Bridge into independent reading with vocabulary for culture, nature, opinions, causes, and more complete narratives.
Choose five new words, write one sentence with each, then meet them again in an HSK 3 story before adding more.
Showing every official word from HSK 1 through HSK 3.
Short sentences make a word easier to understand—and much easier to remember.
故事让我们了解中国文化。
Stories help us understand Chinese culture.这是一个古老的传说。
This is an ancient legend.大家一起保护这座山。
Everyone protects this mountain together.人们一起庆祝新年。
People celebrate the new year together.故事里的世界很大。
The world inside the story is vast.人和自然一起生活。
People live together with nature.to love; to be fond of; to like; affection
Vto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
V/Neight
Num(coll.) father; dad; father
N(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?
Auxwhite; in vain
Adjdaytime; during the day
Nhundred; numerous
Numteam; class; grade; (military) squad
N/Mhalf; semi-
Numhalf a year
—half of the day; a long time
—to help; to assist
Vto help; to lend a hand
—to cover; to wrap
N/M/Vbaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
Ncup; trophy cup
Mcup; glass
Nnorth; (classical) to be defeated
Nnorth; north side
NBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
N(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source
Mbook; notebook
Nto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
Prep/Vto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
Advelse; other
Pronother people; others; other person
Pronillness; disease
N/Vsick person; patient
Nnot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
—incorrect; wrong
Adjyou're welcome; don't mention it
—need not
Advno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
Advvegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
Ntea; tea plant
Ndifferent; wrong; mistaken
V/Adjalways; ever
Advfrequently; often
Advto sing; to call loudly
Vto sing a song
—car; vehicle
Nticket (for a bus or train)
NEnglish gloss not yet available
—rail station; bus stop
Nto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
Vto have a meal; to eat
—to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur
Vto come out; to appear
—to go out
—to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)
Vbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)
Nnext in sequence; second
Mfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow
Prepmistake; wrong
Adj/Na semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
Vto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
—to make a telephone call
—to open; to show (a ticket)
—to play ball; to play with a ball
—Vocabulary levels and counts follow the GF0025-2021 international Chinese education standard. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.