What HSK 2 is made of, in full. Practice and the exam are dealt from these lists and nothing else.
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我头疼。我頭疼。
I've got a headache.
Saying something about part of someone: 我头疼, 他身体很好example
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他身体很好。他身體很好。
He's in good health.
Saying something about part of someone: 我头疼, 他身体很好example
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饭做好了。飯做好了。
The food's ready.
The thing something is done to, first: 饭做好了example
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这本书我看完了。這本書我看完了。
I've finished this book.
The thing something is done to, first: 饭做好了example
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他高个子，大眼睛。他高個子，大眼睛。
He's tall, with big eyes.
Describing someone with no verb: 高个子, 大眼睛example
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我的手机是黑色的。我的手機是黑色的。
My phone is black.
Saying what something is like, with 是example
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今天是晴天。
It's a sunny day today.
Saying what something is like, with 是example
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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.
As much as, a good: 有 before an amountexample
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门口站着两个人。門口站著兩個人。
There are two people standing at the door.
Who or what is there: a place, a verb with 着, then the people or thingsexample
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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.
Who or what is there: a place, a verb with 着, then the people or thingsexample
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今天比昨天冷。
It's colder today than yesterday.
Comparing with 比example
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我弟弟比我高。
My younger brother is taller than me.
Comparing with 比example
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我哥哥比我大两岁。我哥哥比我大兩歲。
My brother is two years older than me.
By how much: 比 with 两岁, 一点儿, 多了example
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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.
By how much: 比 with 两岁, 一点儿, 多了example
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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.
As tall as, not as tall as: 有 and 没有, with 这么 or 那么example
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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.
As tall as, not as tall as: 有 and 没有, with 这么 or 那么example
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他跑得比我快。
He runs faster than me.
Doing something better than someone: 比 with 得example
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我姐姐比我唱得好。
My sister sings better than me.
Doing something better than someone: 比 with 得example
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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?
When, where, how and who, for something already done: 是…的example
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我是坐飞机来的。我是坐飛機來的。
I came by plane.
When, where, how and who, for something already done: 是…的example
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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.
Getting someone to do something: 让, 叫, 请example
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我请你吃饭吧。我請你吃飯吧。
Let me take you out for a meal.
Getting someone to do something: 让, 叫, 请example
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他送给我一块手表。他送給我一塊手錶。
He gave me a watch.
Giving, with another verb and 给: 送给example
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你昨天为什么没来？你昨天為什麼沒來？
Why didn't you come yesterday?
Why: 为什么example
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你为什么学汉语？你為什麼學漢語？
Why are you learning Chinese?
Why: 为什么example
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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?
This or that: 还是example
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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.
This or that: 还是example
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你累了吧？
You must be tired.
Checking a guess: 吧 at the endexample
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这是你的书吧？這是你的書吧？
This is your book, isn't it?
Checking a guess: 吧 at the endexample
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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.
Left and right: 左 and 右example
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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.
In front, behind, inside: 面 after a place word, like 边example
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你的手机在书包里面。你的手機在書包裡面。
Your phone's in your schoolbag.
In front, behind, inside: 面 after a place word, like 边example
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我想自己去。
I'd like to go on my own.
Myself, yourself, on your own: 自己example
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他每天自己做饭。他每天自己做飯。
He cooks for himself every day.
Myself, yourself, on your own: 自己example
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我每天早上都跑步。
I go running every morning.
Every: 每, often with 都example
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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.
Every: 每, often with 都example
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他们公司有两万人。他們公司有兩萬人。
Their company has twenty thousand people.
Ten thousand: 万example
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今天来了好多人。今天來了好多人。
Lots of people came today.
Lots of: 好多example
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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.
Over, a bit more than: 多 after a number, 二十多个, 一年多example
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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.
Over, a bit more than: 多 after a number, 二十多个, 一年多example
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我有几个中国朋友。我有幾個中國朋友。
I have a few Chinese friends.
A few: 几 when it isn't a question, 几个, 十几个example
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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.
A few: 几 when it isn't a question, 几个, 十几个example
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我家在五楼。我家在五樓。
We live on the fifth floor.
Fifth floor, class three: a number and a word, with no 第example
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我是三班的学生。我是三班的學生。
I'm in class three.
