TOCFL Level 2 Vocabulary (CEFR Novice)
All 401 words at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary list. Tap any word for its meaning, pinyin, stroke order and an example sentence.
★ Core word
- 啊★amodal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- 把★bǎto hold; to grasp
- 班★bānsurname Ban
- 辦法bànfǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem
- 幫★bāngto help
- 棒★bàngstick
- 幫忙★bāngmángto help
- 幫助★bāngzhùassistance; aid
- 包★bāosurname Bao
- 北★běinorth
- 被★bèiquilt
- 本來★běnláioriginal
- 變★biànto change
- 別人★biérénother people; others; other person
- 比較★bǐjiàoto compare
- 病人bìngrénsick person
- 比賽bǐsàicompetition (sports etc)
- 部★bùministry
- 部分★bùfènpart; portion; piece
- 不過★búguòonly
- 才★cáiability; talent
- 參加★cānjiāto participate
- 差不多★chābùduōalmost
- 場★chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose
- 成績chéngjīachievement
- 春天★chūntiānspring (season)
- 次★cìnext in sequence
- 戴★dàisurname Dai
- 當★dāngto be
- 當然★dāngránonly natural
- 但是★dànshìbut; however
- 道★dàoroad; path (CL:條,股)
- 大人★dàrénadult
- 地★de-ly
- 電★diànlightning
- 第一★dìyīfirst
- 冬天★dōngtiānwinter
- 放★fàngto put
- 方法fāngfǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
- 發現★fāxiànto notice; to become aware of
- 份★fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- 敢★gǎnto dare
- 剛剛★gānggāngjust recently
- 乾淨★gānjìngclean
- 高興★gāoxìnghappy
- 高中gāozhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高級中學)
- 各★gèeach
- 更★gèngmore
- 公司gōngsīcompany; firm; corporation
- 狗gǒudog
- 故事gùshìold practice
- 海★hǎisurname Hai
- 行★háng(bound form) row; line
- 好像★hǎoxiàngas if
- 後來★hòuláiafterwards; later
- 黃★huángsurname Huang or Hwang
- 歡迎huānyíngto welcome
- 回★huíHui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- 回到★huídàoto return to
- 火★huǒsurname Huo
- 活動huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out
- 或是★huòshìor
- 加★jiāCanada (abbr. for 加拿大)
- 間★jiānbetween
- 簡單★jiǎndānsimple; not complicated
- 講★jiǎngto speak
- 健康jiànkānghealth
- 家庭jiātíngfamily; household
- 記得★jìdeto remember
- 接★jiēto receive
- 計畫★jìhuàvariant of 計劃
- 機會★jīhuìopportunity
- 近★jìnnear
- 進步jìnbùprogress; improvement
- 經過★jīngguòto pass
- 經驗★jīngyànexperience
- 緊張★jǐnzhāngnervous
- 句★jùsentence
- 決定★juédìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind
- 開始★kāishǐto begin
- 可愛★kěàiadorable
- 客人kèrénvisitor
- 哭★kūto cry; to weep
- 苦★kǔbitter
- 啦★lasentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation
- 拉★lāto pull
- 老闆lǎobǎnRobam (brand)
- 老人★lǎorénold man or woman
- 離★lísurname Li
- 臉liǎnface
- 練習liànxíto practice
- 聊天liáotiānto chat; to gossip
- 離開★líkāito depart; to leave
- 綠★lǜused in names
- 旅行lǚxíngto travel
- 馬mǎsurname Ma
- 賣★màito sell
- 貓māocat (CL:隻)
- 名★míngname
- 那麼★nàmelike that; in that way; to that extent
- 南★nánsurname Nan
- 能力★nénglìcapability
- 年輕niánqīngyoung
- 鳥niǎobird
- 努力★nǔlìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive
- 跑★pǎoto run
- 片★piànthin piece
- 票piàoticket
- 平常★píngchángordinary
- 騎★qíto sit astride
- 汽車qìchēcar
- 奇怪qíguàistrange
- 清楚★qīngchǔclear
- 其他★qítāother
- 全★quánsurname Quan
- 全部★quánbùwhole; all
- 讓★ràngto yield
- 認識★rènshìto know
- 認為★rènwéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 如果★rúguǒif; in case; in the event that
- 聲★shēngsound
- 聲音★shēngyīnvoice
- 試★shìto test
- 市場shìchǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar
- 世界★shìjièworld
- 事情★shìqíngaffair; matter; thing; business
- 樹★shùtree
- 送★sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit
- 算★suànto calculate; to figure out
- 雖然★suīránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)
- 所★suǒactually
- 所有★suǒyǒuall
- 台★táiTaiwan (abbr.)
- 特別★tèbiéunusual; special
- 替★tìto substitute for
- 條★tiáostrip
- 聽到★tīngdàoto hear
- 聽說★tīngshuōto hear (sth said)
- 圖★túdiagram
- 往★wǎngto go (in a direction)
- 網路★wǎnglùnetwork (computer, telecom)
- 味道wèidàoflavor; taste
- 文化★wénhuàculture
- 屋子wūzihouse
- 西★xīthe West
- 洗★xǐto wash; to bathe
- 香★xiāngfragrant
- 向★xiàngsurname Xiang
- 想法★xiǎngfǎway of thinking; opinion; notion
- 相片xiàngpiànimage
- 相信★xiāngxìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 笑★xiàoto laugh; to smile
- 小時候★xiǎoshíhòuin one's childhood
- 小心★xiǎoxīnto be careful
- 小朋友★xiǎpéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- 夏天★xiàtiānsummer
- 習慣★xíguànhabit
- 心★xīnheart
- 信★xìnletter
- 辛苦★xīnkǔexhausting
- 希望★xīwàngto hope
- 學習★xuéxíto learn
- 需要★xūyàoto need; to want; to demand; to require
- 呀★ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 樣子★yàngziappearance
- 顏色★yánsècolor
- 一半★yíbànhalf
- 已經★yǐjīngalready
- 銀行yínhángbank
- 音樂yīnyuèmusic
- 以為★yǐwéito think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 一下子★yíxiàziin a short while
- 醫院yīyuànhospital
- 一直★yìzhístraight (in a straight line)
- 有的★yǒude(there are) some (who are...)
- 遠★yuǎnfar
- 願意★yuànyìto wish
- 語言yǔyánlanguage
- 怎麼辦★zěnmebànwhat's to be done
- 找到★zhǎodàoto find
- 這麼★zhèmeso much
- 支★zhīsurname Zhi
- 隻★zhīclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 種★zhǒngseed
- 重★zhòngheavy
- 中間★zhōngjiānthe middle; the inside
- 重要★zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
- 轉★zhuǎnto turn
- 準備★zhǔnbèipreparation
- 注意★zhùyìto take note of; to pay attention to
- 總是★zǒngshìalways
- 最後★zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate
- 最近★zuìjìnrecently
- 作業zuòyèschool assignment
- 阿姨āyímaternal aunt
- 百貨公司bǎihuògōngsīdepartment store
- 白天★báitiāndaytime
- 搬★bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)
- 辦公室bàngōngshìoffice; business premises
- 棒球bàngqiúbaseball
- 搬家bānjiāto move house; to relocate
- 報紙bàozhǐnewspaper
- 巴士bāshìbus (loanword)
- 背包★bēibāoknapsack
- 北部★běibùnorthern part
- 笨★bènstupid
- 本子běnzibook
- 便利商店★biànlìshāngdiànconvenience store (Tw)
- 別的★biédeelse
- 比方說★bǐfāngshuōfor example; for instance
- 冰塊bīngkuàiice cube
- 冰淇淋bīngqílínice cream
- 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
- 伯伯bóbofather's elder brother
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsito feel embarrassed
- 不見了★bújiànleto have disappeared
- 不客氣búkèqìyou're welcome
- 菜單càidānmenu
- 餐★cānmeal
- 草cǎograss
- 超市chāoshìsupermarket (abbr. for 超級市場)
- 茶館cháguǎnteahouse
- 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry
- 超商chāoshāngconvenience store; mini-mart
- 叉子chāzifork
- 車站chēzhànrail station
- 匙chíspoon
- 臭★chòustench
- 窗chuāngwindow
- 聰明★cōngmíngintelligent; clever; bright
- 從前★cóngqiánpreviously
- 刀子dāoziknife
- 袋★dàipouch
- 袋子★dàizibag
- 大樓dàlóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
- 大門dàménthe Doors, US rock band
- 蛋糕dàngāocake
- 打算★dǎsuànto plan
- 大衣dàyīovercoat
- 燈★dēnglamp
- 德文déwénGerman (language)
- 電梯diàntīelevator
- 點心diǎnxīnlight refreshments
- 掉★diàoto fall
- 地圖★dìtúmap
- 地址dìzhǐaddress
- 東★dōngsurname Dong
- 對面★duìmiàn(sitting) opposite
- 肚子dùzibelly
- 飯店fàndiànrestaurant
- 房租fáng zūrent for a room or house
- 房東fángdōnglandlord
- 飯廳fàntīngdining room
- 法文fǎwénFrench language
- 飛fēito fly
- 風景fēngjǐngscenery; landscape
- 付★fùsurname Fu
- 公共汽車gōnggòngqìchēbus
- 掛★guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- 關★guānsurname Guan
- 罐★guàncan
- 罐子★guànzijar
- 過年guòniánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
