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Compounds Expand your vocabulary by studying more complex words built by the 'core words'.

CORE WORDS

HSK 1.0 (1992)	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
A	不要	不要	bu4yao4	don't/ don't want to
A	藥	药	yao4	medicine/ drug/ remedy
A	重要	重要	zhong4yao4	important/ significant/ major
A	要	要	yao4	want to/ wish to/ must/ shall/ ask for
A	要是	要是	yao4shi	in case/ if/ suppose
A	需要	需要	xu1yao4	need/ want/ require/ demand
A	主要	主要	zhu3yao4	main/ major/ chief/ principal
B	不要緊	不要紧	bu4 yao4jin3	doesn't matter
B	要緊	要紧	yao4jin3	important/ essential
B	必要	必要	bi4yao4	necessary/ essential/ indispensable
B	將要	将要	jiang1yao4	be going to/ will/ shall
B	只要	只要	zhi3yao4	so long as/ provided
B	中藥	中药	zhong1yao4	Chinese medicine
C	次要	次要	ci4yao4	secondary/ less important/ subordinate/ minor
C	藥方	药方	yao4fang1	medicine-prescription/ recipe/ prescription
C	藥品	药品	yao4pin3	medicine-article/ (general term for) medicines
C	藥水儿	药水儿	yao4shui3r	medicinal-liquid/ liquid medicine/ lotion
C	藥物	药物	yao4wu4	medicine-substance/ medicines/ pharmaceuticals
C	要	要	yao4	if/ suppose/ in case/ or
C	要不	要不	yao4bu4	if-not/ otherwise/ or else/ or
C	要不然	要不然	yao4buran2	if-not-so/ otherwise/ or else/ or
C	要不是	要不是	yao4bu2shi4	if-not-be/ if the fact weren't that/ hadn't/ shouldn't
C	要點	要点	yao4dian3	important-point/ main point/ essential/ gist/ strongpoint
C	要好	要好	yao4hao3	want-good/ on good terms/ friendly to each other
C	鑰匙	钥匙	yao4shi	key
C	農藥	农药	nong2yao4	agricultural chemicals/ farming chemicals/ pesticide
C	火藥	火药	huo3yao4	gunpowder/ powder
C	照耀	照耀	zhao4yao4	shine-illuminate/ shine/ illuminate/ radiate/ blaze
D	藥材	药材	yao4cai2	medicinal materials
D	首要	首要	shou3yao4	chief/ principal
D	要領	要领	yao4ling3	essential/ main points
D	要麼	要么	yao4me	or
D	要命	要命	yao4 ming4	confoundedly/ awfully
D	要素	要素	yao4su4	factor/ element
D	耀眼	耀眼	yao4yan3	dazzling
D	綱要	纲要	gang1yao4	compendium
D	簡要	简要	jian3yao4	in brief
D	提要	提要	ti2yao4	abstract
D	閃耀	闪耀	shan3yao4	sparkle/ twinkle
D	醫藥	医药	yi1yao4	medicine
D	炸藥	炸药	zha4yao4	dynamite/ detonator
D	摘要	摘要	zhai1yao4	summary/ brief
D	彈藥	弹药	dan4yao4	ammunition
D	紀要	纪要	ji4yao4	summary

HSK 2.0 (2010)	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
2		药	yao4	medicine/ drug/ cure/ CL:種|种[zhong3];服[fu4]
3		需要	xu1 yao4	to need/ to want/ to demand/ needs/ to require
3		要	yao4	important/ vital/ to want/ will/ going to (as future auxiliary)/ may/ must
3		重要	zhong4 yao4	important/ significant/ major
3		主要	zhu3 yao4	main/ principal/ major/ primary
4		只要	zhi3 yao4	if only/ so long as
4		钥匙	yao4 shi5	key/ CL:把[ba3]
5		不要紧	bu4 yao4 jin3	unimportant/ not serious/ it doesn't matter/ never mind/ it looks all right/ but
5		次要	ci4 yao4	secondary
5		要不	yao4 bu4	otherwise/ or/ or else/ how about...? (one choice or the other)/ either this; or else...
5		要是	yao4 shi5	if
5		必要	bi4 yao4	necessary/ essential/ indispensable/ required
6		照耀	zhao4 yao4	shine/ illuminate
6		简要	jian3 yao4	concise/ brief
6		首要	shou3 yao4	the most important/ of chief importance
6		火药	huo3 yao4	gunpowder
6		要不然	yao4 bu4 ran2	otherwise/ or else/ or
6		要点	yao4 dian3	main point/ essential
6		要命	yao4 ming4	to cause sb's death/ very/ extremely/ frightening/ annoying
6		要素	yao4 su4	essential factor/ key constituent
6		耀眼	yao4 yan3	to dazzle/ dazzling
6		摘要	zhai1 yao4	summary/ abstract
6		纪要	ji4 yao4	minutes/ written summary of a meeting

HSK 3.0 (2022)	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng