TOCFL Novice 2 Vocabulary
All 267 words and characters graded at Novice 2 in Taiwan's official TOCFL 華語八千詞 vocabulary list.
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Nouns
- 自己oneself; one's own; (Beijing dialect) intimate; close (of relationships)noun
- 問題question; problem; issue; topic; exam questionnoun
- 中ㄓㄨㄥCenter; middle; within; among; during; China; Chinese; to hit a target; to win.noun
- 工作to work; to operate (of a machine); job; task; employment; labornoun
- 上ㄕㄤˋIndicates direction or position, opposite of down; the surface or top of something; to go up; to attend class; previous; superior; to send up.noun
- 孩子child; a young person who is not yet an adult; offspring; son or daughternoun
- 後ㄏㄡˋBehind or after in space or time; later; subsequent; future; descendants; the last part; surname.noun
- 下ㄒㄧㄚˋDown; below; under; to go down; to descend; to fall; to arrive; next; later; measure word for actions.noun
- 地方place; location; area; region; local (as opposed to central government); aspect; partnoun
- 前ㄑㄧㄢˊFront; forward; ahead; preceding; former; before; ago; in the past; future; first in sequence.noun
- 國家country; nation; state; a political entity with territory, people, sovereignty, and government; a community sharing language, culture, society, and history.noun
- 事ㄕˋA thing or matter; an event or incident; work or business; to serve; to do or perform.noun
- 天ㄊㄧㄢSky or heaven; the universe; day or a period of time; nature; weather; season.noun · measure word
- 大家everyone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent familynoun
- 日ㄖˋSun; day; daytime; the earth's rotation period; daily; a specific day; Japan (abbr.)noun
- 去年the year before this one; the previous calendar yearnoun
- 先生Mr.; sir; gentleman; teacher; husband; (dated) scholar or Taoist priestnoun
- 外ㄨㄞˋOutside; external; foreign; in addition; not belonging to a certain scope; referring to relatives on the mother's or wife's side; a role in traditional opera playing an elderly man.noun
- 月ㄩㄝˋMoon; month; monthly; moonlight; a surname; a radical component.noun
- 手ㄕㄡˇHand; person skilled in a certain type of work; person engaged in certain work; classifier for skill; personal; convenient.noun
- 裡ㄌㄧˇInterior; inside; lining of clothing; within a space or time range; also used as a final particle.noun
- 身體the body; one's health; physically; in personnoun
- 女ㄋㄩˇFemale; woman; girl; daughter; feminine; relating to females; also a name for a lunar mansion and a radical.noun
- 頭ㄊㄡˊThe top part of the body; hair; a leader or boss; the beginning or end of something; a suffix for nouns, verbs, adjectives, or location words.noun
- 路ㄌㄨˋRoad, street, path; journey, route; line (bus, etc.); sort, kind; method, way; surname Lu.noun
- 兒子son; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parentsnoun
- 山ㄕㄢMountain; hill; peak; surname; a component of Chinese characters; (archaic) tomb.noun
- 女兒daughter; a female child of one's parents; a girl; an unmarried young womannoun
- 門ㄇㄣˊDoor; gate; entrance; opening; family; lineage; school of thought; sect; key point; method; classifier for courses or fields of study.noun
- 風ㄈㄥWind; air; news; style; custom; manner; atmosphere; scene; habit; behavior; event.noun
- 花ㄏㄨㄚFlower or blossom; a pattern or design; to spend money or time; a surname; (Taiwan) a beautiful woman; (Taiwan) having flowers or patterns.noun
- 它ㄊㄚPronoun for an animal; it; other; a different one; used after a verb for emphasis.noun
- 裡面inside; interior; within; the inner part or space of something.noun
- 醫師doctor; physician; a person qualified to practice medicine; medical professionalnoun
- 球ㄑㄧㄡˊA ball or sphere used in games; a round object; a globe; a ball game or match.noun
- 邊ㄅㄧㄢSide; edge; border; boundary; margin; vicinity; direction; simultaneously; a suffix for place names.noun
- 男ㄋㄢˊMale, man; son; a male's self-address to parents; baron, the lowest of five noble ranks; surname.noun
- 眼睛eye; the organ of sight in humans and animalsnoun
- 萬ㄨㄢˋThe number ten thousand; a very large number; numerous; extremely; absolutely.noun
- 病ㄅㄧㄥˋillness; disease; to fall ill; defect; to be sick; to worry about.noun
- 家人family members; household members; (old) servants; (I Ching) a hexagram symbolizing inner family order.noun
- 公園park; public green space for recreation; outdoor area for leisure and enjoying naturenoun
- 房ㄈㄤˊHouse or building; a room within a house; classifier for rooms; a branch of a family; a surname.noun
- 附近nearby; in the vicinity; not far away; neighboring area; close bynoun
- 英文the English language; English as a language or school subject.noun
- 食物things that can be eaten or drunk; food; nourishment; provisionsnoun
- 明年next year; the year following the current one.noun
- 它們they; them — third-person plural pronoun for non-human things or animals.noun
- 晚ㄨㄢˇEvening; night; late; the end of the day; a later time; a junior or successor; a self-referential term used by a younger person to an elder.noun
- 店ㄉㄧㄢˋShop or store where goods are sold; inn or hotel; a place for business transactions.noun
