HSK 4 · Unit 12
24 high-frequency HSK 4 words (unit 12 of 25)
HSK 4 · B1 (upper) · 24 words
Tone focus
Disyllabic abstract nouns (生活, 任何) carry even stress; don't swallow the second syllable.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
节约
jié yuē
to economize
结果
jiē guǒ
to bear fruit
解释
jiě shì
explanation
尽管
jǐn guǎn
despite
紧张
jǐn zhāng
nervous
进行
jìn xíng
to advance
禁止
jìn zhǐ
to prohibit
京剧
Jīng jù
Beijing opera
经济
jīng jì
economy
经历
jīng lì
experience
经验
jīng yàn
experience
精彩
jīng cǎi
wonderful
精神
jīng shén
spirit
竞争
jìng zhēng
to compete
竟然
jìng rán
unexpectedly
镜子
jìng zi
mirror
究竟
jiū jìng
to go to the bottom of a matter
举办
jǔ bàn
to conduct
拒绝
jù jué
to refuse; to decline; to reject
距离
jù lí
distance
开玩笑
kāi wán xiào
to play a joke
看法
kàn fǎ
way of looking at a thing
考虑
kǎo lǜ
to think over
科学
kē xué
science
Grammar
Emphatic 是 ... 的
是 ... 的 frames known details (time/place/manner) of a past event: 我是昨天到的 = it was yesterday I arrived.
我是坐飞机来的。
Wǒ shì zuò fēijī lái de.
I came by plane.
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