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Word list: Society, politics & law

Government, law, history and social life. Below you'll find all 318 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
国家	國家	guójiā	country	HSK 3
历史	歷史	lìshǐ	history	HSK 3
文化		wénhuà	culture	HSK 3
安全		ānquán	safe	HSK 4
保护	保護	bǎohù	to protect	HSK 4
大使馆	大使館	dàshǐguǎn	embassy	HSK 4
法律		fǎlǜ	law	HSK 4
规定	規定	guīdìng	regulation	HSK 4
国际	國際	guójì	international	HSK 4
禁止		jìnzhǐ	to ban	HSK 4
民族		mínzú	nationality	HSK 4
社会	社會	shèhuì	society	HSK 4
传统	傳統	chuántǒng	tradition	HSK 5
代表		dàibiǎo	represent	HSK 5
道德		dàodé	morals	HSK 5
敌人	敵人	dírén	enemy	HSK 5
地位		dìwèi	position	HSK 5
法院		fǎyuàn	court of law	HSK 5
风俗	風俗	fēngsú	social custom	HSK 5
改革		gǎigé	to reform	HSK 5
公开	公開	gōngkāi	public	HSK 5
公平		gōngpíng	fair	HSK 5
官		guān	an official	HSK 5
规矩	規矩	guīju	rule	HSK 5
规则	規則	guīzé	rule	HSK 5
国王	國王	guówáng	king	HSK 5
合法		héfǎ	lawful	HSK 5
和平		hépíng	peace	HSK 5
集体	集體	jítǐ	collective	HSK 5
纪律	紀律	jìlǜ	discipline	HSK 5
军事	軍事	jūnshì	military affairs	HSK 5
老百姓		lǎobǎixìng	ordinary people	HSK 5
联合	聯合	liánhé	alliance	HSK 5
派		pài	dispatch	HSK 5
批准		pīzhǔn	approve	HSK 5
平等		píngděng	equal	HSK 5
权力	權力	quánlì	power	HSK 5
权利	權利	quánlì	right	HSK 5
人口		rénkǒu	population	HSK 5
身份		shēnfèn	identity	HSK 5
士兵		shìbīng	soldier	HSK 5
统一	統一	tǒngyī	unify	HSK 5
外交		wàijiāo	diplomacy	HSK 5
违反	違反	wéifǎn	violate	HSK 5
文明		wénmíng	civilization	HSK 5
限制		xiànzhì	restrictions	HSK 5
形势	形勢	xíngshì	circumstances	HSK 5
移民		yímín	immigrate	HSK 5
义务	義務	yìwù	duty	HSK 5
原则	原則	yuánzé	principle	HSK 5
战争	戰爭	zhànzhēng	war	HSK 5
证件	證件	zhèngjiàn	paperwork	HSK 5
证据	證據	zhèngjù	evidence	HSK 5
政府		zhèngfǔ	government	HSK 5
政治		zhèngzhì	politics	HSK 5
执照	執照	zhízhào	a license	HSK 5
制定		zhìdìng	formulate	HSK 5
制度		zhìdù	system	HSK 5
秩序		zhìxù	order	HSK 5
主席		zhǔxí	chairperson	HSK 5
自由		zìyóu	freedom	HSK 5
总理	總理	zǒnglǐ	premier	HSK 5
总统	總統	zǒngtǒng	president	HSK 5
组织	組織	zǔzhī	organize	HSK 5
遵守		zūnshǒu	observe	HSK 5
案件		ànjiàn	legal case	HSK 6
颁布	頒布	bānbù	promulgate	HSK 6
颁发	頒發	bānfā	issue	HSK 6
绑架	綁架	bǎngjià	kidnap	HSK 6
包庇		bāobì	to shield	HSK 6
保卫	保衛	bǎowèi	defend	HSK 6
保障		bǎozhàng	ensure	HSK 6
报警	報警	bàojǐng	report to the police	HSK 6
暴力		bàolì	violence	HSK 6
被告		bèigào	defendant	HSK 6
辩护	辯護	biànhù	speak in defense of	HSK 6
表决	表決	biǎojué	decide by vote	HSK 6
剥削	剝削	bōxuē	to exploit	HSK 6
部署		bùshǔ	dispose	HSK 6
操练	操練	cāoliàn	to drill	HSK 6
草案		cǎo'àn	draft	HSK 6
查获	查獲	cháhuò	investigate and capture a criminal	HSK 6
昌盛		chāngshèng	prosperous	HSK 6
朝代		cháodài	dynasty	HSK 6
撤退		chètuì	retreat	HSK 6
撤销	撤銷	chèxiāo	repeal	HSK 6
惩罚	懲罰	chéngfá	penalty	HSK 6
冲突	沖突	chōngtū	conflict	HSK 6
触犯	觸犯	chùfàn	offend	HSK 6
慈善		císhàn	philanthropic	HSK 6
打官司		dǎ guānsi	go to court	HSK 6
打仗		dǎzhàng	fight	HSK 6
大臣		dàchén	chancellor	HSK 6
歹徒		dǎitú	evil person who commits crimes	HSK 6
逮捕		dàibǔ	to arrest	HSK 6
当事人	當事人	dāngshìrén	persons involved or implicated	HSK 6
当选	當選	dāngxuǎn	be elected	HSK 6
党	黨	dǎng	party	HSK 6
导弹	導彈	dǎodàn	guided missile	HSK 6
盗窃	盜竊	dàoqiè	steal	HSK 6
抵抗		dǐkàng	resist	HSK 6
抵制		dǐzhì	resistance	HSK 6
动荡	動蕩	dòngdàng	turmoil	HSK 6
动员	動員	dòngyuán	mobilize	HSK 6
斗争	鬥爭	dòuzhēng	to struggle	HSK 6
毒品		dúpǐn	drugs	HSK 6
独裁	獨裁	dúcái	dictatorship	HSK 6
队伍	隊伍	duìwu	ranks	HSK 6
对抗	對抗	duìkàng	withstand	HSK 6
反抗		fǎnkàng	resist	HSK 6
方针	方針	fāngzhēn	policy	HSK 6
防御	防禦	fángyù	defense	HSK 6
非法		fēifǎ	illegal	HSK 6
废除	廢除	fèichú	abolish	HSK 6
风气	風氣	fēngqì	general mood	HSK 6
风土人情	風土人情	fēngtǔrénqíng	local conditions	HSK 6
封建		fēngjiàn	feudal	HSK 6
封锁	封鎖	fēngsuǒ	to blockade	HSK 6
否决	否決	fǒujué	veto	HSK 6
俘虏	俘虜	fúlǔ	captive	HSK 6
腐败	腐敗	fǔbài	corruption	HSK 6
复活	複活	fùhuó	resurrection	HSK 6
复兴	複興	fùxīng	revive	HSK 6
赋予	賦予	fùyǔ	confer upon	HSK 6
改良		gǎiliáng	improve	HSK 6
干涉	幹涉	gānshè	interfere	HSK 6
干预	幹預	gānyù	meddle	HSK 6
纲领	綱領	gānglǐng	program	HSK 6
歌颂	歌頌	gēsòng	sing the praise of	HSK 6
革命		gémìng	revolution	HSK 6
公安局		gōngānjú	public security bureau	HSK 6
公道		gōngdao	fair	HSK 6
公告		gōnggào	post	HSK 6
公民		gōngmín	citizen	HSK 6
公正		gōngzhèng	just	HSK 6
公证	公證	gōngzhèng	notarization	HSK 6
攻击	攻擊	gōngjī	to attack	HSK 6
巩固	鞏固	gǒnggù	consolidate	HSK 6
共和国	共和國	gònghéguó	republic	HSK 6
勾结	勾結	gōujié	collude with	HSK 6
孤立		gūlì	isolate	HSK 6
官方		guānfāng	official	HSK 6
管辖	管轄	guǎnxiá	administer	HSK 6
贯彻	貫徹	guànchè	to implement	HSK 6
惯例	慣例	guànlì	conventional	HSK 6
规章	規章	guīzhāng	regulations	HSK 6
贵族	貴族	guìzú	lord	HSK 6
国防	國防	guófáng	national defense	HSK 6
国务院	國務院	guówùyuàn	State Council	HSK 6
捍卫	捍衛	hànwèi	defend	HSK 6
行列		hángliè	procession	HSK 6
号召	號召	hàozhào	call upon	HSK 6
和解		héjiě	settlement	HSK 6
和谐	和諧	héxié	harmonious	HSK 6
候选	候選	hòuxuǎn	candidate	HSK 6
缓和	緩和	huǎnhé	alleviate	HSK 6
皇帝		huángdì	emperor	HSK 6
皇后	皇後	huánghòu	an empress	HSK 6
毁灭	毀滅	huǐmiè	perish	HSK 6
