TOCFL Level 2 Vocabulary
All 501 words and characters graded at Level 2 in Taiwan's official TOCFL 華語八千詞 vocabulary list.
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Nouns
- 時ㄕˊtime; when; hour; o'clock; season; period; era; surname Shinoun
- 生活ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊlife; daily existence; livelihood; the way one lives; circumstances of daily livingnoun
- 社會ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋsociety; a community of people sharing culture and institutions; a group united by common interests or goalsnoun
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).noun
- 關係ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˋrelationship; connection; link; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi (personal network of influence)noun
- 研究ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋto research; to investigate; to study; to look into; to examinenoun · verb
- 影響ㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇinfluence; effect; to influence; to affect; to disturbnoun · verb
- 當時ㄉㄤ ㄕˊat that time; then; immediately; right then; back then; at the moment; instantlynoun
- 中心ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣcenter; heart; core; the middle point or most important part of something; a central location or hubnoun
- 同時ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˊat the same time; simultaneously; also; furthermore; and at once.noun
- 要求ㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊto request; to demand; to require; a requirement; a condition asked fornoun · verb
- 環境ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋenvironment; surroundings; the natural world and conditions affecting living things; circumstances or setting of a place.noun
- 歷史ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˇhistory; past events, especially major or influential developments; records or accounts of past events; the academic study of historynoun
- 教育ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄩˋthe process of teaching or being taught; schooling; the system or field of teaching and learningnoun · verb
- 內ㄋㄟˋInside; inner; internal; within; interior; domestic; the heart or mind; a wife or concubine; the court or palace.noun
- 選擇ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊto select; to pick; to choose; choice; option; alternative.noun · verb
- 父親ㄈㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄣfather; a male parent; one's dad.noun
- 感覺ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊa physical sensation or bodily feeling; an emotion or inner impression; a vague sense or intuition; to feel or perceive somethingnoun · transitive stative verb
- 母親ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣmother; a female parent; one's momnoun
- 精神ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊspirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; vigor; vitality; spirited; good-lookingnoun
- 建議ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋto suggest; to propose; to recommend; a suggestion; a proposal; a recommendationnoun · verb
- 方面ㄈㄤ ㄇㄧㄢˋaspect; side; respect; field; a particular area or dimension of somethingnoun
- 父母ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇfather and mother; parentsnoun
- 以上ㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋmore than a stated amount or level; above a certain point; the foregoing; used to conclude remarksnoun
- 原因ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄣreason; cause; origin; root cause; the basis or explanation for somethingnoun
- 院ㄩㄢˋCourtyard; institution or establishment (like a hospital or school); classifier for institutions.noun
- 資料ㄗ ㄌㄧㄠˋdata; information; material; resources; profile (Internet)noun
- 自由ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊfreedom; liberty; the ability to act according to one's own will without external constraint; a right protected by law or constitution.noun · stative verb (adj.)
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)noun
- 女人ㄋㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊwoman; adult female; wifenoun
- 例ㄌㄧˋAn example or instance; a precedent or rule to follow; a case study; to use as an example; according to the rules.noun
- 教授ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄡˋprofessor; a senior university or college teacher; to teach or instruct; historically, an official school instructor in imperial Chinanoun
- 知識ㄓ ㄕˋknowledge; learning; intellectual understanding; (in classical usage) a friend or acquaintance; (Buddhist) a spiritual companionnoun
- 新聞ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊnews; reports of recent events broadcast or published through media such as newspapers, television, radio, or the internet; new or noteworthy information about current happenings.noun
- 交通ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄨㄥtransportation; traffic; communications; liaison; to be connectednoun
- 標準ㄅㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄣˇstandard; norm; criterion; a benchmark for measuring or judging things; a model or example to follow.noun · stative verb (adj.)
- 意見ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋidea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaintnoun
- 方向ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄤˋdirection; orientation; the way something faces or points; a general course or trendnoun
- 底ㄉㄧˇFunction word; bottom; base; foundation; background; end of a period; draft; record copy.noun
- 程度ㄔㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋdegree; level; extent; standard or measure of something such as ability, knowledge, or morality.noun
- 困難ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊdifficult; hard to do or deal with; a difficult situation; hardship; straitened circumstancesnoun · stative verb (adj.)
- 男人ㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊa man; an adult male; a husband (in some contexts, especially Taiwan)noun
- 目的purpose; aim; goal; target; objective.noun
- 遊戲ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋgame; play; amusement; entertainment; to play games; to have funnoun · intransitive verb
- 消息ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧˊnews; information; message; secret; trick; mechanism pivotnoun
- 心情ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊmood; emotional state; frame of mind; (in Taiwan) interest, enthusiasm, or mood for somethingnoun
- 味ㄨㄟˋtaste; smell; flavor; the sense of smell or taste; a particular kind of feeling or quality; a classifier for food or medicine; to taste or savor.noun
- 假ㄐㄧㄚˇfake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose; vacation; proxy; acting; proxynoun
- 興趣ㄒㄧㄥ ㄑㄩˋinterest (desire to know about something); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobbynoun
- 左右ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋleft and right; nearby; approximately; attendants or followers; to influence or control; to assist or helpnoun · verb
- 油ㄧㄡˊOil, fat, grease, or petroleum; to paint or varnish; oily or greasy; also slang for cunning or glib; extra profit; to get dirty with oil.noun
- 現代ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋmodern times; the present era; the contemporary age; in Chinese history, the period from the May Fourth Movement to the presentnoun · stative verb (adj.)
