Level 2 Vocabulary List

but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just

but; however

(Dàn) variant of 蜑 | (dàn) egg; oval-shaped thing

(dāng) (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | (dāng) to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at | (dàng) at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)

(dāng shí) then; at that time; while | (dàng shí) at once; right away

everywhere

(dǎo) to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | (dào) to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification

road; path; way

the earth

underground railway; subway; subway train

subway station

if (coming after a conditional clause)

(dé) to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | (de) structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | (děi) to have to; must; ought to; to need to

to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)

lamp; light; lantern

to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)

to equal; to be tantamount to

low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline

to nod

inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store

to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

(Dōng běi) Northeast China; Manchuria | (dōng běi) northeast

(Dōng fāng) the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang | (dōng fāng) east

southeast

winter

to understand; to comprehend

to understand; to know; to comprehend

animal

zoo

pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

(dù) to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences | (duó) to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duò]

short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault

text message; SMS

(Duàn) surname Duan | (duàn) paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

squadron; team; group

captain; team leader

to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation

(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face

(of time) how long?; (not) a long time

how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

majority; most

cloudy (meteorology)

(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore

(fā) to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) | (fà) hair; Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

restaurant

convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

instant noodles