HSK 5 · Unit 15
26 high-frequency HSK 5 words (unit 15 of 50)
HSK 5 · B2 · 26 words
Tone focus
正 is zhèng (upright / just now) but zhēng in 正月 (first lunar month) — listen for the context.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
工厂
gōng chǎng
factory
工程师
gōng chéng shī
engineer
工人
gōng rén
worker
工业
gōng yè
industry
公布
gōng bù
to announce
公开
gōng kāi
open; overt; public
公平
gōng píng
fair
公寓
gōng yù
apartment building
公元
gōng yuán
CE
公主
gōng zhǔ
princess
功夫
gōng fu
skill
功能
gōng néng
function; capability
贡献
gòng xiàn
to contribute
沟通
gōu tōng
to join; to connect; to link up
构成
gòu chéng
to constitute
姑姑
gū gu
paternal aunt
姑娘
gū niang
girl
古代
gǔ dài
ancient times
古典
gǔ diǎn
classical
古老
gǔ lǎo
ancient
股票
gǔ piào
share certificate
骨头
gǔ tou
bone
鼓舞
gǔ wǔ
heartening
固定
gù dìng
to fix
固体
gù tǐ
solid
雇佣
gù yōng
to employ
Grammar
根本 = (not) at all / fundamentally
根本 (gēnběn) intensifies, usually with negation: 根本不可能 = utterly impossible.
我根本不知道这件事。
Wǒ gēnběn bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.
I had no idea about this at all.
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