HSK 5 vocabulary: words 901–1,000

Part 10 of 13 of the HSK 5 word list. Every row has pinyin, the tone pattern and audio.

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#	Character	Pinyin	Meaning
901	服从服從	fú cóng	to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
902	洒灑	sǎ	to sprinkle; to spray; to spill
903	等候	děng hòu	to wait; to wait for
904	纪律紀律	jì lǜ	discipline
905	面积面積	miàn jī	area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land
906	闪电閃電	shǎn diàn	lightning
907	桃	táo	peach
908	广泛廣泛	guǎng fàn	extensive; wide range
909	手套	shǒu tào	glove; mitten
910	品种品種	pǐn zhǒng	breed; variety
911	讽刺諷刺	fěng cì	to satirize; to mock; irony
912	悄悄	qiāo qiāo	quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried
913	舌头舌頭	shé tou	tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
914	总共總共	zǒng gòng	altogether; in sum; in all; in total
915	粮食糧食	liáng shi	foodstuff; cereals
916	特意	tè yì	specially; intentionally
917	糊涂糊塗	hú tu	muddled; silly; confused
918	豆腐	dòu fu	tofu; bean curd
919	促进促進	cù jìn	to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
920	何必	hé bì	there is no need; why should
921	优惠優惠	yōu huì	privilege; favorable (terms); preferential (treatment)
922	恶劣惡劣	è liè	vile; nasty; of very poor quality
923	高档高檔	gāo dàng	superior quality; high grade; top grade
924	废话廢話	fèi huà	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
925	个别個別	gè bié	individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
926	蝴蝶	hú dié	butterfly
927	利息	lì xī	interest (on a loan)
928	否定	fǒu dìng	to negate; to deny; to reject
929	灵活靈活	líng huó	flexible; nimble; agile
930	主张主張	zhǔ zhāng	to advocate; to stand for; view
931	辣椒	là jiāo	hot pepper; chili
932	嫩	nèn	young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
933	沙滩沙灘	shā tān	beach; sandy shore
934	亲切親切	qīn qiè	amiable; cordial; close and dear
935	预订預訂	yù dìng	to place an order; to book ahead
936	地毯	dì tǎn	carpet; rug
937	办理辦理	bàn lǐ	to handle; to transact; to conduct
938	趋势趨勢	qū shì	trend; tendency
939	艰苦艱苦	jiān kǔ	difficult; hard; arduous
940	钢铁鋼鐵	gāng tiě	steel
941	名牌	míng pái	famous brand; nameplate; name tag
942	学术學術	xué shù	learning; science; academic
943	原料	yuán liào	raw material
944	透明	tòu míng	transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
945	地理	dì lǐ	geography
946	翅膀	chì bǎng	wing
947	阳台陽台	yáng tái	variant of 阳台
948	项链項鏈	xiàng liàn	necklace
949	鼓舞	gǔ wǔ	heartening (news); to boost (morale)
950	抄	chāo	to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
951	佩服	pèi fú	to admire
952	妨碍妨礙	fáng ài	to hinder; to obstruct
953	名片	míng piàn	(business) card
954	花生	huā shēng	peanut; groundnut
955	荣幸榮幸	róng xìng	honored (to have the privilege of ...)
956	液体液體	yè tǐ	liquid
957	降落	jiàng luò	to descend; to land
958	宴会宴會	yàn huì	banquet; feast; dinner party
959	岸㟁	àn	variant of 岸
960	尾巴	wěi ba	tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
961	罚款罰款	fá kuǎn	to fine; penalty; fine (monetary)
962	手工	shǒu gōng	handwork; manual
963	歇	xiē	to rest; to take a break; to stop
964	侵略	qīn lu:è	to invade; invasion
965	题目題目	tí mù	subject; title; topic
966	节省節省	jié shěng	saving; to save; to use sparingly
967	围巾圍巾	wéi jīn	scarf; shawl
968	何况何況	hé kuàng	let alone; to say nothing of; besides
969	删除刪除	shān chú	to delete; to cancel
970	枕头枕頭	zhěn tou	pillow
971	车厢車廂	chē xiāng	carriage
972	失眠	shī mián	to suffer from insomnia
973	绳子繩子	shéng zi	cord; string; rope
974	优美優美	yōu měi	graceful; fine; elegant
975	传染傳染	chuán rǎn	to infect; contagious
976	分布分佈	fēn bù	to scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc)
977	必需	bì xū	to need; to require; essential
978	卫生间衛生間	wèi shēng jiān	bathroom; toilet; WC
979	递遞	dì	to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
980	赞美讚美	zàn měi	to admire; to praise; to eulogize
981	痒	yǎng	variant of 痒; to itch; to tickle
982	疲劳疲勞	pí láo	fatigue; wearily; weariness
983	挣钱掙錢	zhèng qián	to make money
984	台阶臺階	tái jiē	steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle)
985	目录目錄	mù lù	catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive)
986	耽误耽誤	dān wu	to delay; to hold up; to waste time
987	彩虹	cǎi hóng	rainbow
988	柜台櫃台	guì tái	variant of 柜台
989	打听打聽	dǎ ting	to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
990	促使	cù shǐ	to induce; to promote; to urge
991	钓釣	diào	to fish with a hook and bait
992	辩论辯論	biàn lùn	debate; argument; to argue over
993	怪不得	guài bu de	no wonder!; so that's why!
994	老百姓	lǎo bǎi xìng	ordinary people; the "person in the street"
995	辅导輔導	fǔ dǎo	to give guidance; to mentor; to counsel
996	未必	wèi bì	not necessarily; maybe not
997	牛仔裤牛仔褲	niú zǎi kù	jeans
998	浏览瀏覽	liú lǎn	to skim over; to browse
999	古典	gǔ diǎn	classical
1000	大方	dà fāng	expert; scholar; mother earth

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