HSK 7-9 — 婚姻 to 激励

Introduction

HSK 7-9 vocabulary represents near-native proficiency — advanced academic, professional, and literary Chinese used by educated speakers in sophisticated contexts.

This chapter covers 55 words from 婚姻 to 激励, spanning nuanced meanings across formal registers, specialised domains, and idiomatic expression.

Themes

All HSK 7-9 Vocabulary in This Chapter (55)

1. 货币 huò bì Currency; money as a medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value in an economy. Refers broadly to any officially recognised m...
2. 基于 jī yú Based on; on the basis of; grounded in. A formal preposition indicating that a statement, decision, or action is founded on certain facts...
3. 婚姻 hūn yīn Marriage; the legal and social union between two people as spouses. The institution of matrimony encompassing rights, duties, and family ...
4. 基层 jī céng Grassroots level; the lowest administrative or organisational level, closest to ordinary people. Refers to community-level structures in ...
5. 货物 huò wù Goods; merchandise; cargo. The physical items that are bought, sold, or transported in trade and commerce.
6. 基因 jī yīn Gene; the fundamental unit of heredity carrying genetic information from one generation to the next. Also used figuratively for deeply em...
7. 激发 jī fā To stimulate; to arouse; to inspire; to trigger. Sparking enthusiasm, latent potential, creativity, or a reaction in a person or system.
8. 激励 jī lì To encourage; to motivate; to inspire. To stimulate someone to greater effort or achievement through recognition, reward, or emotional ap...
9. 火山 huǒ shān A volcano; a mountain or hill with a vent through which lava, ash, and gases erupt from the earth's interior. Also used figuratively for ...
10. 机密 jī mì Classified; secret; highly confidential. Refers to information, documents, or matters that must be kept strictly secret, especially for r...
11. 积 jī To accumulate; to pile up; to store. Indicates a gradual build-up of matter, liquid, emotion, or problems over time.
12. 获胜 huò shèng To win; to achieve victory; to come out on top in a competition, contest, or conflict.
13. 机动 jī dòng Motorised; flexible; capable of manoeuvre; kept in reserve for flexible deployment as needed. Describes vehicles, forces, or plans that a...
14. 火焰 huǒ yàn Flame; the visible, glowing part of a fire. Used both literally for flames and figuratively for intense passion, ardour, or revolutionary...
15. 货车 huò chē A freight vehicle; either a lorry/truck (road transport) or a freight wagon/car (rail transport) used to carry goods and cargo.
16. 激光 jī guāng Laser; a highly concentrated beam of coherent, monochromatic light produced by stimulated emission of radiation. Used in medicine, manufa...
17. 肌肤 jī fū Skin; complexion. The surface of the body, especially as an indicator of health or beauty.
18. 饥饿 jī è Hungry; starving; experiencing acute lack of food. Used both as an adjective (feeling hungry/starving) and as a noun phrase (hunger, star...
19. 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ Concrete; a construction material made by mixing cement, sand, gravel, and water that hardens into a durable stone-like substance used ex...
20. 获悉 huò xī To learn of; to be informed of; to receive news of something. A formal written expression used when one receives important information.
21. 混淆 hùn xiáo To confuse or mix up; to blur or obscure the distinction between two things, causing them to be mistaken for each other. To obfuscate.
22. 货运 huò yùn Freight transport; cargo shipping. The commercial conveyance of goods by road, rail, sea, or air.
23. 激活 jī huó To activate; to enable a dormant function, account, system, or potential. Brings something from an inactive state into full operation.
24. 浑身 hún shēn The entire body; all over one's body. Used to express a physical sensation or condition that affects the whole person from head to toe.
25. 基准 jī zhǔn Benchmark; standard; baseline. A reference point or standard against which comparisons or measurements are made.
26. 活期 huó qī Current; on-demand; without a fixed term. Used primarily in banking to refer to current or demand accounts as opposed to fixed-term depos...
27. 火热 huǒ rè Fiery; burning with passion, enthusiasm, or intensity. Describes something or someone that is intensely fervent, ardently enthusiastic, o...