Fifth floor, class three: a number and a word, with no 第example
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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.
More measure words: 条, 位, 间, 名, and 包example
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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.
More measure words: 条, 位, 间, 名, and 包example
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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.
How many times: 次example
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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.
How many times: 次example
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明天可能下雨。
It might rain tomorrow.
Maybe, might: 可能example
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他可能不来了。他可能不來了。
He might not come after all.
Maybe, might: 可能example
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你能帮我一个忙吗？你能幫我一個忙嗎？
Could you do me a favour?
Verbs that come apart: 帮忙, 游泳, 跳舞, 跑步example
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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.
Verbs that come apart: 帮忙, 游泳, 跳舞, 跑步example
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我们休息休息吧。我們休息休息吧。
Let's have a little rest.
Doing something a little: 看看, 看一看, 看了看, 休息休息example
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他看了看我，没说话。他看了看我，沒說話。
He looked at me and said nothing.
Doing something a little: 看看, 看一看, 看了看, 休息休息example
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她的眼睛大大的。
She has big, round eyes.
Doubling a describing word: 大大的, 高高兴兴example
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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.
Doubling a describing word: 大大的, 高高兴兴example
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我听懂了。我聽懂了。
I understood.
How it came out: 看完, 做好, 听懂, 学会, 写错example
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对不起，我写错了。對不起，我寫錯了。
Sorry, I wrote it wrong.
How it came out: 看完, 做好, 听懂, 学会, 写错example
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外面冷，快进来吧。外面冷，快進來吧。
It's cold out. Come on in.
Towards you or away: 来 and 去 after the verbexample
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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.
Towards you or away: 来 and 去 after the verbexample
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他走进教室，坐下了。他走進教室，坐下了。
He walked into the classroom and sat down.
Up, down, in, out, across, back: 上, 下, 进, 出, 过, 回 after the verbexample
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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.
Up, down, in, out, across, back: 上, 下, 进, 出, 过, 回 after the verbexample
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一只鸟飞进来了。一只鳥飛進來了。
A bird has flown in.
A direction and 来 or 去 together: 走进来, 跑出去, 站起来example
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他站起来，走出去了。他站起來，走出去了。
He stood up and went out.
A direction and 来 or 去 together: 走进来, 跑出去, 站起来example
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她跑得很快。
She runs fast.
How well, how fast: 得 after the verbexample
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你汉语说得真好。你漢語說得真好。
Your Chinese is really good.
How well, how fast: 得 after the verbexample
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我学了两年汉语。我學了兩秊漢語。
I studied Chinese for two years.
For how long: the time after the verbexample
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我等了你半个小时。我等了你半個小時。
I waited half an hour for you.
For how long: the time after the verbexample
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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.
A bit too long, five minutes fast: how much, after a describing wordexample
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我的手表快了五分钟。我的手錶快了五分鐘。
My watch is five minutes fast.
A bit too long, five minutes fast: how much, after a describing wordexample
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我去过中国。我去過中國。
I've been to China.
Has been, ever: 过 after the verbexample
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你吃过饺子吗？你吃過餃子嗎？
Have you ever had dumplings?
Has been, ever: 过 after the verbexample
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门开着。門開著。
The door's open.
Staying so, or still going on: 着 after the verbexample
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外面下着雨呢。外面下著雨呢。
It's raining outside.
Staying so, or still going on: 着 after the verbexample
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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.
Right then: 正, often with 呢example
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快要下雨了。
It's about to rain.
About to: 要…了, 快要…了, 快…了, 就要…了example
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火车就要开了。火車就要開了。
The train's about to leave.
About to: 要…了, 快要…了, 快…了, 就要…了example
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他已经回家了。他已經回家了。
He's already gone home.
Already: 已经, with 了example
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我已经吃过了。我已經吃過了。
I've already eaten.
Already: 已经, with 了example
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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?
Already, and that late: 都…了example
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他还在睡觉。他還在睡覺。
He's still asleep.
Still, and not yet: 还 and 还没example
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十点了，他还没来。十點了，他還沒來。
It's ten, and he still isn't here.
Still, and not yet: 还 and 还没example
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我最喜欢吃饺子。我最喜歡吃餃子。
I like dumplings best.
The most: 最example
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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.
The most: 最example
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今天好冷啊！
It's so cold today!
