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HSK 6 · Unit 17

25 high-frequency HSK 6 words (unit 17 of 100)

HSK 6 · C1 · 25 words

Tone focus

Advanced literary vocabulary keeps full canonical tones; formal registers resist tone reduction.

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
带领
dài lǐng
to guide
怠慢
dài màn
to slight
担保
dān bǎo
to guarantee
胆怯
dǎn qiè
timidity
诞辰
dàn chén
birthday
诞生
dàn shēng
to be born
弹性
tán xìng
flexibility
淡季
dàn jì
off season
淡水
Dàn shuǐ
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 市…
蛋白质
dàn bái zhì
protein
当场
dāng chǎng
at the scene
当初
dāng chū
at that time
当面
dāng miàn
to sb's face
当前
dāng qián
the present time
当事人
dāng shì rén
persons involved or implicated; party
当务之急
dāng wù zhī jí
top priority job
当心
dāng xīn
to take care
当选
dāng xuǎn
to be elected
Dǎng
surname Dang
档案
dàng àn
file
档次
dàng cì
grade
导弹
dǎo dàn
missile
导航
dǎo háng
navigation
导向
dǎo xiàng
to be oriented towards
岛屿
dǎo yǔ
island

Grammar

不曾 / 未曾 = have never (literary)

未曾 (wèicéng) is a formal 没有 + experience marker: 未曾见过 = have never seen.

我未曾想过会这样。

Wǒ wèicéng xiǎngguò huì zhèyàng.

I never imagined it would be like this.

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