会晤	會晤	huìwù	meet	HSK 6
贿赂	賄賂	huìlù	to bribe	HSK 6
混乱	混亂	hùnluàn	confusion	HSK 6
机密	機密	jīmì	secret	HSK 6
基地		jīdì	base	HSK 6
忌讳	忌諱	jìhuì	avoid as a taboo	HSK 6
监督	監督	jiāndū	control	HSK 6
监视	監視	jiānshì	oversee	HSK 6
监狱	監獄	jiānyù	prison	HSK 6
剪彩		jiǎn cǎi	cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony	HSK 6
间谍	間諜	jiàndié	a spy	HSK 6
舰艇	艦艇	jiàntǐng	warship	HSK 6
将军	將軍	jiāngjūn	a general	HSK 6
交涉		jiāoshè	negotiate	HSK 6
阶层	階層	jiēcéng	hierarchy	HSK 6
揭露		jiēlù	expose	HSK 6
解放		jiěfàng	liberate	HSK 6
解散		jiěsàn	dismiss	HSK 6
解体	解體	jiětǐ	disintegrate	HSK 6
戒备	戒備	jièbèi	take precautions	HSK 6
进攻	進攻	jìngōng	attack	HSK 6
竞选	競選	jìngxuǎn	run for office	HSK 6
纠纷	糾紛	jiūfēn	dispute	HSK 6
救济	救濟	jiùjì	emergency relief	HSK 6
拘留		jūliú	detain	HSK 6
局势	局勢	júshì	situation	HSK 6
举世瞩目	舉世矚目	jǔshì zhǔmù	attract worldwide attention	HSK 6
决策	決策	juécè	Make policy	HSK 6
军队	軍隊	jūnduì	army troops	HSK 6
抗议	抗議	kàngyì	to protest	HSK 6
历代	曆代	lìdài	successive dynasties	HSK 6
立场	立場	lìchǎng	position	HSK 6
联盟	聯盟	liánméng	alliance	HSK 6
领土	領土	lǐngtǔ	territory	HSK 6
领袖	領袖	lǐngxiù	leader	HSK 6
流氓		liúmáng	rogue	HSK 6
掠夺	掠奪	lüèduó	to plunder	HSK 6
埋伏		máifu	ambush	HSK 6
迷信		míxìn	superstition	HSK 6
灭亡	滅亡	mièwáng	be destroyed	HSK 6
民间	民間	mínjiān	among the people	HSK 6
民主		mínzhǔ	democracy	HSK 6
奴隶	奴隸	núlì	slave	HSK 6
虐待		nüèdài	to abuse	HSK 6
殴打	毆打	ōudǎ	beat up	HSK 6
派别	派別	pàibié	denomination	HSK 6
判决	判決	pànjué	judgment	HSK 6
迫害		pòhài	persecute	HSK 6
歧视	歧視	qíshì	discriminate	HSK 6
旗帜	旗幟	qízhì	flag	HSK 6
强制	強制	qiángzhì	enforce	HSK 6
抢劫	搶劫	qiǎngjié	rob	HSK 6
侵犯		qīnfàn	encroach on	HSK 6
侵略		qīnlüè	invasion	HSK 6
清真		qīngzhēn	Muslim	HSK 6
驱逐	驅逐	qūzhú	banishment	HSK 6
取缔	取締	qǔdì	to ban	HSK 6
权威	權威	quánwēi	authority	HSK 6
群众	群衆	qúnzhòng	the masses	HSK 6
人道		réndào	humanitarianism	HSK 6
人质	人質	rénzhì	hostage	HSK 6
儒家		rújiā	Confucianism	HSK 6
骚扰	騷擾	sāorǎo	harass	HSK 6
神圣	神聖	shénshèng	divine	HSK 6
神仙		shénxiān	fig. lighthearted person	HSK 6
审查	審查	shěnchá	examine	HSK 6
审理	審理	shěnlǐ	hear	HSK 6
审判	審判	shěnpàn	put to trial	HSK 6
生肖		shēngxiào	Chinese zodiac	HSK 6
生效		shēng xiào	take effect	HSK 6
声势	聲勢	shēngshì	momentum	HSK 6
时事	時事	shíshì	current events	HSK 6
示威		shìwēi	hold a protest demonstration	HSK 6
势力	勢力	shìli	power	HSK 6
释放	釋放	shìfàng	release	HSK 6
司法		sīfǎ	judicial	HSK 6
司令		sīlìng	commanding officer	HSK 6
寺庙	寺廟	sìmiào	temple	HSK 6
诉讼	訴訟	sùsòng	lawsuit	HSK 6