28. 火锅 huǒ guō Hot pot; a popular Chinese cooking and dining style in which a simmering pot of broth is placed at the center of the table and diners coo...
29. 火花 huǒ huā A spark or sparks; tiny burning fragments thrown off from a fire or produced by friction. Also used figuratively to mean a flash of inspi...
30. 畸形 jī xíng Deformed; abnormal in shape or development; distorted. Describes physical malformation or, figuratively, an unhealthy, unbalanced social ...
31. 火炬 huǒ jù A torch; a portable burning light source made of combustible material. Also refers specifically to the Olympic torch, and figuratively to...
32. 魂 hún The soul; the spiritual essence of a person believed to leave the body at death. Also used figuratively to mean the essential spirit or c...
33. 几率 jī lǜ Probability; odds; the likelihood or chance that a particular event will occur, expressed as a ratio or percentage.
34. 活该 huó gāi Serves (someone) right; (someone) deserves what happened to them. Expresses the judgment that an unpleasant outcome is justified punishme...
35. 活儿 huó r Work; a job or task, especially manual or physical work. A colloquial term used in everyday speech for any kind of work or chore.
36. 积蓄 jī xù To save up over time; financial savings or reserves accumulated through frugality and effort. Refers to both the act of saving and the sa...
37. 机智 jī zhì Quick-witted; resourceful; clever in responding rapidly and effectively to difficult or unexpected situations. Describes the ability to t...
38. 火药 huǒ yào Gunpowder; the explosive powder historically composed of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur, invented in China. Used literally and figurati...
39. 或多或少 huò duō huò shǎo More or less; to a greater or lesser degree; in some measure. An adverbial expression indicating that something is true to a varying but ...
40. 机灵 jī líng Clever; sharp-witted; alert and quick to respond. Describes a person (often a child) who is mentally agile, perceptive, and quick to unde...
41. 伙食 huǒ shí Food and meals provided in a communal setting such as a canteen, army mess, school cafeteria, or workplace dining hall. Refers to the qua...
42. 激化 jī huà To intensify; to escalate; to sharpen conflicts, contradictions, or tensions. Describes a qualitative worsening of an already existing te...
43. 霍乱 huò luàn Cholera; a severe, potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, characterised by profuse watery diarrhoe...
44. 机舱 jī cāng Aircraft cabin; the enclosed pressurised interior of an aeroplane where passengers travel or where cargo is stored.
45. 火速 huǒ sù At lightning speed; with extreme urgency and rapidity. Describes actions taken or orders executed with the greatest possible haste, espec...
46. 积淀 jī diàn To accumulate gradually over a long period; the cultural or experiential depth built up over time. Refers to the rich layering of knowled...
47. 基本功 jī běn gōng Basic skills; foundational abilities that form the core of a craft or discipline. Mastery of fundamentals that enables advanced performance.
48. 豁达 huò dá Open-minded; magnanimous; free from worry; possessing a broad, tolerant outlook and the ability to take setbacks, losses, or differences ...
49. 火候 huǒ hou The degree of heat and duration of cooking needed for a dish; by extension, the right timing, degree, or level of mastery and experience ...
50. 火暴 huǒ bào Fiery and explosive; extremely hot-tempered or volatile. Also used to describe a business, event, or situation that is booming with inten...
51. 豁 huō To crack open; to make a gap or opening in something. Also: to sacrifice or forgo something; to endure a loss willingly for a greater pur...
52. 火辣辣 huǒ là là Burning hot; scorching; intensely stinging or spicy. Also used figuratively to describe a burning sensation from shame, embarrassment, or...
53. 混浊 hùn zhuó Turbid; murky or cloudy; not clear or pure. Describes liquids or air that are polluted or opaque, and figuratively, a morally corrupt or ...
54. 豁出去 huō chū qù To risk everything; to put everything on the line; to decide to throw caution to the wind and act boldly regardless of the consequences.
55. 讥笑 jī xiào To sneer at; to mock; to ridicule; to laugh at someone with contempt and derision.