Core 5,000 Part of Chapter 14

小华的比赛

xiǎo huá de bǐ sài

Xiaohua's race

Reading time: 5 min
Total words: 285
Unique words: 164
Avg frequency: #476

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57 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications	HSK
1	18	知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)	to know (a fact)	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
2	19	说shuōto say, to speak	to say, to speak	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
3	29	想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss	to think; to want; to miss	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
4	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
5	38	不是bú shìis not, am not, are not	is not, am not, are not	verb	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
6	39	让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)	to let, to allow; to make (causative)	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
7	45	到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement	to arrive; to (destination); result complement	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
8	53	如果rú guǒif, in case	if, in case	conjunction	AQA GCSEHSK 2	HSK 2
9	63	看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see	to look, to watch, to read, to see	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
10	65	自己zì jǐoneself, self	oneself, self	pronoun	HSK 2	HSK 2
11	67	谁shéiwho, whom	who, whom	pronoun	HSK 2	HSK 2
12	69	不会bú huìcannot, does not know how to; will not	cannot, does not know how to; will not	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
13	73	真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine	really, truly; genuine	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
14	75	只是zhǐ shìjust, merely, only	just, merely, only	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
15	83	谢谢xiè xièthank you	thank you	interjection	HSK 1	HSK 1
16	93	快kuàifast, quick; soon; sharp	fast, quick; soon; sharp	adjective	HSK 1	HSK 1
17	109	应该yīng gāishould, ought to, must	should, ought to, must	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
18	122	用yòngto use, to need, using	to use, to need, using	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
19	129	开始kāi shǐto begin, to start, beginning	to begin, to start, beginning	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
20	142	朋友péng yǒufriend	friend	noun	HSK 1	HSK 1

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