Level 6 Vocabulary List

(mái) to bury | (mán) used in 怨

steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread

local bus or train; slow train with many stops

blind person

to confiscate; to seize

plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect)

to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive; to beautify

(méng) drizzle; mist | (mēng) to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess | (méng) blind; dim-sighted | (Méng) surname Meng | (Měng) Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古国; Taiwan pr. [Méng] | (mēng) (knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned | (méng) to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat

ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome

secretary-general

generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton

so as not to; so as to avoid

face to face

to face; to turn towards; to incline to; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; facial feature; appearance; aspect; facet

(miào) clever; wonderful | (miào) variant of 妙

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

folk song

migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project

civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察

public opinion; popular will; public will

democracy

quota; number of places; place (in an institution, a group etc)

a place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot

name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose

fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)

tomorrow

life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc

membrane; film

(mó) to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | (mò) grindstone; to grind; to turn round

ink

mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female

hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)

mother and daughter; mother-daughter

mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest

grave; tomb; mausoleum

to take away

powdered milk

milk cow; dairy cow

unforgettable

(Nèi dì) mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) | (nèi dì) inland; interior; hinterland

inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about

undergarment; underwear

whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?

(ní) mud; clay; paste; pulp | (nì) restrained

to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips

the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking

to send; to dispatch

to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable

to hope for; to look forward to

(pāo) puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | (pào) bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions