What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Traditional Chinese words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Where do these lists come from?

They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 100 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

100 advanced Traditional Chinese words

100 Traditional Chinese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Grammar, Everyday life, Fields and translated into English.

Grammar 18 words

Traditional Chinese	English
否認	to deny
敢	to dare
發誓	to swear
柔軟	soft
成熟	ripe
用舊	worn out
故意	on purpose
忽然	suddenly
立刻	at once
總之	briefly
除-以外	except
整個-期間	throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration
無人	no oneFormal or legal register
自己	oneselfReflexive pronoun, simple form
那樣的	such
套上	to put on
複習	to go over
盤算	to think of

Everyday life 58 words

Traditional Chinese	English
喂	helloOn the phone, when picking up
請進	come in
沒禮貌	ill mannered
英里	mile
盎司	ounce
伏特	volt
註明日期	to date
復活節	Easter
緊急的	urgent
睫毛	eyelash
聽覺	hearing
屁股	buttock
中耳炎	ear infection
咽喉炎	throat infection
貧血	anaemia
媳婦	daughter in lawWife of one’s son
鰥夫	widower
弟妹	younger sibling
狡猾	cunning
固執	stubborn
多話	talkative
床單	sheet
樹籬	hedge
抽油煙機	cooker hood
鋸開	to saw
螺帽	nut
螺栓	bolt
鞋帶	shoelace
連帽厚外套	parka
夾腳拖	flip flops
奇異果	kiwi
百里香	thyme
椰棗	date
磨泥器	grater
油炸	to fry
裹麵包粉	to coat in breadcrumbs
郵票	stamp
購物車	trolley
報攤	newsstand
市集大廳	market hall
下水道	sewer
沿著走	to go along
千斤頂	jack
引擎蓋	bonnet
舷窗	porthole
鄉間度假屋	holiday cottage
訂金	deposit payment
行李	luggage
河堤	riverbankSlope along the side of a river
結冰	to freeze
霧凇	frost coating
海藻	seaweed
咩咩叫	to bleat
蒼鷺	heron
卡其色	khaki
黃褐色	ochre
垃圾郵件	spam
表情符號	emoji

Fields 24 words

Traditional Chinese	English
粉筆	chalk
橡皮擦	eraser
派遣工作	temporary work
激勵	to motivate
堆高機操作員	forklift driver
葡萄酒商	wine merchant
跨欄	hurdle
柔道	judo
棋子	piece
旋轉木馬	merry go round
默劇	mime
怯場	stage fright
公理	axiom
燒杯	beaker
配額	quota
垃圾	rubbish
報價單	quote
股市崩盤	market crash
自白	confession
不在場證明	alibi
投票箱	ballot box
遊說團體	lobby
獨家消息	scoop
病毒式擴散	viral

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Frequently asked questions

What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Traditional Chinese words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Where do these lists come from?: They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 100 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Traditional Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.

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