Chinese writing exercise: HSK 2HSK 3.0
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qíng
clear; fine (weather)
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děng
to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
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shūfu
comfortable; feeling well
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kùzi
trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]
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hòumiàn
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards; also pr. [hou4 mian5]
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shàngmiàn
on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
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suīrán
although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
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lí
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
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shìqing
affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
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shēngrì
birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
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bān
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
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nǚháir
erhua variant of 女孩[nu:3hai2]
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háishi
still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
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yǒushí
sometimes; now and then
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zhàn
station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
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shǒubiǎo
wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
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qīzi
wife
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jiǔdiàn
wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
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běnzi
book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; CL:本[ben3]; edition
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dànshì
but; however
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kǎo
to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
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zǒulù
to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
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shànglái
to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
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zuǒbian
left; the left side; to the left of
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suǒyǐ
therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
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kāixué
(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term
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zuǒ
left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]
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fànguǎn
restaurant; CL:家[jia1]
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zuì
most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
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kāishǐ
to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
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pángbiān
side; adjacent place
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sòng
to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
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yú
fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2])
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jìnqù
to go in
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pǎo
to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
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huà
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
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jìnlái
to come in
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bié
to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
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cí
word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
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wǎngshàng
online
A. FIRST METHOD
1. Draw the first Chinese character with the brush button below, keeping to the stroke order;
2. Once the character is drawn in FULL, pick the matching one underneath;
3. Do the same for the remaining characters, if there are any;
4. Check your answer:
Write the Chinese character(s) in the box, then check your answer:
* Mind the stroke order.
B. SECOND METHOD
1. Write the characters down on a sheet of paper;
2. Then answer this question: did you write them correctly?
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