SSC Intermediate

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Here are all the words you need to know in Short-term Spoken Chinese Intermediate.

yī lǜ一律same; all

xià shǒu下手put one's hand to; seat of lower priority

zhǔ liú主流trunk stream; essential/main aspect

zhǔ guān主观subjectivity; subjective

cóng yè从业obtain employment

huì zhěn会诊hold a consultation

chuán bō传播spread; propagation

hé qù hé cóng何去何从what course to follow

cù jìn促进promote

xiū yǎng修养accomplishment; gentility

jiàn shēn健身keep fit

pàn jué判决pass judgement; judgement

lì rùn利润profit

xié tóng协同cooperate with

jí shí即时immediately

pǐn wèi品味taste; quality and flavour

yīn rén ér yì因人而异differ from individual to individual

quān zi圈子circle; clique

fù sū复苏resuscitate; recovery

shī zōng失踪be missing

yú lè娱乐amuse; recreation

shí huì实惠material benefit; substantial

kè guān客观objective; unbiased

mì密close; meticulous

fù zú富足rich

fú dù幅度amplitude; range

píng tái平台platform; plateau

guǎng kuò广阔vast

zhāng tiē张贴placard

kuài jié快捷agile

hū lüè忽略overlook

huǎng hū恍惚absent-minded; faint

xiǎng xiàng想象imagination; imagine

yú chǔn愚蠢silly

wǒ xíng wǒ sù我行我素do things one's own way

fú yáo zhí shàng扶摇直上skyrocket

fú pín扶贫alleviate poverty

tóu jī投机agreeable; speculate

tuò kuān拓宽broaden

bài tuō拜托entrust somebody with something; please

zhǐ biāo指标target

zhǎng wò掌握grasp; control

tuī yí推移elapse; develop

tí shēng提升promote; hoist

sōu搜look for; search

gǎi jìn改进improve; modify

sàn bù散布be scattered; spread

wú kǒng bù rù无孔不入be all-pervasive

wú suǒ shì cóng无所适从not know what to do

áng guì昂贵expensive

xiǎn ér yì jiàn显而易见clearly

gài niàn概念concept

chén mí沉迷wallow

zhù cè注册register

pài qiǎn派遣dispatch

fú zào浮躁impetuous

shèn rù渗入seep into; infiltrate

qú dào渠道ditch; way

làn滥excessive; shoddy

fán zào烦躁agitated

jiāo lǜ焦虑extremely anxious

shēng tài生态ecology

chàng suǒ yù yán畅所欲言speak out freely

jiān dū监督supervise; supervisor

shè qū社区community

jīng yīng精英outstanding figures; essence

jié yuàn结怨incur hatred

huāng fèi荒废leave uncultivated; neglect practice

xū nǐ虚拟nvent; hypothetical

jiē tóu xiàng wěi街头巷尾streets and lanes

bāo biǎn褒贬cry down

zhà piàn诈骗swindle

wù jiě误解misunderstand; misunderstanding

yòu huò诱惑entice; attract

xiàng zhēng象征symbolize; symbol

qǐ bù起步start to move; begin/start doing something

mí shī迷失take a wrong turning

suí xīn suǒ yù随心所欲at one's sweet will

yǐn xìng隐性covert gender; recessiveness

yǐn shēn隐身hide

wù mái雾霾haze

miàn kǒng面孔face; look/appearance of something

pín dào频道frequency channel; topic of conversation

má jiàng麻将mahjong

yī huí shì一回事one and the same thing; one thing

shēng jí huàn dài升级换代renovate and change the dynasty

xīn fán yì luàn心烦意乱be terribly upset

shuō fú lì说服力persuasion

yè bù guī sù夜不归宿to stay out all night