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HSK 6 · Unit 79

25 high-frequency HSK 6 words (unit 79 of 100)

HSK 6 · C1 · 25 words

Tone focus

啥 (shá) is a colloquial fusion of 什么 (shénme); it stays 2nd tone and very short.

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
先前
xiān qián
before; previously
纤维
xiān wéi
fiber
掀起
xiān qǐ
to lift; to raise
鲜明
xiān míng
bright
闲话
xián huà
casual conversation
xián
bow string
贤惠
xián huì
variant of 贤慧
衔接
xián jiē
to link up; to connect; to join
xián
to dislike
嫌疑
xián yí
suspicion
显著
xiǎn zhù
outstanding
现场
xiàn chǎng
the scene
现成
xiàn chéng
ready-made
现状
xiàn zhuàng
current situation
线索
xiàn suǒ
trail
宪法
xiàn fǎ
constitution
陷害
xiàn hài
to entrap
陷入
xiàn rù
to sink into
馅儿
xiàn r
erhua variant of 馅
乡镇
xiāng zhèn
village
相差
xiāng chà
to differ
相等
xiāng děng
equal
相辅相成
xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng
to complement one another
相应
xiāng yìng
to correspond
镶嵌
xiāng qiàn
to inlay

Grammar

Colloquial fillers: 啥 / 嘛 / 嗯

啥 (shá) = 什么; 嘛 (ma) softens an obvious point; 嗯 (ng) is a hesitation/agreement sound. Markers of casual register.

你说啥呢?

Nǐ shuō shá ne?

What are you saying?

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