#chinese hsk
LIST 01
a. In the mornings, before school Mum would wake up early to
__________________ lunch for me. (prepare)
b. What are the chances of being able to ____________what a goldfish princess is saying. (understand)
c. Because i’m a student, I survive on __________ eats. (cheap)
d. I am _____________ eating a delicious meal. Please do not disturb. (in the middle of)
e. I’m not sleeping. I just want to __________ my eyes. (rest)
f. Happy ______ Year! (new)
g. ________ through a supernatural bathhouse at midnight. (run)
h. Everytime I look at the stars I ___________ happiness. (wish for)
i. Watching a movie, allows you to escape to _____________ lands you never knew existed. (far away)
j. I would love to ____________ to Seoul one day. (travel)
LIST 02
a. _____! You surprised me! (Ah!)
b. I always forget to ___________ my library books. (return)
c. ________ my hand and don’t let go. (hold)
d. There is _______ one mouthful left. Take a bite! (only)
e. I keep making the same mistake. ______ and _______. (again)
f. He was knocked down ______ his opponent. (by)
g. You look thirsty mr. cat, you ___________ drink some water. (should)
h. Anywhere you go, I will ___________ you. (follow after)
i. I like to _______ chopsticks to eat. (use)
j. The film shot a beautiful __________. (scene)
k. I eat ramen ______the sake of convenience. (for/because)
l. Let me know ________ you’re coming or not. (if)
m. You should always make your ________your priority. (self)
n. Now i’ve grown up. I don’t _________ you anymore. (need)
o. You’ve only arrived _______, don’t leave yet! (just now)
p. The race has __________! Why aren’t you running?! (begin)
LIST 03
a. Can you ________ a loaf of bread from the shelf? (take)
b. Lately, the weather has gotten ________ colder! (even more)
c. We saw a film, ____________ we walked home. (and then)
d. She’s almost the __________ height as you! (same as)
e. Q: Can I borrow your pen? A: __________! (of course!)
f. I __________the truth. Please _________me. (believe/trust)
g. Cool right! What do you __________of it? (think/reckon)
h. I don’t _______________ what you mean? (understand)
i. It rained for three days _____________. (straight/continuously)
j. My bed takes up too much ___________ in my room. (area/place)
k. Are you sure?! Will you ____________ be there on Sunday? (definitely)
l. We __________the city, for the countryside. (to leave)
m. He is smart and __________ he is handsome! (furthermore)
o. Do you prefer eggs ________ bacon? (or)
p. Last week I __________ out some letters. (to send)
q. You ____________study hard to get into University. (have to)
r. You __________those chess pieces in the wrong order. (to place)
s. Oh sorry can you pay, I didn’t _________any money. (to bring)
LIST 04
a. I ate a sunny side up _____________ for breakfast. (chicken egg)
b. After school I used to ______________ (soccer)
c. Ms Wang Lao Shi is in the ____________(classroom)
d. Which _________ is the train station? Left or Right? (way)
e. _________ he lived in New York for many years, he still speaks with a Tokyo accent. (even though)
f. Singing or ___________, he is good at both (dancing)
g. Oops, I forgot to _________ my socks in the laundry. (wash)
h. Let me ___________ you to the owner of this bathhouse. (introduce)
i. Why is Huaze Lei so __________ all the time? (tired)
j. This English ________ is so boring. (lesson)
k. The stars are out, Good _________! (night/evening)
l. Ugh, I _____________ university again next Monday. (start)
m. Red pandas are very rare ______________ we should protect them. (therefore)
o. I was once a _____________, immature and naive. (child)
p. Sorry I must have called you by ____________. (mistake)
q. We have dinner at the dinner_____________. (table)
r. Here, take a seat in this __________. (chair)
s. I need to go to the ______________ to buy some food.
LIST 05
a. _________________ to keep up appearances, they disguised themselves. (in order to)
b. Sunflowers turn ____________ the sun. (towards)
c. Stop standing and take a ___________. (seat)
d. Isn’t that style a bit ________ fashioned? (old)
e. This tiger seal belongs to the cat __________. (kind/type)
f. Neither of us wanted to say the words ____________. (first)
g. Seol’s here, do you know where the _____________ are? (others)
h. Are you prepared for the ________________ exams? (final)
i. Hurry up, we could _____________ catch up with them yet! (maybe)
j. I am amnesia, I don’t ______________ anything. (to remember)
k. It’s done. The past is the ________. (past)
l. Don’t _____________. Be happy. (to worry)
m. I am Mrs. Wu, ___________ known as Ms. Ying. Before I married. (formerly)
o. I own one ________ long pet arbok. (mw. for long objects/things)
p. I think my hair is too short, I want to ____________ it out. (to grow)
q. How do you know catbus?! What a small ____________. (world)
r. I can tell by his aura, he seems like a very _____________ man. (important)
LIST 06
Translate
a. Four o’clock in the afternoon
b. I go by train to the city
c. town/city
d. big city
e. to meet/see
f. common/commonly seen
g. first
h. We see each other quite a lot/quite often
i. We met for the first time
j. A potted plant
k. A plant (to grow)
l. to water
m. other people
n. be careful! take care!
o. opportunity
Part two here
Part three here
I was finding it hard to naturally assimilate certain new vocab into muscle memory/everyday use. So I thought I would try an approach that would allow me to remember vocab + as well as characters, in the long term. And be able to integrate it into my everyday life contextually.
I will be doing the same for my korean vocab under the K-SERIES!
Thought i’d try a slightly different approach, particularly for the nouns to remember them. By breaking down individual meanings of the radicals within each character + pairing with a context driving trigger sentence. With Chinese, the radicals tell a story of how the word came to be, so perhaps looking at Chinese characters through that approach will encourage another level of long-term memory.
**Radical meanings are in bold + the vocabulary is CAPITALISED
See previous C-SERIES flashcards and other vocab lists in my Chinese Masterlist HERE
1st flashcard image cred: bysheer-madness@deviantart
