Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 2

你去吗？

Reading time: 1 min
Total words: 141
Unique words: 79
Avg frequency: #34

。：？：，？

Xiaoming comes to find me. He says: how are you? I say: I am fine, and you?

：。云yún。？

He says: I am fine too. I am going to see Xiaoyun now. Are you going?

：。：？：。

I say: I am not going. He says: why? I say: I have something on.

：？：。，。

He says: really? I say: it is not true. I have nothing on, I just do not want to go.

：。云yún。

He says: don't be like that. Xiaoyun really wants to see you.

：，。。

I say: alright, I will go with you. So we go.

云yún。：！。。

Xiaoyun sees us. She says: you came! We are all happy. This really is good.

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小明要去做什么？

What does Xiaoming want to go and do?

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36 words

#	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications	HSK
1	我wǒI, me	I, me	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
2	你nǐyou (singular)	you (singular)	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
4	了liǎoto finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)	to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
4	他tāhe, him	he, him	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
8	我们wǒ menwe, us	we, us	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
9	不bùnot, no	not, no	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
10	吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)	question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
10	这zhèthis	this	determiner	HSK 1	HSK 1
11	好hǎogood, well, OK	good, well, OK	adjective	HSK 1	HSK 1
13	有yǒuto have, there is/are	to have, there is/are	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
14	就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as	then, just, exactly, as soon as	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
15	吧basuggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)	suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)	particle	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
16	她tāshe, her	she, her	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
19	说shuōto say, to speak	to say, to speak	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
20	都dōuall, both, already	all, both, already	adverb	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
21	去qùto go	to go	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
22	很hěnvery, quite	very, quite	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
24	要yàoto want; will; need to	to want; will; need to	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
25	也yěalso, too, as well	also, too, as well	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
29	想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss	to think; to want; to miss	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
33	来láito come	to come	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
36	没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)	do not have; have not; not (past negation)	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
38	不是bú shìis not, am not, are not	is not, am not, are not	verb	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
42	你们nǐ menyou (plural)	you (plural)	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
43	呢neand what about...? (question particle)	and what about...? (question particle)	particle	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
45	到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement	to arrive; to (destination); result complement	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
47	现在xiàn zàinow, at present	now, at present	noun	HSK 1	HSK 1
52	跟gēnwith; and; to follow	with; and; to follow	preposition	HSK 2	HSK 2
61	这样zhè yànglike this, this way, such	like this, this way, such	pronoun	HSK 2	HSK 2
63	看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see	to look, to watch, to read, to see	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
64	事shìmatter, affair, thing (abstract)	matter, affair, thing (abstract)	noun	HSK 2	HSK 2
71	为什么wèi shén mewhy, for what reason	why, for what reason	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
73	真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine	really, truly; genuine	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
75	只是zhǐ shìjust, merely, only	just, merely, only	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
96	别biédo not (imperative); other	do not (imperative); other	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
98	找zhǎoto look for, to seek, to find	to look for, to seek, to find	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1