HSK 3 · Unit 4
18 high-frequency HSK 3 words (unit 4 of 17)
HSK 3 · B1 (lower) · 18 words
Tone focus
教 is jiāo (to teach, verb) but jiào in 教育 (education) — tone tracks the part of speech.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
楼
lóu
Floor
包
bāo
Package
拿
ná
Take
明白
míngbái
Understand
老
lǎo
Old
米
mǐ
Meter
打算
dǎsuàn
Plan
越
yuè
More
脸
liǎn
Face
班
bān
Class
注意
zhùyì
Note
脚
jiǎo
Foot
要求
yāoqiú
Claim
完成
wánchéng
Complete
照片
zhàopiān
Photo
奇怪
qíguài
Strange
如果
rúguǒ
If
跟
gēn
With
Grammar
需要 = to need
需要 (xūyào) takes a noun or a verb phrase: 我需要帮助 = I need help; 需要等吗？= do we need to wait?
你需要休息。
Nǐ xūyào xiūxi.
You need to rest.
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