Core 5,000 Part of Chapter 17
等了三年
děng le sān nián
Three years of waiting
- Reading time
- 5 min
- Total words
- 306
- Unique words
- 180
- Avg frequency
- #348
Story
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玲，句：「。 」，。
Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
美玲的儿子离开家多久了？
How long has Mei Ling's son been away from home?
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80-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
80 words
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 3 | 您nínyou (polite/formal) |
| 18 | 知道zhī dàoto know (a fact) |
| 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 20 | 都dōuall, both, already |
| 24 | 要yàoto want; will; need to |
| 30 | 人rénperson, people |
| 33 | 来láito come |
| 35 | 对duìcorrect, right; toward; pair |
| 36 | 没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 56 | 走zǒuto walk; to leave, to go |
| 57 | 上shàngup, above, on; to go up; to attend |
| 62 | 个gègeneral measure word for people and things |
| 63 | 看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see |
| 65 | 自己zì jǐoneself, self |
| 70 | 告诉gào sùto tell, to inform |
| 83 | 谢谢xiè xièthank you |
| 87 | 但是dàn shìbut, however (formal) |
| 92 | 叫jiàoto be called; to call out; to order |
| 95 | 觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective) |
| 96 | 别biédo not (imperative); other |
| 97 | 听tīngto listen, to hear |
| 99 | 里lǐinside, in, within |
| 103 | 等děngto wait, to wait for |
| 105 | 多duōmany, much, more |
| 113 | 孩子hái zichild, children |
| 123 | 还是hái shìor, still, had better |
| 126 | 工作gōng zuòwork, job, to work |
| 139 | 一定yí dìngcertainly, definitely, must |
| 142 | 朋友péng yǒufriend |
| 144 | 拿náto take, to hold, to grab |
| 148 | 一直yì zhíalways, continuously, all along |
| 155 | 回来huí láito come back, to return |
| 167 | 下xiàbelow, down, under, next |
| 169 | 离开lí kāito leave, to depart from |
| 181 | 大dàbig, large, great |
| 182 | 起来qǐ láito get up, to rise |
| 192 | 天tiānday, sky, heaven |
| 206 | 一些yì xiēsome, a few |
| 208 | 带dàito bring, to take along, to lead |
| 224 | 年niányear, annual |
| 236 | 可是kě shìbut, however, yet |
| 239 | 妈māmom (short form) |
| 269 | 最后zuì hòulast, finally, in the end |
| 292 | 回家huí jiāto go home, to return home |
| 295 | 电话diàn huàtelephone, phone call |
| 308 | 儿子ér zison |
| 326 | 看见kàn jiànto see, to catch sight of, to notice |
| 348 | 家jiāhome, family, household |
| 349 | 坐zuòto sit, to take a seat; to travel by |
| 363 | 里面lǐ miàninside, interior, within |