TOCFL Level 4 Vocabulary
TOCFL Level 4 vocabulary, entries 1,501–1,600.
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- 發射to launch; to fire (a projectile, rocket); to emit (a particle); to discharge; emission; emanationverb
- 葉子leaf of a plant; (Taiwan) playing card; (Taiwan) page of a book; (Taiwan) sheet of gold leaf; (Taiwan) tobacco leaf; (slang) marijuanameasure word · noun
- 極其extremely; to an exceedingly high degree; very much.adverb
- 大夫senior official in imperial China; doctor or physician (modern usage)noun
- 外地areas outside one's home region; other parts of the country; non-local places.noun
- 條約treaty; pact; formal agreement between nations; a set of agreed terms or regulationsnoun
- 區別difference; distinction; to distinguish; to differentiate; to tell apart; to discriminatenoun · verb
- 飼養to raise; to rear; to keep and feed animals or livestock.verb
- 高大tall and large; lofty; towering; (of a person) tall and big; (Taiwan, of a person) old in age.stative verb (adj.)
- 會計accounting; the work of recording and measuring a business's or organization's financial performance and status; an accountant.noun
- 尾巴the tail of an animal; a person who follows or tags along; the unfinished part of a matter.noun
- 家電household electrical appliances; devices powered by electricity used in the home, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and televisions.noun
- 寧可would rather; prefer to; choose to do something even if not ideal; the lesser of two evils.auxiliary verb
- 數目a specific quantity expressed by units; a number; an amount; a count of items or units.noun
- 妥善proper; appropriate; well-handled; satisfactory; properly taken care of; in good orderstative verb (adj.)
- 外匯foreign currency; foreign exchange; foreign currencies, bills, and securities (in Taiwan usage).noun
- 大腿thigh; the part of the leg between the hip and the knee.noun
- 張開to open up; to spread; to extend; to separate or open something that was closed or foldedverb
- 領土territory; the land, waters, and airspace over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction and control; a core element of a state's sovereignty under international law.noun
- 惡劣vile; nasty; of very poor quality; morally repugnant; extremely bad.stative verb (adj.)
- 充足sufficient; adequate; abundant; plentiful; ample; more than enoughstative verb (adj.)
- 面子social prestige; face; reputation; dignity; outer surface; width of fabricnoun
- 歌唱to sing; to vocalize in song; to perform vocally with melodyintransitive verb
- 雕刻to carve; to engrave; the art or product of carving or engraving.noun · verb
- 偵探detective; a person who investigates crimes, secrets, or intelligence; to investigate secretlynoun
- 氣象weather; meteorological conditions such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; atmosphere or ambience; a person's demeanor or bearing; the style or tone of writingnoun
- 正月first month of the lunar year; in classical Chinese poetry, title of a poem in the Book of Songs lamenting troubled timesnoun
- 放大to enlarge; to magnify; to increase the size or scale of somethingverb
- 無情pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless; without emotion; unsparing; in Buddhism, sentient beings lacking consciousness, such as plants and mineralsstative verb (adj.)
- 信用trustworthiness; integrity; (commerce) credit; to trust and appointnoun
- 偏偏contrary to what is expected or desired; unfortunately; stubbornly; only; of all peopleadverb
- 誠意sincerity; good faith; genuine intention; heartfelt earnestness in one's attitude or dealingsnoun
- 瓦斯gas (loanword); flammable gas such as coal gas or natural gas; in military contexts, poison gas.noun
- 窗口window; a physical window or opening; a service counter or ticket window; a computer GUI window; a showpiece or testing ground (in Chinese contexts, sometimes refers to coastal open cities in mainland China)noun
- 辦公to handle official business; to do office work; to work in an officeintransitive verb
- 外部the outside; exterior; external; outside a system or boundary; (historical) foreign ministry in Qing dynastynoun
- 點燃to ignite; to set on fire; to cause to burn; to lightverb
- 急診emergency treatment; emergency medical care; hospital emergency department; emergency roomintransitive verb
- 慣例a convention; a customary practice; a usual way of doing things.noun
- 壓迫to oppress; to repress; to constrain; oppression; pressure or stress (physics).verb
- 超人Superman, comic book superhero; a person with superhuman or exceptional abilities; (in Nietzschean philosophy) the Übermensch, an ideal human who transcends conventional moralitynoun
- 何必why must one; there is no need; rhetorical question meaning it is unnecessaryadverb
- 灰色gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguousnoun
- 貨物goods; merchandise; commodities; items that can be bought, sold, or transported.noun
- 印刷to print; printing; the process of reproducing text or images using ink and plates.intransitive verb
- 普及to spread widely; to make something common or widespread; popular; universal; pervasive.stative verb (adj.)
- 旅行社travel agency; company that arranges travel bookings, tours, and related services for customers.noun
- 機票plane ticket; airline ticket; a ticket for air travelnoun
- 大街street; main street; a principal or wide road in a town or city.noun
- 火災fire disaster; conflagration; serious fire in a city, forest, or other area; can be natural or caused by human negligence or arsonnoun
- 關上to close a door; to turn off a light or electrical equipmentverb
- 劇烈violent; intense; severe; fierce; extreme force or degree; sharply strong.stative verb (adj.)
