
Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 11
卖东西的地方
mài dōng xī de dì fāng
An old friend at the market
- Reading time
- 4 min
- Total words
- 485
- Unique words
- 253
- Avg frequency
- #234
Story
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Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
今天是星期几?
What day of the week is it?
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Drill these words
108-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
108 words
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | 的deof, possessive and modifier particle |
| 1 | 我wǒI, me |
| 2 | 你nǐyou (singular) |
| 4 | 他tāhe, him |
| 6 | 在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker |
| 8 | 我们wǒ menwe, us |
| 9 | 不bùnot, no |
| 10 | 这zhèthis |
| 11 | 好hǎogood, well, OK |
| 11 | 那nàthat |
| 13 | 有yǒuto have, there is/are |
| 14 | 就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as |
| 19 | 说shuōto say, to speak |
| 20 | 都dōuall, both, already |
| 20 | 是shìto be (linking verb) |
| 21 | 去qùto go |
| 22 | 很hěnvery, quite |
| 23 | 啊aah, oh (exclamatory particle) |
| 24 | 要yàoto want; will; need to |
| 25 | 也yěalso, too, as well |
| 27 | 和héand; with |
| 29 | 想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss |
| 30 | 人rénperson, people |
| 31 | 会huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting |
| 33 | 来láito come |
| 35 | 对duìcorrect, right; toward; pair |
| 36 | 没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 40 | 给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker) |
| 45 | 到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement |
| 46 | 还háistill, yet; also; even more |
| 47 | 现在xiàn zàinow, at present |
| 48 | 这个zhè gethis one, this (with general measure word) |
| 50 | 怎么zěn mehow; why (in rhetorical questions) |
| 56 | 走zǒuto walk; to leave, to go |
| 60 | 这里zhè lǐhere, this place |
| 65 | 自己zì jǐoneself, self |
| 68 | 过guòexperiential aspect marker; to pass |
| 70 | 告诉gào sùto tell, to inform |
| 73 | 真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine |
| 78 | 已经yǐ jīngalready |
| 90 | 喜欢xǐ huanto like, to enjoy |
| 99 | 里lǐinside, in, within |
| 101 | 时候shí hòutime, moment, period |
| 102 | 东西dōng xīthing, object, stuff |
| 108 | 一起yì qǐtogether, with each other |
| 113 | 孩子hái zichild, children |
| 123 | 还是hái shìor, still, had better |
| 126 | 工作gōng zuòwork, job, to work |
| 127 | 一样yí yàngsame, alike, equally |
| 130 | 吃chīto eat |