- 小姐young lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholdernoun
- 意思meaning; idea; opinion; what something signifies; interest; fun; a small gift or token of appreciation; a gesture of goodwillnoun
- 手機cell phone; mobile phone; handheld device for calling, messaging, and internet access.noun
- 課ㄎㄜˋA lesson or course of study; a class; a subject; to levy or tax; to urge or supervise.noun
- 太太wife; a married woman; a respectful term for a married woman; historically, a title for wives of high officials.noun
- 歌ㄍㄜA song; to sing; to chant; to praise; a type of rhyming verse meant to be sung.noun
- 醫生doctor; a person who treats illness or injury; medical practitioner.noun
- 酒ㄐㄧㄡˇAlcoholic beverage; liquor; spirits; wine, especially rice wine; a drink containing alcohol.noun
- 藥ㄧㄠˋmedicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose; to poison; to treat; to curenoun
- 房間room; a single enclosed space in a house or building.noun
- 腳ㄐㄧㄠˇFoot or leg of a person or animal; the base or bottom part of an object; classifier for actions like kicking; also a variant for role or character.noun
- 菜ㄘㄞˋVegetable or greens; a dish of food; poor or weak in skills; (slang) one's type.noun
- 上面on top of; above; the upper surface; the higher level; the authorities; the above-mentioned; the previous part; insidenoun
- 房子house; building; apartment; room; a residential structure where people live or a space used for a specific purposenoun
- 魚ㄩˊFish; aquatic animal; surname; a radical in Chinese characters; used in names of non-fish aquatic animals like octopus or crocodile or whale.noun
- 衣ㄧClothes or garments; to wear or put on clothes; outer covering of something; skin or peel; a surname.noun
- 衣服clothing; garments; apparel; things worn on the body.noun
- 肉ㄖㄡˋMeat; flesh; the soft part of fruit; (of a person) flabby or irresolute; soft and not crisp; slow-moving.noun
- 左ㄗㄨㄛˇLeft; the Left (politics); east; assist; to deviate; surname Zuo.noun
- 餐廳restaurant; dining hall; dining room; a place where meals are served or eaten.noun
- 旁ㄆㄤˊSide; beside; near; next to; auxiliary part of a Chinese character; surname.noun
- 雨ㄩˇRain; to rain; to fall or precipitate; to wet; to moisten or irrigate; (literary) friend.noun
- 空氣air; the gaseous mixture surrounding Earth, mainly nitrogen and oxygen; atmosphere; mood or ambiance of a situation; unconfirmed rumors or public talk.noun
- 茶ㄔㄚˊTea; the tea plant; a beverage made from tea leaves; a general term for a type of drink.noun
- 右ㄧㄡˋRight; the right side; the west (when facing south); a position of honor; to assist; a surname.noun
- 紙ㄓˇPaper; a material made from pulp used for writing, printing, or wrapping; classifier for documents or letters.noun
- 咖啡coffee; a beverage made from roasted and ground coffee beans; a tropical evergreen shrub that produces coffee beans.noun
- 牛ㄋㄧㄡˊOx; cow; bull; a common farm animal; also slang for awesome; surname Niu; one of the 28 lunar mansions.noun
- 蛋ㄉㄢˋEgg; oval-shaped object; term of abuse for a person or action; a southern coastal ethnic group.noun
- 床ㄔㄨㄤˊBed or couch for lying on; a frame or chassis; a flat surface like a bed; classifier for bedding.noun
- 後面the back; the rear; behind; near the end; later; afterwardsnoun
- 旁邊side; beside; adjacent place; nearby area; the immediate vicinity.noun
- 冰ㄅㄧㄥIce; frozen water; to chill; to feel cold; unfriendly; slang for methamphetamine; a surname.noun
- 桌ㄓㄨㄛtable; desk; classifier for tables of guests or dishes at a banquet.noun
- 湯ㄊㄤSoup; hot or boiling water; medicinal decoction; broth; hot spring; surname Tang; archaic punishment of boiling people alive.noun
- 飛機airplane; aircraft; plane; a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and an engine, used for transporting passengers or cargo; can be a passenger plane, cargo plane, or military aircraftnoun
- 前面the area ahead or in front of something; the front side; the space before a person or object.noun
- 嘴ㄗㄨㄟˇMouth; beak; nozzle or spout of an object; a protruding landform; metaphorically, speech or talking.noun
- 雞ㄐㄧDomestic fowl; chicken; a common farm bird; also slang for prostitute.noun
- 教室classroom; room in a school used for teaching and instruction.noun
- 麵ㄇㄧㄢˋFlour; noodles; dough; soft (food); ineffectual or spineless (slang)noun
- 天氣weather; atmospheric conditions at a given time and place; (archaic) omen of fate; (literary) a moment in time.noun
- 豬ㄓㄨPig; hog; swine; CL:口,頭; a place where water gathers.noun
- 鞋ㄒㄧㄝˊFootwear worn on the feet to protect them and aid walking; a shoe; a boot.noun
- 外面outside; the exterior; the outer surface; external appearance; the open airnoun
- 椅ㄧˇA seat with a back; a chair; also a plant name, an older term for the Chinese silverbell tree.noun
- 水果fruit; fleshy or juicy edible produce of a plant, such as apples, oranges, or bananas.noun
- 鼻ㄅㄧˊThe nose, the organ of smell; a projecting part of an object; a small hole; a point of land jutting into the sea; a Kangxi radical.noun
- 前天the day before yesterdaynoun
- 星期week; day of the week; Sunday; seven-day cycle used to name daysnoun