Kilo Lingo
卖东西的地方
Photo: Ryan Scot Mendez on Pexels

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

liù

" " " "

" " " " " "

liù

"" " " " "

"" " " " "

"" " " " "

" " " "

Comprehension drill

1 / 8

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?

Finished reading?

Mark this story as read to track your progress across all Mandarin stories.

Sign in to track read stories across devices.

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
1deof, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4he, him
6zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
8我们wǒ menwe, us
9not, no
10zhèthis
11hǎogood, well, OK
11that
13yǒuto have, there is/are
14jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
19shuōto say, to speak
20dōuall, both, already
20shìto be (linking verb)
21to go
22hěnvery, quite
23aah, oh (exclamatory particle)
24yàoto want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
27and; with
29xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
30rénperson, people
31huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting
33láito come
35duìcorrect, right; toward; pair
36没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)
40gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)
45dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement
46háistill, 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)
56zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
60这里zhè lǐhere, this place
65自己zì jǐoneself, self
68guòexperiential 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
99inside, 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
130chīto eat