- 果汁guǒzhīfruit juice
- 漢堡hànbǎoHamburg (German city)
- 號碼★hàomǎnumber
- 河★hériver (CL:條,道)
- 盒★hésmall box
- 盒子★hézibox; case
- 紅茶hóngcháblack tea
- 壞★huàibad
- 火腿huǒtuǐham
- 護士hùshìnurse
- 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care
- 見面★jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
- 交★jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
- 腳踏車jiǎotàchē(Tw) bicycle; bike
- 餃子jiǎozidumpling
- 加油jiāyóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel
- 機場jīchǎngairport; airfield
- 街jiēstreet
- 借★jièto borrow
- 開學kāixué(of a student) to start school
- 考kǎoto check
- 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread)
- 渴★kěthirsty
- 課本kèběntextbook
- 可樂kělèamusing
- 客氣★kèqìpolite
- 客廳kètīngliving room; sitting room
- 空★kòngto empty
- 褲子kùzitrousers
- 辣làhot (spicy)
- 藍★lánsurname Lan
- 籃球lánqiúbasketball
- 冷氣lěngqìcold air
- 禮拜★lǐbàito attend a religious service
- 零★língzero
- 樓上lóushàngupstairs
- 樓梯lóutīstair
- 樓下lóuxiàdownstairs
- 路口lùkǒucrossing
- 旅館lǚguǎnhotel
- 麻煩★máfántrouble; inconvenience
- 馬路mǎlùstreet
- 慢跑mànpǎojogging
- 饅頭mántousteamed bun
- 帽子màozihat
- 門票ménpiàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)
- 奶茶nǎichámilk tea
- 奶奶nǎinai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
- 難過★nánguòto feel sad
- 男生★nánshēngschoolboy
- 年級niánjígrade
- 念書niànshūto read; to study
- 女生★nǚshēngschoolgirl
- 盤pántray; plate; dish
- 盤子pánzitray
- 跑步pǎobùto run
- 皮包píbāohandbag
- 啤酒píjiǔbeer (loanword)
- 瓶píngbottle
- 蘋果píngguǒApple (American tech company)
- 瓶子★píngzibottle
- 錢包★qiánbāopurse
- 輕★qīnglight
- 青菜qīngcàigreen vegetables
- 汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
- 秋天★qiūtiānautumn
- 裙子qúnziskirt
- 熱狗règǒuhot dog (loanword)
- 日文rìwénJapanese (language)
- 日語rìyǔJapanese language
- 三明治sānmíngzhì(loanword) sandwich
- 色★sècolor
- 上班shàngbānto go to work
- 商店shāngdiànstore; shop
- 上網shàngwǎngto go online
- 上學shàngxuéto go to school
- 生氣★shēngqìto get angry; to be furious
- 市★shìmarket
- 室友shìyǒuroommate
- 十字路口shízìlùkǒucrossroads
- 手錶shǒubiǎowristwatch
- 書包shūbāoschoolbag
- 書店shūdiànbookstore
- 書房shūfángstudy (room)
- 叔叔shúshufather's younger brother; paternal uncle
- 司機sījīchauffeur; driver
- 酸suānsour
- 宿舍sùshèdormitory
- 糖tángsugar
- 湯匙tāngchísoup spoon
- 踢★tīto kick
- 甜點tiándiǎndessert
- 頭髮tóufǎhair (on the head)
- 脫★tuōto shed
- 圖書館túshūguǎnlibrary
- 外套wàitàoouter garment; jacket; coat
- 忘★wàngto forget
- 網球wǎngqiútennis
- 網站wǎngzhànwebsite
- 喂★wéihello (when answering the phone)
- 下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work
- 鹹xiánsalted
- 香蕉xiāngjiāobanana
- 小學xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
- 下雪xiàxuěto snow
- 西瓜xīguāwatermelon
- 新年xīnniánNew Year
- 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
- 洗手間xǐshǒujiāntoilet
- 洗澡xǐzǎoto bathe
- 雪xuěsurname Xue
- 眼鏡yǎnjìngspectacles
- 要是★yàoshì(coll.) if
- 野餐yěcānpicnic
- 夜市yèshìnight market
- 爺爺yéye(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- 一會★yìhuǐa moment
- 一塊★yíkuàia piece; a chunk
- 英語yīngyǔEnglish (language)
- 用功yònggōngdiligent
- 游yóusurname You
- 郵局yóujúpost office
- 有空yǒukòngto have time (to do sth)
- 有名★yǒumíngfamous
- 郵票yóupiào(postage) stamp
- 有錢★yǒuqiánwell-off
- 有意思★yǒuyìsiinteresting
- 游泳yóuyǒngswimming
- 有用★yǒuyònguseful
- 游泳池yóuyǒngchíswimming pool
- 炸zháto deep fry
- 照相zhàoxiàngto take a photograph
- 週日★zhōurìSunday
- 週一★zhōuyīMonday
- 祝zhùsurname Zhu
- 字典zìdiǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
- 租zūto hire
- 足球zúqiúsoccer; football