So, how: 好 and 多 before a describing wordexample
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这儿多漂亮啊！這兒多漂亮啊！
How lovely it is here!
So, how: 好 and 多 before a describing wordexample
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今天怎么这么冷？今天怎麼這麼冷？
Why is it so cold today?
So, like this, like that: 这么, 那么, 这样, 那样example
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你别这样。你別這樣。
Don't be like that.
So, like this, like that: 这么, 那么, 这样, 那样example
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我们一起去吃饭吧。我們一起去吃飯吧。
Let's go and eat together.
Together: 一起example
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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.
Often and sometimes: 经常 or 常, and 有时候example
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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.
Often and sometimes: 经常 or 常, and 有时候example
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别忘了你的手机。別忘了你的手機。
Don't forget your phone.
Don't: 别, and 别…了 for stopexample
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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.
Don't: 别, and 别…了 for stopexample
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我家就在学校旁边。我家就在學校旁邊。
We live right next to the school.
Right there, just this one: 就example
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我就要这个。我就要這個。
This is the one I want.
Right there, just this one: 就example
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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.
Had better: 还是…吧example
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我们从九点开始上课。我們從九點開始上課。
Our classes start at nine.
From, and by way of: 从example
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从这儿走，近一点儿。從這兒走，近一點兒。
Go this way, it's a bit shorter.
From, and by way of: 从example
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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.
Towards: 往 before a directionexample
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我晚上给你打电话。我晚上給你打電話。
I'll call you this evening.
For someone, to someone: 给 before the verbexample
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妈妈每天给我们做饭。媽媽每天給我們做飯。
Mum cooks for us every day.
For someone, to someone: 给 before the verbexample
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我想跟你说一件事。我想跟你說一件事。
There's something I want to tell you.
With someone: 跟, often with 一起example
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我每天跟爸爸一起跑步。
I go running with my dad every day.
With someone: 跟, often with 一起example
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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.
Because of something: 因为 before a thingexample
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这是我昨天买的书。這是我昨天買的書。
This is the book I bought yesterday.
The book I bought: a verb, or a whole sentence, before 的example
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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?
The book I bought: a verb, or a whole sentence, before 的example
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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.
The red one, the one driving: 的 with nothing after itexample
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开车的是我哥哥。開車的是我哥哥。
The one driving is my brother.
The red one, the one driving: 的 with nothing after itexample
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请慢慢地说。請慢慢地說。
Please speak slowly.
How someone does something: 地 before the verbexample
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孩子们高兴地笑了。孩子們高興地笑了。
The children laughed happily.
How someone does something: 地 before the verbexample
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他会来的。他會來的。
He'll come, I'm sure.
I'm sure of it: 的 at the endexample
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你会喜欢的。你會喜歡的。
You'll like it.
I'm sure of it: 的 at the endexample
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时间还早呢。時間還早呢。
It's still early.
Pointing something out: 呢 at the end, often with 还example
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我还没吃饭呢。我還沒吃飯呢。
I haven't eaten yet.
Pointing something out: 呢 at the end, often with 还example
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这儿的东西真便宜啊！這兒的東西真便宜啊！
Things here are so cheap!
Warmer or stronger: 啊 at the endexample
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你快来啊！你快來啊！
Come on, hurry up!
Warmer or stronger: 啊 at the endexample
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我跟他是同学。我跟他是同學。
He and I are classmates.
And between two people or things: 跟, like 和example
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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.
And so on: 什么的 at the end of a listexample
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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.
But: 但是, and 但example
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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.
But: 但是, and 但example
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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.
Although: 虽然…，但是…example
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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.
Although: 虽然…，但是…example
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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.
Because, and so: 因为…，所以…example
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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.
Because, and so: 因为…，所以…example
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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.
Then, in that case: 那 at the startexample
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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.
As soon as: 一…就…example
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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.
As soon as: 一…就…example
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我下了课就回家。我下了課就回家。
After class I go straight home.
Then, straight after: 就example
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吃了饭再走吧。吃了飯再走吧。
Have something to eat before you go.
Only after that: 再, for what waits till something else is doneexample
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我想想再告诉你。我想想再告訴你。
I'll think about it and let you know.
Only after that: 再, for what waits till something else is doneexample