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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小华一开始为什么不敢参加比赛？

Why is Xiaohua afraid to join the race at first?

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#	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications	HSK
18	知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)	to know (a fact)	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
19	说shuōto say, to speak	to say, to speak	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
29	想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss	to think; to want; to miss	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
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
38	不是bú shìis not, am not, are not	is not, am not, are not	verb	AQA GCSEHSK 1	HSK 1
39	让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)	to let, to allow; to make (causative)	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
45	到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement	to arrive; to (destination); result complement	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
53	如果rú guǒif, in case	if, in case	conjunction	AQA GCSEHSK 2	HSK 2
63	看kànto look, to watch, to read, to see	to look, to watch, to read, to see	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
65	自己zì jǐoneself, self	oneself, self	pronoun	HSK 2	HSK 2
67	谁shuíwho, whom	who, whom	pronoun	HSK 1	HSK 1
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
73	真的zhēn dereally, truly; genuine	really, truly; genuine	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
75	只是zhǐ shìjust, merely, only	just, merely, only	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
83	谢谢xiè xièthank you	thank you	interjection	HSK 1	HSK 1
93	快kuàifast, quick; soon; sharp	fast, quick; soon; sharp	adjective	HSK 1	HSK 1
109	应该yīng gāishould, ought to, must	should, ought to, must	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
122	用yòngto use, to need, using	to use, to need, using	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
129	开始kāi shǐto begin, to start, beginning	to begin, to start, beginning	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
142	朋友péng yǒufriend	friend	noun	HSK 1	HSK 1
149	所有suǒ yǒuall, every, all of	all, every, all of	adjective	HSK 3	HSK 3
150	找到zhǎo dàoto find, to locate	to find, to locate	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
164	明白míng báito understand, clear, obvious	to understand, clear, obvious	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
165	的话de huàif, assuming, in that case	if, assuming, in that case	particle	HSK 3	HSK 3
236	可是kě shìbut, however, yet	but, however, yet	conjunction	AQA GCSEHSK 2	HSK 2
269	最后zuì hòulast, finally, in the end	last, finally, in the end	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
279	重要zhòng yàoimportant, significant	important, significant	adjective	HSK 3	HSK 3
280	跑pǎoto run, to flee	to run, to flee	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
330	别人bié rénother people, others, someone else	other people, others, someone else	pronoun	AQA GCSEHSK 3	HSK 3
341	晚上wǎn shàngevening, night	evening, night	noun	HSK 2	HSK 2
464	笑xiàoto laugh, to smile	to laugh, to smile	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
500	学校xué xiàoschool	school	noun	HSK 2	HSK 2
521	做到zuò dàoto achieve, to manage to do, to accomplish	to achieve, to manage to do, to accomplish	verb	HSK 4	HSK 4
555	比赛bǐ sàicompetition, match, game; to compete	competition, match, game; to compete	noun	HSK 3	HSK 3
571	参加cān jiāto participate in, to attend, to join	to participate in, to attend, to join	verb	HSK 3	HSK 3
633	早上zǎo shàngmorning (early)	morning (early)	noun	HSK 2	HSK 2
646	每天měi tiānevery day	every day	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
682	怕pàto fear, to be afraid of	to fear, to be afraid of	verb	HSK 3	HSK 3
686	放弃fàng qìto give up, to abandon	to give up, to abandon	verb	HSK 4	HSK 4
703	变得biàn deto become, to turn into	to become, to turn into	verb	AQA GCSE	-
734	力量lì liàngstrength, power, force	strength, power, force	noun	HSK 5	HSK 5
797	紧张jǐn zhāngnervous, tense, tight	nervous, tense, tight	adjective	HSK 3	HSK 3
854	早就zǎo jiùlong ago, already by now	long ago, already by now	adverb	HSK 4	HSK 4
875	第一dì yīthe first, number one	the first, number one	numeral	HSK 2	HSK 2
885	试试shì shitry it, have a try	try it, have a try	verb	HSK 3	HSK 3
972	第一个dì yī gèthe first one	the first one	other	AQA GCSE	-
1040	一会儿yí huì era moment, a little while, in a moment	a moment, a little while, in a moment	noun	-	-
1085	有时候yǒu shí hòusometimes	sometimes	adverb	-	-
1114	敢gǎnto dare	to dare	verb	-	-
1115	慢慢màn mànslowly, gradually	slowly, gradually	adverb	-	-

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