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100 advanced Simplified Chinese words

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

Grammar 18 words

Simplified ChineseEnglish
否认to deny
敢to dare
记下to write down
成熟ripe
破旧worn out
煮熟cooked
的确admittedly
有礼貌地politely
显著地distinctly
总之briefly
面对faced with
准备好-的ready to
其中的whose
我的东西minePossessive pronoun, used on its own
你的东西yoursPossessive pronoun, used on its own
开机to turn on
驳回to turn downRefuse, not accept
挽留to hold back

Everyday life 58 words

Simplified ChineseEnglish
没礼貌ill mannered
责备reproach
打扰to disturb
盎司ounce
伏特volt
瓦特watt
黎明dawn
注明日期to date
提前advance
脾脏spleen
上腭palate
动脉artery
淤青bruise
中耳炎ear infection
咽喉炎throat infection
媳妇daughter in lawWife of one’s son
鳏夫widower
祖先ancestor
尴尬embarrassment
温驯docile
没礼貌rude
扶手handrail
百叶窗blind
抽油烟机cooker hood
锉刀file
虎钳vice
水平仪level
褶子pleat
派克大衣parka
人字拖flip flops
百里香thyme
里脊肉fillet
淡菜mussel
擦丝器grater
膳食纤维fibre
量取to measure out
增值税value added tax
退货抵用券credit note
减价price reduction
下水道sewer
修道院abbey
沿着走to go along
千斤顶jack
发动机罩bonnet
踏板pedal
乡间度假屋holiday cottage
中途停留stopover
订金deposit payment
沙丘dune
薄雾mist
三角洲delta
喜鹊magpie
跳蚤flea
树液sap
蔚蓝azure
黄褐色ochre
标签页tab
书签bookmark

Fields 24 words

Simplified ChineseEnglish
胶水glue
粉笔chalk
子公司subsidiary
激励to motivate
叉车司机forklift driver
葡萄酒商wine merchant
俯卧撑press up
自由泳front crawl
棋子piece
旋转木马merry go round
默剧mime
怯场stage fright
放大镜magnifying glass
公理axiom
休耕地fallow land
甲烷methane
资产asset
有价证券security
不在场证明alibi
行政命令local order
投票箱ballot box
人质hostage
头版front page
话题热度buzz

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