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HSK 6 · Unit 46

25 high-frequency HSK 6 words (unit 46 of 100)

HSK 6 · C1 · 25 words

Tone focus

数 is shǔ (to count, verb) vs shù (number, noun) — tone disambiguates the grammatical role.

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
kuà
to step across
快活
kuài huo
happy
宽敞
kuān chang
spacious
款待
kuǎn dài
to entertain
款式
kuǎn shì
pattern
框架
kuàng jià
frame
kuāng
basket
况且
kuàng qiě
moreover
旷课
kuàng kè
to play truant
亏待
kuī dài
to treat sb unfairly
亏损
kuī sǔn
deficit
昆虫
kūn chóng
insect
捆绑
kǔn bǎng
to bind
扩充
kuò chōng
to expand
扩散
kuò sàn
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
扩张
kuò zhāng
expansion
喇叭
lǎ ba
horn
来历
lái lì
history
来源
lái yuán
source
栏目
lán mù
regular column or segment
懒惰
lǎn duò
idle
狼狈
láng bèi
in a difficult situation
朗读
lǎng dú
to read aloud
lāo
to fish up
牢固
láo gù
firm

Grammar

固然 ... 但 ... = admittedly ... yet

固然 (gùrán) concedes a true point before raising a counter, more formal than 虽然.

他固然有才,但太骄傲。

Tā gùrán yǒu cái, dàn tài jiāo'ào.

He's gifted, admittedly, but too proud.

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