HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

zhào

to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

zhào bàn

to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request

zhào cháng

as usual

zhào jí

to convene; to call together

zhào lì

as a rule; as usual; usually

zhào liào

to tend; to take care of sb

zhào shè

to shine on; to light up; to irradiate

zhào shì

to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a disturbance

zhào tou

omen; portent; sign

zhào yàng

as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless

zhào yào

to shine; to illuminate

zhē

to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal

zhē dǎng

to shelter; to shelter from

zhē gài

to hide; to cover (one's tracks)

zhē teng

to toss from side to side; to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)

zhé dié

to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

zhé hé

to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to

zhé lǐ

philosophic theory; philosophy

zhé mó

to torment; to torture

zhé shè

to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)

zhēn cáng

a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items)

zhēn chá

to detect; to investigate

zhēn fēng xiāng duì

to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure

zhēn jiǔ

acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion