Levels · Beginner
HSK 2
The next 200 words, to 500 in all: getting around town, school and work, sport and free time, health and the weather, and sentences that compare things and give reasons.
Words 197
197 new words, 491 in all with the levels before. All 197, with their pinyin and meanings →
123 new characters
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Grammar 73 points
The library teaches 1 of them so far, each linked where it does.
Sentences
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Saying something about part of someone: 我头疼我頭疼, 他身体很好他身體很好
我头疼。我頭疼。
I've got a headache.
他身体很好。他身體很好。
He's in good health.
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The thing something is done to, first: 饭做好了飯做好了
饭做好了。飯做好了。
The food's ready.
这本书我看完了。這本書我看完了。
I've finished this book.
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Describing someone with no verb: 高个子高個子, 大眼睛
他高个子，大眼睛。他高個子，大眼睛。
He's tall, with big eyes.
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Saying what something is like, with 是
我的手机是黑色的。我的手機是黑色的。
My phone is black.
今天是晴天。
It's a sunny day today.
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As much as, a good: 有 before an amount
我等了有半个小时了。我等了有半個小時了。
I've been waiting a good half hour.
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Who or what is there: a place, a verb with 着著, then the people or things
门口站着两个人。門口站著兩個人。
There are two people standing at the door.
床上坐着一个小孩儿。床上坐著一個小孩兒。
There's a child sitting on the bed.
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Comparing with 比
今天比昨天冷。
It's colder today than yesterday.
我弟弟比我高。
My younger brother is taller than me.
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By how much: 比 with 两岁兩歲, 一点儿一點兒, 多了
我哥哥比我大两岁。我哥哥比我大兩歲。
My brother is two years older than me.
坐地铁比坐公交车快多了。坐地鐵比坐公交車快多了。
The underground is much quicker than the bus.
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As tall as, not as tall as: 有 and 没有沒有, with 这么這麼 or 那么那麼
今天没有昨天那么冷。今天沒有昨天那麼冷。
It isn't as cold as yesterday.
我弟弟已经有我这么高了。我弟弟已經有我這麼高了。
My younger brother is already as tall as me.
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Doing something better than someone: 比 with 得
他跑得比我快。
He runs faster than me.
我姐姐比我唱得好。
My sister sings better than me.
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When, where, how and who, for something already done: 是…的
你是什么时候来中国的？你是什麼時候來中國的？
When did you come to China?
我是坐飞机来的。我是坐飛機來的。
I came by plane.
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Getting someone to do something: 让讓, 叫, 请請
妈妈不让我玩手机。媽媽不讓我玩手機。
Mum won't let me play on my phone.
我请你吃饭吧。我請你吃飯吧。
Let me take you out for a meal.
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Giving, with another verb and 给給: 送给送給
他送给我一块手表。他送給我一塊手錶。
He gave me a watch.
Questions
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Why: 为什么為什麼
你昨天为什么没来？你昨天為什麼沒來？
Why didn't you come yesterday?
你为什么学汉语？你為什麼學漢語？
Why are you learning Chinese?
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This or that: 还是還是
你坐地铁去还是打车去？你坐地鐵去還是打車去？
Are you going by underground or by taxi?
我不知道他是今天来还是明天来。我不知道他是今天來還是明天來。
I don't know if he's coming today or tomorrow.
Taught in Introduction to Chinese grammar · 3.6 This or that: 还是
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Checking a guess: 吧 at the end
你累了吧？
You must be tired.
这是你的书吧？這是你的書吧？
This is your book, isn't it?
People, things and places
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Left and right: 左 and 右
左边是我的房间，右边是洗手间。左邊是我的房間，右邊是洗手間。
My room is on the left, and the toilet's on the right.
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In front, behind, inside: 面 after a place word, like 边邊
学校后面有一家饭馆。學校後面有一家飯館。
There's a restaurant behind the school.
你的手机在书包里面。你的手機在書包裡面。
Your phone's in your schoolbag.
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Myself, yourself, on your own: 自己
我想自己去。
I'd like to go on my own.
他每天自己做饭。他每天自己做飯。
He cooks for himself every day.
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Every: 每, often with 都
我每天早上都跑步。
I go running every morning.
我们班每个人都会游泳。我們班每個人都會游泳。
Everyone in our class can swim.
Numbers, money and time
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Ten thousand: 万萬
他们公司有两万人。他們公司有兩萬人。
Their company has twenty thousand people.
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Lots of: 好多
今天来了好多人。今天來了好多人。
Lots of people came today.
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Over, a bit more than: 多 after a number, 二十多个二十多個, 一年多一秊多
我们班有二十多个学生。我們班有二十多個學生。
There are over twenty students in our class.
我学了一年多汉语。我學了一秊多漢語。
I've been learning Chinese for over a year.
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A few: 几幾 when it isn't a question, 几个幾個, 十几个十幾個
我有几个中国朋友。我有幾個中國朋友。
I have a few Chinese friends.