贪污	貪汙	tānwū	corruption	HSK 6
天堂		tiāntáng	paradise	HSK 6
条约	條約	tiáoyuē	treaty	HSK 6
调解	調解	tiáojiě	mediation	HSK 6
通缉	通緝	tōngjī	order the arrest of a criminal	HSK 6
统治	統治	tǒngzhì	to rule	HSK 6
投票		tóupiào	vote	HSK 6
投降		tóuxiáng	to surrender	HSK 6
团结	團結	tuánjié	unite	HSK 6
推翻		tuīfān	overthrow	HSK 6
威望		wēiwàng	prestige	HSK 6
威信		wēixìn	prestige	HSK 6
违背	違背	wéibèi	violate	HSK 6
伪造	僞造	wěizào	forge	HSK 6
委员	委員	wěiyuán	committee member	HSK 6
文物		wénwù	cultural relic	HSK 6
诬陷	誣陷	wūxiàn	entrap	HSK 6
无辜	無辜	wúgū	innocent	HSK 6
武器		wǔqì	weapon	HSK 6
武装	武裝	wǔzhuāng	arms	HSK 6
习俗	習俗	xísú	custom	HSK 6
袭击	襲擊	xíjī	surprise attack	HSK 6
嫌疑		xiányí	suspicion	HSK 6
宪法	憲法	xiànfǎ	constitution	HSK 6
陷害		xiànhài	cast blame on	HSK 6
消防		xiāofáng	fire-fighting	HSK 6
消灭	消滅	xiāomiè	eliminate	HSK 6
协会	協會	xiéhuì	an association	HSK 6
信仰		xìnyǎng	firm belief	HSK 6
刑事		xíngshì	criminal	HSK 6
行政		xíngzhèng	administration	HSK 6
凶手		xiōngshǒu	murderer	HSK 6
许可	許可	xǔkě	allow	HSK 6
宣誓		xuān shì	swear an oath	HSK 6
选举	選舉	xuǎnjǔ	elect	HSK 6
巡逻	巡邏	xúnluó	to patrol	HSK 6
压迫	壓迫	yāpò	oppress	HSK 6
压制	壓制	yāzhì	suppress	HSK 6
严禁	嚴禁	yánjìn	strictly prohibit	HSK 6
言论	言論	yánlùn	expression of opinion	HSK 6
掩护	掩護	yǎnhù	cover	HSK 6
演习	演習	yǎnxí	rehearse	HSK 6
仪式	儀式	yíshì	ceremony	HSK 6
遗产	遺産	yíchǎn	heritage	HSK 6
阴谋	陰謀	yīnmóu	a plot	HSK 6
隐私	隱私	yǐnsī	privacy	HSK 6
拥护	擁護	yōnghù	to support	HSK 6
舆论	輿論	yúlùn	public opinion	HSK 6
冤枉		yuānwang	to wrong	HSK 6
元首		yuánshǒu	head of state	HSK 6
原告		yuángào	plaintiff	HSK 6
贼	賊	zéi	thief	HSK 6
占领	占領	zhànlǐng	occupy	HSK 6
战斗	戰鬥	zhàndòu	to fight	HSK 6
战略	戰略	zhànlüè	strategy	HSK 6
战术	戰術	zhànshù	tactics	HSK 6
战役	戰役	zhànyì	military campaign	HSK 6
章程		zhāngchéng	written rules	HSK 6
阵地	陣地	zhèndì	position	HSK 6
阵容	陣容	zhènróng	line-up	HSK 6
争端	爭端	zhēngduān	dispute	HSK 6
争夺	爭奪	zhēngduó	fight over	HSK 6
争议	爭議	zhēngyì	controversy	HSK 6
征服		zhēngfú	conquer	HSK 6
正义	正義	zhèngyì	justice	HSK 6
政策		zhèngcè	policy	HSK 6
政权	政權	zhèngquán	regime	HSK 6
殖民地		zhímíndì	colony	HSK 6
制裁		zhìcái	punish	HSK 6
治安		zhì'ān	law and order	HSK 6
治理		zhìlǐ	to bring under control	HSK 6
中立		zhōnglì	neutral	HSK 6
种族	種族	zhǒngzú	race	HSK 6
主权	主權	zhǔquán	sovereignty	HSK 6
主义	主義	zhǔyì	-ism	HSK 6
驻扎	駐紮	zhùzhā	to station	HSK 6
子弹	子彈	zǐdàn	bullet	HSK 6
宗教		zōngjiào	religion	HSK 6
祖国	祖國	zǔguó	homeland	HSK 6
罪犯		zuìfàn	criminal	HSK 6

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