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HSK 7-9 · Reading Practice Spiders That Eat Their Mothers Vocabulary HSK 7-9 不bù寒hán而ér慄lì不bù寒hán而ér栗lì Tap to flip to shudder with fear 一yì想xiǎng到dào那nà場chǎng車chē禍huò的de畫huà面miàn，，她tā至zhì今jīn仍réng不bù寒hán而ér慄lì。。一yì想xiǎng到dào那nà场chǎng车chē祸huò的de画huà面miàn，，她tā至zhì今jīn仍réng不bù寒hán而ér栗lì。。 Even now, just thinking about the scene of that car accident makes her shudder. HSK 7-9 噬shì噬shì Tap to flip to bite; to devour 洪hóng水shuǐ無wú情qíng地de吞tūn噬shì了le整zhěng座zuò村cūn莊zhuāng。。洪hóng水shuǐ无wú情qíng地de吞tūn噬shì了le整zhěng座zuò村cūn庄zhuāng。。 The flood mercilessly swallowed up the entire village….

HSK 4 · Reading Practice Standard Chinese Vocabulary HSK 4 標biāo籤qiān标biāo签qiān Tap to flip label; tag 買mǎi衣yī服fu以yǐ前qián，，我wǒ習xí慣guàn先xiān看kàn一yí下xià標biāo籤qiān上shàng的de價jià錢qián。。买mǎi衣yī服fu以yǐ前qián，，我wǒ习xí惯guàn先xiān看kàn一yí下xià标biāo签qiān上shàng的de价jià钱qián。。 Before buying clothes, I usually check the price on the tag first. HSK 4 光guāng顧gù光guāng顾gù Tap to flip to patronize (a shop); to be a customer 這zhè家jiā麵miàn店diàn又yòu好hǎo吃chī又yòu便pián宜yi，，很hěn多duō學xué生sheng常cháng常cháng光guāng顧gù。。这zhè家jiā面miàn馆guǎn又yòu好hǎo吃chī又yòu便pián宜yi，，很hěn多duō学xué生sheng常cháng常cháng光guāng顾gù。。 This noodle shop is tasty and cheap, so lots of students…

HSK 5 · Reading Practice The Scam Call Vocabulary HSK 5 盜dào刷shuā盗dào刷shuā Tap to flip to fraudulently charge (a card) 他tā的de信xìn用yòng卡kǎ在zài國guó外wài被bèi盜dào刷shuā了le三sān萬wàn塊kuài。。他tā的de信xìn用yòng卡kǎ在zài国guó外wài被bèi盗dào刷shuā了le三sān万wàn块kuài。。 His credit card was fraudulently charged 30,000 while he was abroad. HSK 5 凍dòng結jié冻dòng结jié Tap to flip to freeze (an account, assets) 公gōng司sī因yīn為wèi欠qiàn稅shuì，，銀yín行háng帳zhàng戶hù被bèi法fǎ院yuàn凍dòng結jié了le。。公gōng司sī因yīn为wèi欠qiàn税shuì，，银yín行háng账zhàng户hù被bèi法fǎ院yuàn冻dòng结jié了le。。 Because the company owed taxes, its bank account was frozen by…

OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 姓姓 xìng & 叫叫 jiào — saying your name In Chinese, you give your family name with 姓姓 xìng and your name with 叫叫 jiào. Both are verbs, so they sit right after the subject, with no 是是 shì needed. Chinese names put the…

OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 3 Grammar Point · HSK 3 Chinese Personal Pronouns 3別人别人 biérén & 咱們咱们 zánmen Two pronouns that sort people into groups: 別人别人 biérén points at everyone who isn’t us, while 咱們咱们 zánmen pulls the listener in with us. 別人别人 biérén is “other people”. 咱們咱们 zánmen is “we” — but only…

HSK 1 · Reading Practice What’s for Dinner? Vocabulary HSK 1 附fù近jìn附fù近jìn Tap to flip nearby; vicinity 我wǒ家jiā附fù近jìn有yǒu一yí個ge大dà超chāo市shì。。我wǒ家jiā附fù近jìn有yǒu一yí个ge大dà超chāo市shì。。 There’s a big supermarket near my home. HSK 1 服fú務wù員yuán服fú务wù员yuán Tap to flip waiter; waitress 服fú務wù員yuán，，請qǐng給gěi我wǒ一yì杯bēi茶chá。。服fú务wù员yuán，，请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yì杯bēi茶chá。。 Waiter, a cup of tea, please. HSK 1 最zuì後hòu最zuì后hòu Tap to flip finally; in the end 他tā最zuì後hòu買mǎi了le那nà件jiàn紅hóng色sè的de衣yī服fu。。他tā最zuì后hòu买mǎi了le那nà件jiàn红hóng色sè的de衣yī服fu。。 In the end, he…

OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 雙賓語句双宾语句 shuāngbīnyǔjù — Double Object Sentences Some verbs — like 給给 gěi (“give”) and 教教 jiāo (“teach”) — take two objects at once: a person and a thing. Chinese lines them up right after the verb, person first. Where English can say either “give…

OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 感嘆句感叹句 gǎntànjù — Exclamatory Sentences When something is too much, or really something, Chinese has two simple patterns to say it with feeling: 太太 tài…了了 le, and 真真 zhēn. Both patterns turn a plain adjective into an exclamation — no “!” needed in the…

OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 連動句连动句 liándòngjù — Serial Verb Sentences A serial verb sentence strings two verb phrases together for the same subject, with no linking word between them — one action leads right into the next. Where English needs “to” or “and” to connect two actions (“go…