Lessons/HSK 1 · Lesson 14

HSK 1 · Lesson 14 of 15

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Hobbies, likes and abilities: what you like doing and what you can do. 22 words and 3 grammar points; tap the characters to hear them.

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📚 Words

• 喜欢xǐ huan Hán-Việt hỉ hoan To like, to be fond of — a person, a thing or an activity.
• 爱ài Hán-Việt ái To love: to feel deep affection for a person, a place or a thing.
• 玩wán Hán-Việt ngoạn To play, have fun, or go out and enjoy yourself.
• 好玩儿hǎo wán r Hán-Việt hảo ngoạn nhi Fun, enjoyable, amusing: said of places, games, activities and toys, or of a person who is fun to be with.
• 唱chàng Hán-Việt xướng To sing: to make music with the voice.
• 歌gē Hán-Việt ca A song: a piece of music with words to sing.
• 看kàn Hán-Việt khán To look at, to watch, to read.
• 见jiàn Hán-Việt kiến To see, or to meet someone.
• 看见kàn jiàn Hán-Việt khán kiến To see or catch sight of something, as the result of looking.
• 听tīng Hán-Việt thính To listen to; to hear what someone says.
• 听见tīng jiàn Hán-Việt thính kiến To hear: a sound actually reaches your ears.
• 电影diàn yǐng Hán-Việt điện ảnh A film: a story in moving pictures, seen at the cinema or at home.
• 好看hǎo kàn Hán-Việt hảo khán Good-looking, nice to look at; of a film or a book, good, worth watching or reading.
• 好听hǎo tīng Hán-Việt hảo thính Pleasant to hear: said of a song, a voice, a name or a language.
• 狗gǒu Hán-Việt cẩu A dog, whether a pet or a working animal.
• 猫māo Hán-Việt miêu A cat, kept at home as a pet or living out in the street.
• 它tā Hán-Việt tha It: the pronoun for an animal or a thing.
• 它们tā men Hán-Việt tha môn They, them: the plural pronoun for animals or things.
• 会huì Hán-Việt hội To know how to, can — of a skill that has been learned; also 'will, is likely to'.
• 能néng Hán-Việt năng Can, to be able to — because one has the strength or because circumstances allow it.
• 可以kě yǐ Hán-Việt khả dĩ May, can: to be allowed to do something, or able to because nothing stands in the way.
• 想xiǎng Hán-Việt tưởng To want to, would like to (do something); also to think, and to miss someone.

🧩 Grammar

🎯 Practice

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