下雨的下午
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下雨的下午

xià yǔ de xià wǔ

A Rainy Afternoon

In this story我我先生
Reading time
3 min
Total words
236
Unique words
141
Avg frequency
#269

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75 words
# Freq Word
11的deof, possessive and modifier particle
22我wǒI, me
33你nǐyou (singular)
44了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state
55是shìto be (linking verb)
66在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
77他tāhe, him
88我们wǒ menwe, us
99不bùnot, no
1010吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)
1111好hǎogood, well, OK
1212什么shén mewhat
1319说shuōto say, to speak
1420都dōuall, both, already
1521去qùto go
1622很hěnvery, quite
1724要yàoto want; will; need to
1827和héand; with
1928那nàthat
2029想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
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