HSK 3 · Unit 2
18 high-frequency HSK 3 words (unit 2 of 17)
HSK 3 · B1 · 18 words
Tone focus
Retroflex initials zh/ch/sh/r curl the tongue back — distinguish 种 zhǒng from 总 zǒng.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
难
nán
Difficult
万
wàn
Ten thousand
分
fēn
Minute
而且
érqiě
And
先
xiān
First
除了
chúle
in addition to
差
chà
bad; poor; lacking
努力
nǔlì
Strive
城市
chéngshì
City
最近
zuìjìn
Recently
坏
huài
Bad
以前
yǐqián
before; formerly
或者
huòzhě
Or
条
tiáo
Long thin item (classifier)
接
jiē
to receive; to pick up; to connect
东
dōng
East
地
de
-ly (adverb particle)
马
mǎ
Horse
Grammar
像 = to resemble / like
像 (xiàng) compares appearances: A 像 B = A looks like B. 好像 = it seems.
他像他爸爸。
Tā xiàng tā bàba.
He looks like his dad.
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