SSC Pre-Intermediate

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

bù kě sī yì不可思议unimaginable

lè guān乐观optimistic

cóng ér从而thus

dài tì代替replace

bǎo shǒu保守guard; conservative

dǎo bì倒闭go bankrupt

cháng huán偿还repay

gōng kuǎn公款government expense

nèi dì内地interior; the mainland of China

fēn xiǎng分享share

fēn xī分析analyse

qián tí前提premise; prerequisite

bāo zhuāng包装pack; wrappings

wēi jī危机crisis; critical moment

fǎn zhèng反正come over from the enemy's side; indicating certainty or resolution

kǒu zhào口罩surgical mask

tóng gǎn同感have the same feeling/impression

huí guī回归return; regression

huí shōu回收recycle; recover what has been issued or launched

chart; draw

dì qì地契title deed for land

dì bù地步plight; extent

jī jīn基金fund

duīpile up; heap

dǔ sè堵塞jam

dǔ chē堵车be stuck in heavy traffic

sù liào塑料plastic

tiān gè yī fāng天各一方live far apart from each other

jū rán居然unexpectedly; obviously

bāngside or upper; aid

gān hàn干旱arid

gān cuì干脆clear-cut; just

xìng kuī幸亏luckily

yì cháng异常unusual; extremely

wēi xìn微信WeChat

sī niàn思念miss

tóu jī投机agreeable; speculate

tóu zī投资invest; investment

pāi mài拍卖auction; be on sale

zé ǒu择偶choose a spouse

nuó yòng挪用divert; misappropriate

kòng zhì控制control; control

tí chàng提倡advocate

yuán zhù援助help; the property for support

xīn qí新奇novel

pǔ biàn普遍universal

nuǎn liú暖流warm current; warm feeling

běn zhì本质essence; nature

tiáo wén条文clause

bǐ sà bǐng比萨饼pizza

shuǐ xiè bù tōng水泄不通completely packed

bō jí波及involve

xiāo hào消耗consume; deplete

hùn luàn混乱confused

huǒ shì火势intensity of fire

huǒ zāi火灾fire

zāi hài灾害calamity

yān wù烟雾a mixture of smoke and vapor

zhào yàng照样after a pattern or model; in the same old way

měngfierce; energetic

huán bǎo环保environmental protection; environmentally friendly

diàn chí电池cell

yǎn huā liáo luàn眼花缭乱be dazed/dazzled

pò chǎn破产bankruptcy; go bankrupt

lǐ jié礼节courtesy

fán róng繁荣booming; prosper

quē hàn缺憾regret

gǔ shì股市stock market

fǔ bài腐败decayed; degenerate

shū shì舒适comfortable

huā huā lǜ lǜ花花绿绿brightly coloured

màn yán蔓延trail

xū nǐ虚拟nvent; hypothetical

róng hé融合fuse

xíng huì行贿bribe

shuāi tuì衰退decline

bèi pò被迫be compelled

guī zé规则regulation; rule

shì pín视频video clip/footage; have a video chat

zhèng quàn证券bond

huò bì货币currency

huì lù贿赂bribe; bribery

zī yuán资源resource

jù lí距离be at a distance from; distance or space between

lián suǒ连锁chain

zào chéng造成cause

zūn shǒu遵守observe

jīn róng金融finance

zuān kòng zi钻空子exploit an advantage

yǐn cáng隐藏hide

diān dǎo颠倒turn upside down; be confused

shǒu nǎo首脑head

gāo fēng高峰peak; acme

gōng zhèng chù公证处notary office

qiān chā wàn bié千差万别differ in thousands of ways

guàn tou hé罐头盒can

dà kě bù bì大可不必totally unnecessary

mài dāng láo麦当劳McDonald's Corporation

shī yè lǜ失业率unemployment rate

tū fā qí xiǎng突发奇想hit upon a strange idea