HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	話	话	huà	words, thing, language, tongue, talk, speech, spoken_language, conversation, utterance, expression, story, tale, saying, natural language, sayings, word
2	詞語	词语	cíyǔ	word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases), term (e.g. technical term), expression
2	顏色	颜色	yánsè	companion, countenance, pigment, coloring, tincture, dyestuff, colour, facial expression, tinct, grain, colouring, color
3	表現	表现	biǎoxiàn	manifestation, expression
3	感情	感情	gǎnqíng	warmheartedness, reticence, sensation, affection, susceptibility, feeling, feelings, heart, affective, withers, expression, tenderness, emotion, sentiment, fondness, soul, affectionateness, soulfulness, passion
4	表情	表情	biǎoqíng	brow, air, countenance, glow, look, cast, visage, expression, facial expression, gesture, business, dramatics, facial gesture
4	語法	语法	yǔfǎ	phraseology, parlance, language, syntax, locution, sentence structure, grammar, expression, wording, phrasing, phrase structure, diction
5	成語	成语	chéngyǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation, idiom, proverb, saying, adage, CL:條\|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
5	呆	呆	dāi	foolish, stupid, expressionless, blank, to stay
5	臉色	脸色	liǎnsè	brow, countenance, facial_expression, look, facial expression, colouring, complexion
5	神	神	shén	god, supreme, architect, Thor, superpersonality, Providence, providence, Deus, immortal, energy, numen, Being, divine, being, Surname, maker, Allah, vitality, look, deity, spirit, gum, omnipotent, anthropomorphism, expression, mind, soul, omniscience, immortality, omniscient, kami, Elohim, divinity
5	神情	神情	shénqíng	patina, way, expression, facial_expression, look, patine
6	笑容	笑容	xiàoróng	grinning, smiling expression, laugh, smiling, a smile, a smiling face, smile, grin
7	扮	扮	bàn	to disguise oneself as, to dress up, to play (a role), to put on (an expression)
7	風情	风情	fēngqíng	demeanour, flavor, information about wind, local customs, bearing, feelings, flirtatious expressions, amorous feelings
7	後顧之憂	后顾之忧	hòugùzhīyōu	fears of trouble in the rear (idiom), family worries (obstructing freedom of action), worries about the future consequences, often in negative expressions, meaning 'no worries about anything'
7	朗誦	朗诵	lǎngsòng	to read aloud with expression, to recite, to declaim
7	神氣	神气	shénqì	expression, manner, vigorous, impressive, lofty, pretentious
7	神態	神态	shéntài	appearance, manner, bearing, deportment, look, expression, mien
7	言辭	言辞	yáncí	words, expression, what one says
7	眼神	眼神	yǎnshén	eye, expression in one's eyes, sight, eyesight

CORE WORDS

expression n.