HSK 2 · Unit 8
15 high-frequency HSK 2 words (unit 8 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
起床
qǐ chuáng
to get out of bed
晴
qíng
clear
去年
qù nián
last year
上班
shàng bān
to go to work
身体
shēn tǐ
the body
生病
shēng bìng
to fall ill
生日
shēng rì
birthday
时间
shí jiān
time
手表
shǒu biǎo
wristwatch
手机
shǒu jī
cell phone
踢
tī
to kick
跳舞
tiào wǔ
to dance
问题
wèn tí
question
洗
xǐ
to wash; to bathe
西瓜
xī guā
watermelon
Grammar
会 = able to (learned) / will
会 (huì) marks a learned skill or a future likelihood: 我会说中文 = I can speak Chinese; 明天会下雨 = it'll rain tomorrow.
我会游泳。
Wǒ huì yóuyǒng.
I can swim.
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