Words from HSK 5

Question 1

误会

他误会这个批评了。

你误会他了。

Answer 1

wùhuì - to misunderstand / to mistake / misunderstanding

你误会他了。 you are mistaken about him。

引起误会give rise to misunderstanding。

我不希望有任何误会。 i don’t want any misunderstanding。

他误会这个批评了 He takes criticism in the wrong spirit .

Question 2

展览

Answer 2

zhǎnlǎn - to exhibit / exhibition / show

展览会 exhibition

老师带着学生参观展览。The teacher took the students to visit the exhibition .

Question 3

果实

Answer 3

guǒshí - fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results

成熟的果实

很想与别人分享这些果实

Question 4

摘

Answer 4

zhāi - to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck

摘春茶 pick [pluck] spring tea

把树上的苹果都摘下来。Pick off all the apples on the tree .

我把帽子摘下来好啦。I’ll take the hat off .

她摘棉花比我摘得快。She picked cotton much faster than I.

Question 5

时时

Answer 5

shíshí - often

Question 6

纷纷

Answer 6

fēnfēn - one after another / in succession / one by one

秋天，树叶纷纷从树上掉下来。Leaves fall off the trees in the autumn .

纷纷提出建议 offer proposals one after another

Question 7

连续

Answer 7

liánxù - continuous / in a row

连续工作8小时 work eight hours at stretch

Question 8

了不起

Answer 8

liǎobuqǐ - amazing / terrific / extraordinary

了不起的成就 an amazing achievement

她自以为是了不起的歌手。She rather fancies herself as a singer .

Question 9

忍

Answer 9

rěn - to bear / to endure

我不忍看你这样。 i can’t bear to see you like this.

Question 10

个别

Answer 10

gèbié - individual / specific

个别辅导

个别照顾 special consideration for individual cases

这是个别情况。 these are isolated cases

Question 11

启发

Answer 11

qǐfā - arose, inspire, to enlighten, to stimulate (a mental attitude)

从 … 中得到启发 draw inspiration from; gain enlightenment from

得到许多启发 gain a good deal of enlightenmen

Question 12

无奈

Answer 12

wúnài - helpless / without choice

这是很可惜的事情，可也是事出无奈。It was a pity, but it was necessary .

出于无奈 , 我们只得照要求的做了。 we had no choice but to do what we were asked.

Question 13

排球

Answer 13

páiqiú - volleyball

Question 14

手术

Answer 14

shǒushù - operation / surgery

Question 15

作文

Answer 15

zuòwén - to write an essay / composition

Question 16

失眠

Answer 16

shīmián - to suffer from insomnia

I can not sleep nights .
我夜里经常失眠

Question 17

过敏

Answer 17

guòmǐn - allergic / allergy

对某些食物过敏 be allergic to certain foods

皮肤过敏 skin allergy

Question 18

虚心

Answer 18

xūxīn - open-minded / humble (5)

• 虚心听取别人的意见 listen to people’s criticisms with an open mind
• 学习要虚心,自满是敌人 Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study

Question 19

厌烦

Answer 19

yànfán - fed up with sth / sick of sth

• 她不生气，只是厌烦罢了. She doesn’t get cross, though, only bored
• 他觉得这种厌烦难以忍受。He found the boredom scarcely endurable
• 他一谈起汽车我就厌烦。I switch off when he starts talking about cars .

Question 20

恭敬

Answer 20

gōngjìng - respectful

• 他恭敬地听老师讲课。 he gave reverent attention to the teacher
• 他对我并没有什么表示，只是非常的恭敬。He has nothing, but an extraordinary respect for me.

Question 21

耳朵都快生茧子了

Answer 21

茧子 - jiǎnzi - patch of hardened skin

Уши вянут от тебя уже

Question 22

埋怨

Answer 22

mányuàn - to complain / to blame

• 互相埋怨 blame one another
• 工人无能，埋怨工具。A bad workman quarrels with his tools .
• 他埋怨自己，本来就不该来。He cursed himself for having come .

Question 23

佩服

Answer 23

pèifú - to admire

• 我佩服他的勇气。 i admire him for his courage.
• 他们是一群聪明的人, 你不得不佩服他们。 they’re a clever lot, you’ve got to hand it to them.

Question 24

天高地厚

Answer 24

(hòu - thick) high as heaven, deep as earth; way above your league

• Kids these days , so fuckin ‘ laid back. 这年头的小孩不知道天高地厚
• Man , you just don ‘ t stop , do you 你还真不知天高地厚阿！

Question 25

碴儿

Answer 25

chá er - fault, fragment, broken pieces, cause of quarrel

• 冰碴儿 small pieces of ice
• 玻璃碴儿 fragments of glass
• 碗碴儿 the sharp edge of a broken bowl
• 找碴儿打架 pick a quarrel (with sb.)

Question 26

撒气

Answer 26

sāqì - to vent one’s anger

• 你别拿他撒气。 don’t take it out on him
• 别因为今天你不顺就拿我撒气. Don ‘ t treat me badly just because you had a bad day.
• 别拿我来撒气. Don ‘ t go projecting your anger on me.

Question 27

溺爱

Answer 27

nì’ài - to spoil (ni - submerge, drown)

• 她溺爱最小的儿子. She spoils her youngest son .
• 即使最溺爱孩子的父亲，也不会把钻石项链给他的女儿，让她带到学校里来. Even the most indulgent fathers don’t give their daughters diamond necklaces to take to school

Question 28

挑毛病

Answer 28

tiāomáobìng - to nag, to pick on someone

• 干嘛你老爱在我讲的道理中挑毛病？Why do you have hope of finding a flaw in my reasoning ?
• 她对什么事情总爱挑毛病. She always finds fault with everything
• 我不能对他的表演挑毛病. I couldn ‘ t fault his performance

Question 29

戒

戒烟

Answer 29

jièyān - to give up (smoking)

Question 30

bracelet

Answer 30

手链 - shǒuliàn - bracelet

Question 31

necklace

Answer 31

项链 - xiàngliàn - necklace (5) - link of items

Question 32

moist, damp

Answer 32

潮湿 - cháoshī - damp, moist

潮湿空气 - humid air

潮湿的木头 - damp wood

因为潮湿，所以我感到不舒服。I’m uncomfortable because of the humidity .

Question 33

moist, humid

Answer 33

湿润 - shīrùn - moist, humid (HSK5)

湿润的空气 humid air

湿润度 wettability

湿润的土壤 (tǔrǎng) - damp soil

Question 34

moist, moisten

Answer 34

滋润 - zīrùn

滋润的皮肤 soft skin;

滋润的土地 moist soil

它们看上去好像很需要滋润。They look like they need water