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HSK 5 · Unit 50

24 high-frequency HSK 5 words (unit 50 of 50)

HSK 5 · B2 · 24 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
自觉
zì jué
conscious
自私
zì sī
selfish
自信
zì xìn
to have confidence in oneself
自愿
zì yuàn
voluntary
宗教
zōng jiào
religion
综合
zōng hé
comprehensive
总裁
zǒng cái
chairman
总共
zǒng gòng
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
总理
zǒng lǐ
premier
总算
zǒng suàn
at long last
总统
zǒng tǒng
president
总之
zǒng zhī
in a word
阻止
zǔ zhǐ
to prevent
组合
zǔ hé
to assemble
祖国
zǔ guó
motherland
祖先
zǔ xiān
ancestors; forebears
最初
zuì chū
first
罪犯
zuì fàn
criminal
zuì
intoxicated
尊敬
zūn jìng
to respect; to revere; to esteem
遵守
zūn shǒu
to comply with; to abide by; to respect
作品
zuò pǐn
work
作为
zuò wéi
one's conduct
作文
zuò wén
to write an essay

Grammar

要是 ... 就 ... = if ... then

要是 (yàoshi) is a colloquial 如果; 就 introduces the consequence.

要是有空,就来找我。

Yàoshi yǒu kòng, jiù lái zhǎo wǒ.

If you're free, come find me.

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