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HSK 6 · Unit 45

25 high-frequency HSK 6 words (unit 45 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
可行
kě xíng
feasible
渴望
kě wàng
to thirst for
刻不容缓
kè bù róng huǎn
to brook no delay
客户
kè hù
client
课题
kè tí
task
恳切
kěn qiè
earnest
kěn
to gnaw
kēng
pit; depression; hollow
空白
kòng bái
blank space
空洞
kōng dòng
cavity
空前绝后
kōng qián jué hòu
unprecedented and never to be duplicated
空隙
kòng xì
crack
空想
kōng xiǎng
daydream
空虚
kōng xū
hollow
Kǒng
surname Kong
恐惧
kǒng jù
to be frightened
恐吓
kǒng hè
to threaten
口气
kǒu qì
tone of voice
口腔
kǒu qiāng
oral cavity
口头
kǒu tóu
oral
口音
kǒu yīn
oral speech sounds
枯竭
kū jié
used up
枯燥
kū zào
dry and dull
苦尽甘来
kǔ jìn gān lái
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins ; the hard…
kuà
to carry

Grammar

Chengyu as a single unit

Four-character idioms act as one part of speech: 一举两得 = kill two birds with one stone; treat them as set phrases.

这样做一举两得。

Zhèyàng zuò yì jǔ liǎng dé.

Doing it this way achieves two things at once.

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