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HSK 2 · Unit 2

15 high-frequency HSK 2 words (unit 2 of 9)

HSK 2 · A2 · 15 words

Tone focus

一 (yī) shifts to yí before a 4th tone (一个 yí ge) and yì before 1st/2nd/3rd (一些 yìxiē).

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
zhēn
SANT
Ratio
chū
Out
zhǎng
Long
cuò
Wrong
měi
Each
máng
Busy
chuán
Ship
事情
shìqíng
Thing
希望
xīwàng
Hope
Title
意思
yìsī
Meaning
第一
dìyī
First
zhāng
Zhang
xiào
Laugh

Grammar

就 = then / precisely

就 (jiù) links a condition to its result or stresses immediacy: 他来了就走 = he left as soon as he came.

我现在就去。

Wǒ xiànzài jiù qù.

I'll go right now.

还 = still / also

还 (hái) means an action continues or adds more: 他还在睡 = he's still asleep; 我还要一个 = I want one more.

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