- 法律ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄩˋlaw; rules and regulations enacted by a state that citizens must follow; legal system.noun
- 情形ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊcircumstances; situation; state of affairs; how things stand.noun
- 夜ㄧㄝˋNight; the period from dusk till dawn; dark; by night; a surname.noun
- 背ㄅㄟˋThe back of a body or object; to carry on one's back; to learn by heart; to recite; to betray; to turn one's back on; to bear or shoulder a burden.noun
- 以下ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋbelow; under; the following; less than; beneath a certain level or amount.noun
- 歐洲ㄡ ㄓㄡEurope; the continent west of Asia.noun
- 亞洲ㄧㄚˋ ㄓㄡAsia; one of the world's seven continents, located in the northeastern part of the Eastern Hemisphere.noun
- 舞ㄨˇTo dance; to perform a dance; to wield or brandish; to play or toy with; to engage in or be busy with.noun
- 兄弟ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋbrothers; younger brother; a humble self-reference used by men; brotherly; fraternal; male cousins or relatives; states sharing the same surnamenoun
- 米ㄇㄧˇuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); surname Mi; slang for Chinese yuan; anything small and granularnoun
- 夢ㄇㄥˋA dream; a vision or illusion experienced during sleep; to dream; to imagine or wish for something; a surname.noun
- 船ㄔㄨㄢˊBoat; vessel; ship; a vehicle for water transport; something shaped like a boat.noun
- 速度ㄙㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋspeed; rate; velocity; (music) temponoun
- 環保ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇenvironmental protection; environmentally friendly; measures or practices aimed at protecting nature and reducing pollutionnoun
- 當中ㄉㄤ ㄓㄨㄥamong; in the middle; in the center; within a group or between othersnoun
- 身邊ㄕㄣ ㄅㄧㄢat one's side; nearby; on hand; in one's immediate surroundings; (Taiwan) on one's person; about one's bodynoun
- 地點ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇplace; site; location; venue; the specific spot where something is or happens.noun
- 機車ㄐㄧ ㄔㄜlocomotive; train engine; (Tw) scooter, motorcycle; (Tw slang) annoying, hard to get along with; (Tw) damn!, crap!noun
- 校園ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄢˊcampus; the grounds and buildings of a school; broadly, the educational environmentnoun
- 詞ㄘˊA word or expression; a statement or speech; lyrics; a form of classical Chinese lyric poetry.noun
- 看法ㄎㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇway of looking at something; view; opinion; perspective on people, matters, or thingsnoun
- 日子ㄖˋ ㄗˇday; a calendar date; days of one's life; time; period; livelihood; daily lifenoun
- 答案ㄉㄚˊ ㄢˋanswer; solution to a problem; response to a questionnoun
- 學院ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄢˋcollege; educational institute; school; faculty; a university's academic division; a scholarly or academic bodynoun
- 不久ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇnot long after; soon; before too long; in a short time.noun
- 年紀ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋage; years of age; era; period (in Taiwan usage).noun
- 雜誌ㄗㄚˊ ㄓˋa periodical publication with articles and illustrations; a magazine; an issue of a magazine.noun
- 垃圾ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋtrash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor qualitynoun
- 尺ㄔˇA unit of length, traditionally about one-third of a meter; a ruler or tape measure; a musical note in traditional notation; something long and thin.noun
- 颱風ㄊㄞˊ ㄈㄥtyphoon; a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; equivalent to a hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexiconoun
- 例子example; instance; case used as evidence or illustration.noun
- 倍ㄅㄟˋMultiplier, times, fold; to increase or multiply; to add to the original amount; to increase further; archaic: to go against, to betray; archaic: to turn one's back on.noun
- 捷運ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋmass rapid transit (MRT); subway; metro; rapid transit system in Taiwannoun
- 伯ㄅㄛˊPaternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address for an elder man; Count, third of five orders of nobility; leader of feudal lords.noun
- 出口ㄔㄨ ㄎㄡˇan exit; a way out; to export goods abroad; to speak; (of a ship) to leave portnoun
- 主人ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊhost; owner; master; the person who owns or is in charge of something.noun
- 保險ㄅㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇinsurance; to insure; safe; secure; sure; bound to; guaranteed; reliable.noun
- 公路ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄨˋhighway; road; a public road for vehicles; a general term for national, provincial, county, and dedicated highwaysnoun
- 腿ㄊㄨㄟˇLeg; the part of the body used for walking or supporting the body; the supporting part of an object; short for ham.noun
- 綠色ㄌㄩˋ ㄙㄜˋgreen; the color of most leaves and grass in nature; one of the three primary colors of light; often used as a symbol of environmental protectionnoun
- 鎖ㄙㄨㄛˇA metal device with a key or combination to fasten doors, chests, etc.; a chain; to fasten with a lock; to confine; to cover; to frown.noun · verb
- 黑色ㄏㄟ ㄙㄜˋblack; the darkest color; (figuratively) dark, sinister, or threatening atmosphere.noun
- 櫃ㄍㄨㄟˋCupboard; cabinet; wardrobe; counter for storage or display.noun
- 做法ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇway of handling something; method for making; work method; recipe; practicenoun
- 刷ㄕㄨㄚTo brush or scrub to clean; to paint or daub; to swipe a card; to scroll on a device; to eliminate or remove; to grind or farm in games.noun · verb
- 生意ㄕㄥ ㄧˋbusiness; trade; commercial activity; vitality; life force; vigornoun
- 汗ㄏㄢˋperspiration; sweat; to sweat; to be speechless (internet slang interjection)noun
- 春節ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊSpring Festival; Chinese New Year holiday period; traditionally the start of spring, now the lunar New Year.noun