100 intermediate 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 |
|---|---|
| 愛 | to love |
| 喝 | to drink |
| 喊叫 | to shout |
| 乾 | dry |
| 溫柔 | gentle |
| 好看 | pretty |
| 早 | early |
| 的確 | admittedly |
| 在裡面 | inside |
| 既不也不 | nor |
| 一-就 | as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting |
| 在-當中 | amongWithin a larger group |
| 這個 | thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a vowel |
| 他們 | themStressed pronoun after a preposition |
| 是的 | yesAffirmative answer |
| 收好 | to put away |
| 開機 | to turn on |
| 駁回 | to turn down |
Everyday life 58 words
| Traditional Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| 永別 | farewell |
| 哈囉 | hi there |
| 歉意 | apology |
| 一批 | batch |
| 一堆 | pile |
| 百 | hundred |
| 黎明 | dawn |
| 節慶 | celebration |
| 聖誕節 | Christmas |
| 虹膜 | iris |
| 神經 | nerve |
| 腎臟 | kidney |
| 咳嗽 | coughNoun, the symptom itself |
| 感冒 | cold |
| 糖漿 | syrup |
| 老大 | eldest child |
| 主人 | host |
| 服喪 | mourning |
| 天真 | naive |
| 有禮貌 | polite |
| 無聊 | boredom |
| 花瓶 | vase |
| 冰箱 | fridge |
| 燈 | lamp |
| 銼刀 | file |
| 鋸子 | saw |
| 水桶 | bucket |
| 亞麻 | linen |
| 褶子 | pleat |
| 手套 | glove |
| 黑莓 | blackberry |
| 烤肉塊 | roast joint |
| 汽水 | soft drink |
| 苦 | bitter |
| 淡而無味 | bland |
| 玻璃罐 | jar |
| 加值稅 | value added tax |
| 包裹 | parcel |
| 存款 | deposit |
| 長椅 | benchPublic seat |
| 市集 | fair |
| 修道院 | abbey |
| 輪胎 | tyre |
| 渡輪 | ferry |
| 煞車 | brake |
| 水療 | spa |
| 簽證 | visa |
| 住宿 | to stay overnight |
| 霜 | frost |
| 沙丘 | dune |
| 薄霧 | mist |
| 鵝 | goose |
| 山貓 | lynx |
| 樹液 | sap |
| 蠟 | wax |
| 立方體 | cube |
| 程式錯誤 | bug |
| 選單 | menu |
Fields 24 words
| Traditional Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| 口試 | oral test |
| 錄取者 | passed |
| 中小企業 | small business |
| 休假 | leave |
| 泥水匠 | bricklayer |
| 調酒師 | bartender |
| 一盤 | set |
| 拳擊 | boxing |
| 骰子 | dice |
| 舞會 | dance ball |
| 爵士樂 | jazz |
| 後臺休息室 | dressing room |
| DNA | DNA |
| 離子 | ion |
| 分類 | sorting |
| 散裝 | loose goods |
| 查核 | audit |
| 泡沫 | bubble |
| 簽證 | visa |
| 輕罪 | offence |
| 罷工 | strike |
| 人質 | hostage |
| 話題熱度 | buzz |
| 媒體 | media |
Mini quiz
5 words from this page, picked at random. Find their translation.
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.
These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Traditional Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.
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