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Intermediate and advanced vocabulary for AP Chinese reading, listening and writing, grouped by the six course themes used through 2025–26, plus festivals, etiquette and common chengyu, and the connectors (尽管, 因此, 总之, 无论) that structure an essay. Tone-marked pinyin and traditional forms.

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  1. 亲戚 (qīnqi)
    relatives, extended family (traditional 親戚)

    春节的时候，我们家的亲戚都来吃饭。 — At Spring Festival all our relatives come over for a meal.
    Families and Communities
  2. 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)
    elders; the older generation of a family (traditional 長輩)

    吃饭的时候，要等长辈先动筷子。 — At meals, wait for the elders to pick up their chopsticks first.

    Watch out: 长 here is zhǎng (senior), not cháng (long).
    Families and Communities
  3. 性格 (xìnggé)
    personality, temperament

    她性格很开朗，跟谁都聊得来。 — She has an outgoing personality and gets along with everyone.
    Personal and Public Identities
  4. 身份 (shēnfèn)
    identity; status

    作为华裔，我常常思考自己的文化身份。 — As someone of Chinese descent, I often think about my cultural identity.

    Example: 身份证 — identity card.
    Personal and Public Identities
  5. 艺术 (yìshù)
    art, the arts (traditional 藝術)

    我妹妹对艺术很感兴趣，周末常常去学画画儿。 — My younger sister is very interested in art and often goes to painting class on weekends.
    Beauty and Aesthetics
  6. 科技 (kējì)
    science and technology

    科技的发展让我们的生活更方便了。 — Advances in technology have made our lives more convenient.
    Science and Technology
  7. 生活 (shēnghuó)
    life, daily living; to live

    大学生活比高中生活自由多了。 — University life is much freer than high school life.
    Contemporary Life
  8. 环境 (huánjìng)
    environment; surroundings (traditional 環境)

    保护环境是每个人的责任。 — Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility.
    Global Challenges
  9. 春节 (Chūnjié)
    Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year (traditional 春節)

    春节前，很多人要坐很长时间的火车回老家。 — Before Spring Festival, many people take long train journeys back to their hometowns.
    Culture › Festivals
  10. 尽管 (jǐnguǎn)
    although, even though — usually paired with 但是 or 还是 (traditional 儘管)

    尽管天气很冷，他还是坚持每天跑步。 — Even though it's cold, he still keeps running every day.
    Formal Writing Connectors

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  • Topic outline follows the six themes of the College Board's AP Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description in use through 2025–26 (the AP name is used nominatively; no course or exam text reproduced). The revised course framework takes effect in fall 2026, with the first revised exam, given in Bluebook, in May 2027.
  • Pinyin, tones, traditional forms and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and, for traditional forms and Taiwan usage, the Taiwan Ministry of Education's Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (via moedict.tw); connector usage checked against the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025 and the Ministry's Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and Cross-Strait Dictionary (兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only; no text copied). Few words repeat the HSK 1–3 decks: 留学, 发展, 生活, 健康, 外卖 and 环境 appear in both. All example sentences are original.

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