TOCFL Level 4 Vocabulary
TOCFL Level 4 vocabulary, entries 2,001–2,100.
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Adjectives (stative verbs)
- 冤枉to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; an innocent person being blamed or punished unfairly; (colloquial) to waste effort; not worthwhilestative verb (adj.) · transitive stative verb
- 正經proper; serious; decent; honorable; according to standards; (archaic) the Thirteen Classics; (archaic) the principal wife in a householdstative verb (adj.)
- 遠大far-reaching; broad in scope; ambitious; promising; long-term and visionary (of goals or plans).stative verb (adj.)
- 公用public; for public use; available to everyone; government-operated or publicly managed.attributive stative verb
- 膽小timid; easily frightened; lacking courage; cowardlystative verb (adj.)
- 馬虎careless; sloppy; negligent; not done with proper attention or effort.stative verb (adj.)
- 細小tiny; fine; minute; (Taiwan) family members, householdstative verb (adj.)
- 操心to worry about; to be concerned about; to take trouble over; to put effort intostative verb (adj.)
- 賣座(of a movie, show, or performance) popular with the paying public; high-grossing; attracting large audiences.stative verb (adj.)
- 要好to be close friends; to be on good terms; to strive for self-improvementstative verb (adj.)
- 出產to produce; to yield; to turn out; produce; products; (Taiwan) promise; potentialtransitive stative verb
- 破爛worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junkstative verb (adj.)
- 雄偉grand; imposing; magnificent; majestic; towering and majesticstative verb (adj.)
- 開明enlightened; open-minded; not rigidly conservative; progressive in thinking.stative verb (adj.)
- 灰心to lose heart; to become discouraged; to feel disheartened after setbacksstative verb (adj.)
- 油膩(of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (of a middle-aged man, neologism) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgarstative verb (adj.)
- 初級elementary; introductory; beginner-level; lowest or most basic level.stative verb (adj.)
- 充份fully; completely; thoroughly; ample; sufficient; to the fullest extent.stative verb (adj.)
- 捨得to be willing to part with something; to be ready to give up or sacrificetransitive stative verb
- 課外outside of class; extracurricular; activities or time beyond regular school lessons.attributive stative verb
- 零下below zero; used for temperatures below freezing.attributive stative verb
- 和氣friendly; amiable; good-natured; (of relations) harmonious; cordialstative verb (adj.)
- 落伍to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated; to lag behind the timesstative verb (adj.)
- 好客hospitable; welcoming to guests; enjoys hosting or entertaining visitors.stative verb (adj.)
- 耐用durable; able to withstand long use; long-lasting; hard-wearingstative verb (adj.)
- 神氣expression; manner; bearing; vigorous and impressive; lofty; pretentious; arrogant; spiritual energy; vitality.stative verb (adj.)
- 粗心careless; thoughtless; not paying attention to detail.stative verb (adj.)
- 敬愛to respect and love; to hold in high esteem; to revere and cherishtransitive stative verb
- 多謝many thanks; thanks a lot; used as an expression of gratitude; (Taiwan) to tell someone earnestly or formally.transitive stative verb
- 可喜gratifying; heartening; making one happy; (Taiwan) endearing, lovablestative verb (adj.)
- 迷糊muddle-headed; dazed; only half conscious; fuzzy or unclear in mindstative verb (adj.)
- 笨重heavy and hard to move; cumbersome; unwieldy; laboriousstative verb (adj.)
- 潮溼damp; moist; containing a lot of moisture or humidity.stative verb (adj.)
- 小氣stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; pettystative verb (adj.)
- 內行an expert; a professional; someone skilled or experienced in a particular field; (by extension) an insider or fellow professional in the same trade.stative verb (adj.)
- 冷門a little-known or neglected field, topic, or profession; an obscure competitor who unexpectedly winsstative verb (adj.)
- 外行layman; amateur; someone lacking experience or expertise in a particular field or activity.stative verb (adj.)
- 淘氣naughty; mischievous; (of children) playful or cheeky; (Taiwan) sulking; being in a huffstative verb (adj.)
- 活該serve someone right; deservedly; ought to; should; used when someone's misfortune is seen as unavoidable or undeserved of sympathystative verb (adj.)
- 折合to convert into; to be equivalent to; to amount totransitive stative verb
- 忌妒to feel jealous; to envy someone's abilities, success, or situation; resentment toward those perceived as better offtransitive stative verb
- 不敢當I don't deserve this; I dare not accept (used to politely decline praise or an offer); inappropriate; unseemlystative verb (adj.)
- 丟人to lose face; to be humiliated; to bring shame on oneself or one's familystative verb (adj.)
- 偏食being picky about food; having strong food preferences; partial eclipsestative verb (adj.)
- 合不來(of people) to be incompatible; to not get along well; to be unable to see eye to eyestative verb (adj.)
- 合得來to get along well; compatible; having similar temperaments or interests and getting along harmoniously.stative verb (adj.)
- 合算worthwhile; a good deal; a bargain; to reckon up; to calculatestative verb (adj.)
- 澈底thorough; complete; fully; (of water) clear to the bottom; transparent and still.stative verb (adj.)
- 用得著to have a use for; to be necessary or needed; to be able to use; to be useful or useablestative verb (adj.)