教室里有十几个人。教室裡有十幾個人。
There are a dozen or so people in the classroom.
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Fifth floor, class three: a number and a word, with no 第
我家在五楼。我家在五樓。
We live on the fifth floor.
我是三班的学生。我是三班的學生。
I'm in class three.
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More measure words: 条條, 位, 间間, 名, and 包
门口有一位先生找你。門口有一位先生找你。
There's a gentleman at the door asking for you.
我买了一条鱼和两包牛奶。我買了一條魚和兩包牛奶。
I bought a fish and two cartons of milk.
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How many times: 次
这个电影我看了三次。這個電影我看了三次。
I've seen this film three times.
我一个星期打两次篮球。我一個星期打兩次籃球。
I play basketball twice a week.
Verbs
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Maybe, might: 可能
明天可能下雨。
It might rain tomorrow.
他可能不来了。他可能不來了。
He might not come after all.
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Verbs that come apart: 帮忙幫忙, 游泳, 跳舞, 跑步
你能帮我一个忙吗？你能幫我一個忙嗎？
Could you do me a favour?
我今天上了十个小时的班。我今天上了十個小時的班。
I worked ten hours today.
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Doing something a little: 看看, 看一看, 看了看, 休息休息
我们休息休息吧。我們休息休息吧。
Let's have a little rest.
他看了看我，没说话。他看了看我，沒說話。
He looked at me and said nothing.
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Doubling a describing word: 大大的, 高高兴兴高高興興
她的眼睛大大的。
She has big, round eyes.
孩子们高高兴兴地去上学了。孩子們高高興興地去上學了。
The children went off happily to school.
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How it came out: 看完, 做好, 听懂聽懂, 学会學會, 写错寫錯
我听懂了。我聽懂了。
I understood.
对不起，我写错了。對不起，我寫錯了。
Sorry, I wrote it wrong.
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Towards you or away: 来來 and 去 after the verb
外面冷，快进来吧。外面冷，快進來吧。
It's cold out. Come on in.
朋友给我送来了一些水果。朋友給我送來了一些水果。
A friend brought me some fruit.
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Up, down, in, out, across, back: 上, 下, 进進, 出, 过過, 回 after the verb
他走进教室，坐下了。他走進教室，坐下了。
He walked into the classroom and sat down.
她拿出手机，给妈妈打电话。她拿出手機，給媽媽打電話。
She took out her phone and called her mum.
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A direction and 来來 or 去 together: 走进来走進來, 跑出去, 站起来站起來
一只鸟飞进来了。一只鳥飛進來了。
A bird has flown in.
他站起来，走出去了。他站起來，走出去了。
He stood up and went out.
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How well, how fast: 得 after the verb
她跑得很快。
She runs fast.
你汉语说得真好。你漢語說得真好。
Your Chinese is really good.
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For how long: the time after the verb
我学了两年汉语。我學了兩秊漢語。
I studied Chinese for two years.
我等了你半个小时。我等了你半個小時。
I waited half an hour for you.
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A bit too long, five minutes fast: how much, after a describing word
这条裤子长了一点儿。這條褲子長了一點兒。
These trousers are a bit too long.
我的手表快了五分钟。我的手錶快了五分鐘。
My watch is five minutes fast.
Done, going on, been
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Has been, ever: 过過 after the verb
我去过中国。我去過中國。
I've been to China.
你吃过饺子吗？你吃過餃子嗎？
Have you ever had dumplings?
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Staying so, or still going on: 着著 after the verb
门开着。門開著。
The door's open.
外面下着雨呢。外面下著雨呢。
It's raining outside.
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Right then: 正, often with 呢
他来的时候，我正看电视呢。他來的時候，我正看電視呢。
When he came, I was watching TV.
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About to: 要…了, 快要…了, 快…了, 就要…了
快要下雨了。
It's about to rain.
火车就要开了。火車就要開了。
The train's about to leave.
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Already: 已经已經, with 了
他已经回家了。他已經回家了。
He's already gone home.
我已经吃过了。我已經吃過了。
I've already eaten.
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Already, and that late: 都…了
都十点了，你怎么还不起床？都十點了，你怎麼還不起床？
It's ten already. Why aren't you up yet?
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Still, and not yet: 还還 and 还没還沒
他还在睡觉。他還在睡覺。
He's still asleep.
十点了，他还没来。十點了，他還沒來。
It's ten, and he still isn't here.
How much, how often, and not
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The most: 最
我最喜欢吃饺子。我最喜歡吃餃子。
I like dumplings best.
这是这儿最好的饭馆。這是這兒最好的飯館。
This is the best restaurant around here.
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So, how: 好 and 多 before a describing word
今天好冷啊！
It's so cold today!
这儿多漂亮啊！這兒多漂亮啊！
How lovely it is here!
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So, like this, like that: 这么這麼, 那么那麼, 这样這樣, 那样那樣
今天怎么这么冷？今天怎麼這麼冷？
Why is it so cold today?
