HSK 5 · Unit 23
26 high-frequency HSK 5 words (unit 23 of 50)
HSK 5 · B2 · 26 words
Tone focus
Literary/formal words often have crisp full tones; resist the casual neutral-tone reduction.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
聚会
jù huì
party
捐
juān
to relinquish; to abandon
卷
juǎn
to roll up
决赛
jué sài
finals
决心
jué xīn
determination
绝对
jué duì
absolute
军事
jūn shì
military affairs
均匀
jūn yún
even
卡车
kǎ chē
truck
开发
kāi fā
to exploit
开放
kāi fàng
to bloom
开幕式
kāi mù shì
opening ceremony
开心
kāi xīn
to feel happy
砍
kǎn
to chop
看不起
kàn bu qǐ
to look down upon
看来
kàn lai
apparently
抗议
kàng yì
to protest
烤鸭
kǎo yā
roast duck
颗
kē
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grain…
可见
kě jiàn
it can clearly be seen
可靠
kě kào
reliable
可怕
kě pà
awful
克服
kè fú
to conquer
刻苦
kè kǔ
hardworking
客观
kè guān
objective
客厅
kè tīng
drawing room
Grammar
于是 = thereupon / so
于是 (yúshì) links a consequence in narrative: ..., 于是我决定走了 = ..., so I decided to leave.
天黑了，于是我们回家了。
Tiān hēi le, yúshì wǒmen huí jiā le.
It got dark, so we went home.
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