Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 12
上班第一天
shàng bān dì yī tiān
The First Day at Work
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 148
- Unique words
- 107
- Avg frequency
- #235
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64 words
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 的deof, possessive and modifier particle |
| 2 | 2 | 我wǒI, me |
| 3 | 3 | 你nǐyou (singular) |
| 4 | 4 | 了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state |
| 5 | 5 | 是shìto be (linking verb) |
| 6 | 6 | 在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker |
| 7 | 7 | 他tāhe, him |
| 8 | 8 | 我们wǒ menwe, us |
| 9 | 10 | 吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question) |
| 10 | 12 | 什么shén mewhat |
| 11 | 14 | 就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as |
| 12 | 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 13 | 20 | 都dōuall, both, already |
| 14 | 22 | 很hěnvery, quite |
| 15 | 29 | 想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss |
| 16 | 30 | 人rénperson, people |
| 17 | 33 | 来láito come |
| 18 | 36 | 没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 19 | 37 | 做zuòto do, to make, to work as |
| 20 | 40 | 给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker) |
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