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等了两个小时
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Core 5,000

等了两个小时

děng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí

She waited two hours

Reading time
5 min
Total words
278
Unique words
160
Avg frequency
#474

Story

Comprehension drill

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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.

母亲今天去车站做什么?

What does the mother go to the station to do today?

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45-word session

A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.

Words in this story

Curriculum
45 words
#Word
19shuōto say, to speak
36没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)
39ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)
45dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement
56zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
63kànto look, to watch, to read, to see
70告诉gào sùto tell, to inform
95觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)
103děngto wait, to wait for
114看到kàn dàoto see, to catch sight of
130chīto eat
131hēihey! (to get attention)
143今天jīn tiāntoday
155回来huí láito come back, to return
160没事méi shìit's fine, no matter, nothing wrong
177to hit, to beat, to make a call
178diǎna bit, o'clock, point, dot
191对不起duì bù qǐsorry, excuse me
192tiānday, sky, heaven
213过来guò láito come over, to come across
265担心dān xīnto worry, to be concerned
277高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad, pleased
280pǎoto run, to flee
292回家huí jiāto go home, to return home
295电话diàn huàtelephone, phone call
308儿子ér zison
368小时xiǎo shíhour
369zhànto stand; station, stop
424shǒuhand; first, leading
431母亲mǔ qīnmother (formal)
464xiàoto laugh, to smile
487外面wài miànoutside, exterior, outdoors
633早上zǎo shàngmorning (early)
662终于zhōng yúfinally, at last
712分钟fēn zhōngminute
869手机shǒu jīmobile phone, cell phone
895幸福xìng fúhappiness, happy, blessed
1135下午xià wǔafternoon
1245lěngcold, cool
1325火车huǒ chētrain
1328bàoto hold, to embrace, to hug
1386hot, heat, to heat
1390心里xīn lǐin one's heart, in the mind
1527fànto violate, to commit (an offence), criminal, offender
1665lèitired, weary, tiring