroy something completely, often by burning or melting it |
| 销量 | xiāoliàng | how many of something is sold; how well something sells |
| 潇洒 | xiāosǎ | relaxed and confident in a cool, easy way |
| 小丑 | xiǎochǒu | a performer with a painted face and funny clothes who makes people laugh |
| 小贩 | xiǎofàn | a person who sells things on the street |
| 小看 | xiǎokàn | to think a person is not able or good enough |
| 小康 | xiǎokāng | a comfortable life where you have enough money |
| 小路 | xiǎolù | a small road or path, often in a park or outside the city |
| 小品 | xiǎopǐn | a short, funny show performed on stage or on TV |
| 小气 | xiǎoqi | unwilling to spend money or share things with others |
| 小区 | xiǎoqū | a place with many apartment buildings where people live together |
| 小曲 | xiǎoqǔ | a simple folk song; a short, pleasant tune |
| 小人 | xiǎorén | a bad person who lies or hurts other people |
| 小提琴 | xiǎotíqín | a musical instrument with four strings that you hold under your chin |
| 小溪 | xiǎoxī | a small stream of water |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎoxīn-yìyì | very careful; doing things slowly so nothing breaks or goes wrong |
| 小卒 | xiǎozú | a pawn in Chinese chess |
| 孝敬 | xiàojìng | to give gifts or money to parents or older family members |
| 孝顺 | xiàoshùn | to be good to and take care of your parents and older family |
| 肖像 | xiàoxiàng | a picture of a person, such as a painting or photo |
| 效仿 | xiàofǎng | to copy another person's actions; to do the same as someone else |
| 效力 | xiàolì | the good effect of something, like how well a medicine works |
| 效益 | xiàoyì | the good results or profit you get from work or money |
| 效应 | xiàoyìng | an effect, a change that something causes |
| 协定 | xiédìng | a formal agreement between two countries or groups |
| 协同 | xiétóng | to work together with others to do something or reach a goal |
| 协作 | xiézuò | working together with other people to do something |
| 邪 | xié | evil; very bad and wanting to hurt people (as in 邪恶, evil) |
| 邪恶 | xié'è | evil; very bad and wanting to hurt people |
| 挟持 | xiéchí | to take and hold a person by force so they cannot leave |
| 携带 | xiédài | to carry something with you, for example in your bag or pocket |
| 携手 | xiéshǒu | hand in hand; walking together while holding hands |
| 写照 | xiězhào | a true picture of what someone or something is really like |
| 泄 | xiè | to leak, to let out water or gas (as in 泄漏) |
| 泄漏 | xièlòu | to leak (when water or gas escapes through a hole) |
| 泄露 | xièlòu | to let other people know a secret or secret information |
| 泄密 | xièmì | to tell a secret to someone who should not know it |
| 泄气 | xièqì | to lose heart; to feel you cannot succeed and want to stop trying |
| 泻 | xiè | diarrhea (as in 腹泻) |
| 卸 | xiè | to unload; to take things off a truck or ship (as in 卸货) |
| 心爱 | xīn'ài | dearly loved; favorite (placed before the person or thing you love) |
| 心安理得 | xīn'ān-lǐdé | to feel calm because you did nothing wrong |
| 心病 | xīnbìng | a sickness of the heart; heart disease |
| 心肠 | xīncháng | a person's heart; how kind they are (好心肠 = kind heart) |