- 相親相愛(idiom) to be very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other; to care for one another.stative verb (adj.)
- 看得起to think highly of; to show respect for; to regard someone as worthy or capable.transitive stative verb
Adverbs
- 現ㄒㄧㄢˋto appear; to manifest; present; existing; current; now; cash (short for 現金)adverb
- 如何how; in what way; what method; why; what to doadverb · stative verb (adj.)
- 將ㄐㄧㄤWill; shall; going to; to take; to hold; to lead; a general; to command; just now; nearly; to advance.adverb
- 是否whether or not; if; used to introduce a yes–no question or indirect question; whether something is the caseadverb
- 相ㄒㄧㄤMutually; each other; one another; appearance; portrait; minister; to look at; to appraise; surname.adverb
- 並ㄅㄧㄥˋAnd; also; together; to combine or merge; side by side; simultaneously; used before a negative to strengthen it; not at all.adverb · conjunction
- 幾乎almost; nearly; practically; very close to happening or being the caseadverb
- 則ㄗㄜˊA function word indicating contrast or consequence; a rule or standard; a classifier for written items or paragraphs; to imitate or follow.adverb · measure word
- 未ㄨㄟˋNot yet; have not; did not; no; the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches, representing 1-3 p.m. or the sixth solar month; a surname.adverb
- 根本fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at alladverb · noun
- 原本originally; at first; the original version or source; the basis or foundation of somethingadverb
- 決ㄐㄩㄝˊto decide or determine; to judge; to execute or kill; to breach or burst; to compete and win; to open up or split apartadverb
- 單ㄉㄢSingle; sole; only; individual; odd (number); thin; weak; a surname; a bill or list.adverb
- 便ㄅㄧㄢˋConvenient; easy; informal; suitable; opportune; to urinate or defecate; then; in that case; soon afterwards; agile; used in names or specific to mean 'beautiful' or 'graceful'.adverb · noun
- 分別to distinguish; to tell apart; to differentiate; to separate; to part; to leave each other; difference; distinction; separately; individually; respectively; in different ways; differently.adverb · noun · verb
- 通常usual; normal; ordinarily; in most cases; under normal circumstances.adverb
- 預ㄩˋto prepare; in advance; beforehand; to participateadverb
- 怎ㄗㄣˇHow; in what way; why; what; used to ask questions or express doubt.adverb
- 逐漸gradually; slowly over time; step by step; progressivelyadverb
- 絕ㄐㄩㄝˊto cut off; to cease; extinct; to vanish; absolutely; by no means; to refuse; to faintadverb
- 立即immediately; at once; right away; without delay.adverb
- 再度once more; once again; one more time; a second timeadverb
- 難以hard to; difficult to; not easy to (predict, imagine, achieve, etc).adverb
- 竟ㄐㄧㄥˋActually; unexpectedly; to go so far as to; indeed; finally; after all; to complete or finish; to pursue or investigate thoroughly.adverb
- 為何why; for what reasonadverb
- 漸ㄐㄧㄢˋGradually; slowly; step by step; to gradually flow into; to imbue or soak; to be submerged; to influence or infect slowly.adverb
- 即將about to happen; on the point of; soon; will shortly.adverb
- 全面comprehensive; covering all aspects; overall; total; all-around.adverb · attributive stative verb
- 竟然unexpectedly; to one's surprise; contrary to what one would expect; actually; used to express shock or disbelief.adverb
- 顯然clearly; evidently; obviously; plain to seeadverb
- 陸續one after another; in succession; bit by bit; continuously over time.adverb
- 的確really; indeed; truly; certainly; used to emphasize that something is definitely true or accurate.adverb
- 誤ㄨˋMistake or error; to miss or fail to catch; to harm or delay; to neglect; to be mistaken or confused.adverb · transitive stative verb
- 偏ㄆㄧㄢTo lean or slant; prejudiced or biased; not central or remote; stubbornly or contrary to expectations; to deviate from the norm.adverb
- 究竟after all; when all is said and done; used in questions for emphasis (what on earth?); outcome; truth; resultadverb
- 早已long since; already a long time ago; for a long timeadverb
- 首先first of all; in the first place; before anything else; initiallyadverb
- 接下來next; following; then; subsequently; what comes after; the next step or part.adverb
- 紛紛one after another; in succession; numerous and diverse; in profusion; pell-melladverb
- 相互each other; mutual; reciprocal; interacting or affecting one another.adverb
- 始終from beginning to end; all along; the whole time; start and end; the full course of events; ultimately; in the endadverb
- 依然still; as before; in the same way as previously; (archaic) lingering; reluctant to partadverb
- 難道used in rhetorical questions to express surprise or disbelief; don't tell me...; could it be that...?adverb
- 絕不absolutely not; under no circumstances; definitely not; by no means.adverb
- 加以to apply; to carry out; to take action regarding something previously mentioned; to give (support, consideration, etc.); moreover; in additionadverb
- 看來apparently; it seems that; from the look of things; judging by the situationadverb
- 稍ㄕㄠSomewhat; a little; slightly; rather; used in the military command for 'stand at ease'.adverb
- 千萬ten million; countless; many; one must by all means; used to strongly urge or emphasizeadverb
- 漸漸gradually; slowly over time; bit by bit.adverb