你别这样。你別這樣。
Don't be like that.
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Together: 一起
我们一起去吃饭吧。我們一起去吃飯吧。
Let's go and eat together.
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Often and sometimes: 经常經常 or 常, and 有时候有時候
我经常在那个饭馆吃饭。我經常在那個飯館吃飯。
I often eat at that restaurant.
他有时候走路去学校，有时候坐公交车。他有時候走路去學校，有時候坐公交車。
Sometimes he walks to school, and sometimes he takes the bus.
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Don't: 别別, and 别別…了 for stop
别忘了你的手机。別忘了你的手機。
Don't forget your phone.
别看电视了，快睡觉吧。別看電視了，快睡覺吧。
Stop watching TV and go to bed.
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Right there, just this one: 就
我家就在学校旁边。我家就在學校旁邊。
We live right next to the school.
我就要这个。我就要這個。
This is the one I want.
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Had better: 还是還是…吧
下雨了，我们还是坐出租车吧。下雨了，我們還是坐出租車吧。
It's raining. We'd better take a taxi.
With, from, to, than
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From, and by way of: 从從
我们从九点开始上课。我們從九點開始上課。
Our classes start at nine.
从这儿走，近一点儿。從這兒走，近一點兒。
Go this way, it's a bit shorter.
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Towards: 往 before a direction
往前走一会儿就到了。往前走一會兒就到了。
Keep going a little further and you're there.
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For someone, to someone: 给給 before the verb
我晚上给你打电话。我晚上給你打電話。
I'll call you this evening.
妈妈每天给我们做饭。媽媽每天給我們做飯。
Mum cooks for us every day.
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With someone: 跟, often with 一起
我想跟你说一件事。我想跟你說一件事。
There's something I want to tell you.
我每天跟爸爸一起跑步。
I go running with my dad every day.
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Because of something: 因为因為 before a thing
因为这件事，他很不高兴。因為這件事，他很不高興。
He was very upset about this.
Particles
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The book I bought: a verb, or a whole sentence, before 的
这是我昨天买的书。這是我昨天買的書。
This is the book I bought yesterday.
你说的那个饭馆在哪儿？你說的那個飯館在哪兒？
Where's that restaurant you mentioned?
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The red one, the one driving: 的 with nothing after it
我不要这个，我要那个红色的。我不要這個，我要那個紅色的。
Not this one. I want the red one.
开车的是我哥哥。開車的是我哥哥。
The one driving is my brother.
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How someone does something: 地 before the verb
请慢慢地说。請慢慢地說。
Please speak slowly.
孩子们高兴地笑了。孩子們高興地笑了。
The children laughed happily.
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I'm sure of it: 的 at the end
他会来的。他會來的。
He'll come, I'm sure.
你会喜欢的。你會喜歡的。
You'll like it.
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Pointing something out: 呢 at the end, often with 还還
时间还早呢。時間還早呢。
It's still early.
我还没吃饭呢。我還沒吃飯呢。
I haven't eaten yet.
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Warmer or stronger: 啊 at the end
这儿的东西真便宜啊！這兒的東西真便宜啊！
Things here are so cheap!
你快来啊！你快來啊！
Come on, hurry up!
And, but, because
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And between two people or things: 跟, like 和
我跟他是同学。我跟他是同學。
He and I are classmates.
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And so on: 什么的什麼的 at the end of a list
我买了苹果、牛奶、面包什么的。我買了蘋果、牛奶、麵包什麼的。
I bought apples, milk, bread and so on.
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But: 但是, and 但
我想去，但是没有时间。我想去，但是沒有時間。
I'd like to go, but I haven't got time.
这件衣服很好看，但太贵了。這件衣服很好看，但太貴了。
It's nice, but it's too expensive.
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Although: 虽然雖然…，但是…
这个饭馆虽然不大，但是菜很好吃。這個飯館雖然不大，但是菜很好吃。
Although this restaurant is small, the food is very good.
虽然很累，但是我很高兴。雖然很累，但是我很高興。
I'm tired, but happy.
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Because, and so: 因为因為…，所以…
因为下雨了，所以我们没出去。因為下雨了，所以我們沒出去。
It was raining, so we didn't go out.
我今天没去上课，因为我生病了。我今天沒去上課，因為我生病了。
I didn't go to class today because I was ill.
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Then, in that case: 那 at the start
你不想出去？那我们在家看电影吧。你不想出去？那我們在家看電影吧。
You don't want to go out? Then let's watch a film at home.
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As soon as: 一…就…
我一到家就给你打电话。我一到家就給你打電話。
I'll call you as soon as I get home.
他一回家就睡觉了。他一回家就睡覺了。
He went to bed as soon as he got home.
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Then, straight after: 就
我下了课就回家。我下了課就回家。
After class I go straight home.
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Only after that: 再, for what waits till something else is done
吃了饭再走吧。吃了飯再走吧。
Have something to eat before you go.
我想想再告诉你。我想想再告訴你。
I'll think about it and let you know.