HSK 7–9 vocabulary
The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丫头 | yātou | a girl; often said with love or when gently teasing |
| 压倒 | yādǎo | to be too strong or too many for someone or something |
| 压缩 | yāsuō | to press something hard to make it smaller |
| 压抑 | yāyì | to keep your feelings inside and not show them |
| 压制 | yāzhì | to stop people from saying or doing what they want, by force |
| 押 | yā | to leave money or something valuable as a promise you will pay later (as in 押金) |
| 鸦雀无声 | yāquè-wúshēng | completely quiet; not a single sound can be heard |
| 牙齿 | yáchǐ | tooth; teeth: the hard white things in your mouth that bite food |
| 牙膏 | yágāo | toothpaste; the cream you put on a brush to clean your teeth |
| 芽 | yá | a small young shoot or bud growing from a plant |
| 哑 | yǎ | mute; dumb; incapable of speech |
| 咽喉 | yānhóu | the throat; the part inside the neck where you swallow |
| 烟囱 | yāncōng | a pipe on a roof that lets smoke out of a house |
| 烟火 | yānhuǒ | fireworks, bright and colorful things in the night sky |
| 淹 | yān | to cover something with water; to flood |
| 延 | yán | to make longer; to extend (as in 延长) |
| 延缓 | yánhuǎn | to postpone something; to make it happen later |
| 延误 | yánwù | to be late and cause problems, like a plane or train |
| 严谨 | yánjǐn | very careful and exact; never making careless mistakes |
| 严禁 | yánjìn | to completely forbid; to say people must not do something |
| 严峻 | yánjùn | very serious and difficult (for problems, tests, or situations) |
| 严密 | yánmì | very careful and complete, with nothing missed |
| 言辞 | yáncí | the words someone uses when speaking |
| 言论 | yánlùn | words that show what a person thinks; opinions said in public |
| 言行 | yánxíng | what someone says and does; their words and actions |
| 岩石 | yánshí | rock; stone (the hard, solid material that mountains are made of) |
| 炎热 | yánrè | very, very hot (describes weather) |
| 炎症 | yánzhèng | a red, swollen, painful part of the body, caused by illness or injury |
| 沿岸 | yán'àn | the land along the edge of the sea; the coast |
| 沿途 | yántú | along the way while you travel |
| 沿线 | yánxiàn | the area along a road, river, or railway line |
| 研讨 | yántǎo | to seriously discuss something, like a question or a plan |
| 阎王 | Yánwang | the King of Hell, who rules the dead in old Chinese stories |
| 衍生 | yǎnshēng | to come from something and become something new; to make something new appear |
| 掩盖 | yǎngài | to cover something so people cannot see it |
| 掩护 | yǎnhù | to protect someone by hiding them or taking the danger yourself |
| 掩饰 | yǎnshì | to hide a mistake or bad thing so people do not see it |
| 眼红 | yǎnhóng | to be jealous of what someone else has |
| 眼界 | yǎnjiè | the range of things that a person knows or has seen |
| 眼色 | yǎnsè | a look with the eyes that gives someone a secret message |
| 眼神 | yǎnshén | the feeling or meaning shown in someone's eyes |
| 眼下 | yǎnxià | now; at this time; at the moment |
| 演变 | yǎnbiàn | to change slowly over a long time |
| 演播室 | yǎnbōshì | a room where television or radio programs are made |
| 演技 | yǎnjì | the skill of acting in a film, play, or show |
| 演练 | yǎnliàn | to practice doing something before it really happens, like a fire drill |
| 演示 | yǎnshì | to show people how something works or how to do it |
| 演说 | yǎnshuō | a talk given in front of many people |
| 演习 | yǎnxí | a practice for soldiers or firefighters before something dangerous happens |
| 演戏 | yǎnxì | to act in a play or film |