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HSK 6 · Unit 3

25 high-frequency HSK 6 words (unit 3 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
摆脱
bǎi tuō
to break away from
败坏
bài huài
to ruin
拜访
bài fǎng
to pay a visit; to call on
拜年
bài nián
to pay a New Year call
颁布
bān bù
to issue
颁发
bān fā
to issue
斑纹
bān wén
stripe
版本
bǎn běn
version
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
to give up halfway ; leave sth unfinished
伴侣
bàn lǚ
companion
伴随
bàn suí
to accompany
扮演
bàn yǎn
to play the role of
绑架
bǎng jià
to kidnap
榜样
bǎng yàng
example
bàng
scale
包庇
bāo bì
to shield
包袱
bāo fu
wrapping cloth
包围
bāo wéi
to surround
包装
bāo zhuāng
to pack
薄弱
bó ruò
weak; frail
饱和
bǎo hé
saturated; filled to capacity
饱经沧桑
bǎo jīng cāng sāng
having lived through many changes
保管
bǎo guǎn
to hold in safekeeping
保密
bǎo mì
to keep sth confidential
保姆
bǎo mǔ
nanny

Grammar

Formal 之 connects modifier and noun

之 (zhī) is a literary 的: 世界之大 = the vastness of the world; 三分之一 = one third.

这是意料之中的事。

Zhè shì yìliào zhī zhōng de shì.

This was to be expected.

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