HSK 5 · Unit 28
26 high-frequency HSK 5 words (unit 28 of 50)
HSK 5 · B2 · 26 words
Tone focus
Neutral tone signals grammatical particles (了, 着, 过, 的); content morphemes keep their tone.
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
陌生
mò shēng
strange
某
mǒu
some
木头
mù tou
slow-witted
目标
mù biāo
target
目录
mù lù
catalog
目前
mù qián
at the present time
哪怕
nǎ pà
even
难怪
nán guài
no wonder
难看
nán kàn
ugly
脑袋
nǎo dai
head
内科
nèi kē
internal medicine; general medicine
嫩
nèn
young and tender
能干
néng gàn
capable
能源
néng yuán
energy
年代
nián dài
a decade of a century
年纪
nián jì
age
念
niàn
variant of 念, to read aloud
宁可
nìng kě
preferably
牛仔裤
niú zǎi kù
jeans
农民
nóng mín
peasant
农业
nóng yè
agriculture
浓
nóng
concentrated
偶然
ǒu rán
incidentally
排队
pái duì
to line up
排球
pái qiú
volleyball
盼望
pàn wàng
to hope for; to look forward to
Grammar
以 ... 为 ... = take ... as ...
以 (yǐ) A 为 B = regard A as B / use A as: 以质量为重 = put quality first.
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