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点错了
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点错了

diǎn cuò le

Ordered the wrong thing

Reading time
2 min
Total words
356
Unique words
162
Avg frequency
#116

Story

Comprehension drill

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

老王是谁?

Who is Lao Wang?

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77-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
77 words
#Word
1deof, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4leaspect particle (le) marking completion or a change of state; also (as liǎo) to finish or to understand
4he, him
6zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
9not, no
10zhèthis
11hǎogood, well, OK
12什么shén mewhat
16she, her
18知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)
19shuōto say, to speak
20shìto be (linking verb)
21to go
22hěnvery, quite
24yàoto want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
27and; with
31huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting
33láito come
34to take, handle; disposal marker
35duìcorrect, right; toward; pair
37zuòto do, to make, to work as
38不是bú shìis not, am not, are not
40gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)
41可以kě yǐcan, may (permission or possibility)
43neand what about...? (question particle)
46háistill, yet; also; even more
48这个zhè gethis one, this (with general measure word)
54méinot (past negation); to lack
63kànto look, to watch, to read, to see
66zheprogressive/continuous aspect marker
70告诉gào sùto tell, to inform
73真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine
83谢谢xiè xièthank you
88那个nà gethat one, that (with general measure word)
91yòuagain; also, and (expressing addition)
92jiàoto be called; to call out; to order
95觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)
97tīngto listen, to hear
102东西dōng xīthing, object, stuff
103děngto wait, to wait for
105duōmany, much, more
115一下yí xiàa moment, once, briefly
121cáionly then, just, merely
123还是hái shìor, still, had better
125问题wèn tíquestion, problem, issue
127一样yí yàngsame, alike, equally
129开始kāi shǐto begin, to start, beginning