
打电话
dǎ diàn huà
The Phone Call
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 201
- Unique words
- 120
- Avg frequency
- #186
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Words in this story
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 我wǒI, me |
| 2 | 3 | 你nǐyou (singular) |
| 3 | 4 | 了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state |
| 4 | 6 | 在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker |
| 5 | 7 | 他tāhe, him |
| 6 | 9 | 不bùnot, no |
| 7 | 10 | 吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question) |
| 8 | 11 | 好hǎogood, well, OK |
| 9 | 12 | 什么shén mewhat |
| 10 | 13 | 有yǒuto have, there is/are |
| 11 | 14 | 就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as |
| 12 | 17 | 这zhèthis |
| 13 | 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 14 | 22 | 很hěnvery, quite |
| 15 | 23 | 啊aah, oh (exclamatory particle) |
| 16 | 35 | 对duìcorrect, right; toward; pair |
| 17 | 38 | 不是bú shìis not, am not, are not |
| 18 | 40 | 给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker) |
| 19 | 45 | 到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement |
| 20 | 47 | 现在xiàn zàinow, at present |
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