- 解答to answer; to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); solution; answerverb
- 學歷educational background; academic qualifications; record of schooling; degree or diploma obtainednoun
- 身分證official government-issued ID card; identity document proving citizenship or legal statusnoun
- 捨不得to hate to part with; to begrudge using; to be reluctant to let gotransitive stative verb
- 運送to transport; to carry; to convey goods or people from one place to another.verb
- 科目academic subject; field of study; course; discipline; branch of learningnoun
- 含量the amount of a specific component in something; content; concentration; proportion (e.g. of a substance in a mixture)noun
- 口氣tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; breath odor; accent or regional speech flavor; implied meaning behind wordsnoun
- 得分to score a point; to earn a score; score; grade; rating.separable stative verb
- 打招呼to greet someone with words or gestures; to give prior notice or make preliminary contact before proceedingseparable verb
- 自願voluntary; done of one's own free will; willingly undertaken without being forced or coerced.stative verb (adj.)
- 上頭the top; the upper part; the surface; the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups; (of alcohol, love, etc.) to go to one's head; to capture one's attention; (old) a girl's hair-bun ceremony on her wedding daynoun
- 孤單lonely; alone; feeling isolated; lacking companionship or support; being solitary or single.stative verb (adj.)
- 海關customs; government agency that inspects goods and people crossing borders and collects tariffs.noun
- 鬍子beard; mustache; facial hair; (colloquial) bandit, especially a historical term for a robber or outlaw.noun
- 推翻to overthrow; to topple; to negate an existing situation, system, or decisionverb
- 欺騙to deceive; to cheat; to mislead someone through lies or false pretenses.verb
- 厭惡to loathe; to detest; to feel strong aversion or disgust toward someone or something.stative verb (adj.)
- 放學to dismiss students at the end of the school day; to finish school for the day; to be let out of schoolseparable process verb
- 大有a great deal of; abundance; bumper harvest; (I Ching) hexagram of great prosperity; to have in abundancetransitive stative verb
- 安裝to install; to set up; to mount; to erect; to fix in place; installation.verb
- 內地mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau); inland; interior; hinterland; (in Taiwan, historically) Japan during Japanese colonizationnoun
- 河流river; a natural flowing watercourse; stream of water in a channelnoun
- 分明clear; distinct; clearly; evidently; obviously; plainlypredicative stative verb · adverb
- 小子boy; young fellow; guy; (derog.) joker; (old) I, me (humble self-reference to elders); (archaic) servant; (archaic) minor official in charge of sacrificial rites.noun
- 不到not reaching; less than; insufficient; unexpectedly; not to the extent oftransitive stative verb
- 文藝literature and art; the arts broadly, including literature, fine art, music, architecture; writing and literary creation.noun
- 來往to come and go; to travel back and forth; to have dealings or contact with; social interactionintransitive verb
- 圓形round; circular; a shape with all points equidistant from a center.noun
- 贊同to agree with; to approve of; to endorsetransitive stative verb
- 電視劇TV drama; television series; a drama produced for broadcast on television or online, including serials and episodic formatsnoun
- 富裕prosperous; having plenty of money or resources; well-off; well-to-dostative verb (adj.)
- 戒指ring worn on a finger; often used as jewelry or a symbol of marriage or engagement.noun
- 利息interest (on a loan, deposit, or investment); money earned on principal; (archaic) money, wealthnoun
- 大半more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likelydeterminer
- 片子film; movie; phonograph record; X-ray image; thin flake; small piece; (Taiwan) business card; (Taiwan) diaper; (Taiwan) decorative hairpiece worn by female opera rolesnoun
- 嫉妒to be jealous of; to envy; resentment felt toward someone perceived as having an advantage or superiority.}transitive stative verb
- 時時often; frequently; constantly; at all times.adverb
- 再三repeatedly; over and over again; time and againadverb
- 吩咐to tell; to instruct; to command; to order someone to do somethingverb
- 心聲inner voice; heartfelt wish; aspiration; one's true feelings or thoughts, often unspokennoun
- 燃料fuel; combustible material such as coal, wood, or gas used to produce heat or power.noun
- 暗中in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously; privately, behind someone's back.adverb
- 消極negative; passive; inactive; lacking enthusiasm or initiative; pessimistic or defeatist in attitude; avoiding action or responsibilitystative verb (adj.)
- 入境to enter a country; to go through immigration at a borderverb
- 昏迷to lose consciousness; to be in a coma; a state of mental confusion; to be dazed or disoriented; (archaic) to be muddled or ignorant; to be deeply absorbed or infatuatedprocess verb
- 示威to demonstrate as a protest; a public protest or rally; a show of force or powerintransitive verb
- 構造structure; the way something is organized or put together; tectonic (geology).noun