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So this story is very short and listed as “Beginner” HSK1-3, but man there were quite a few words I didn’t know 🥲 So here they are.

Here's the whole story if you want to read it!

一对 / yī duì / a pair, a couple

夫妇 / fū fù / married couple

一户 / yī hù / a household

邻居 / lín jū / neighbor

也许 / yě xǔ / maybe, perhaps

如何 / rú hé / how, what way

洗衣粉 / xǐ yī fěn / detergent (lit: washing powder)

评论 / píng lùn / to comment on, discuss

对方 / duí fāng / counterpart, other person involved

一番 / yī fān / measure word for speech in conversation

惊奇 / jīng qí / surprised, amazed

晾衣绳 / liàng yī shéng / clothesline (lit: dry clothes rope)

居然 / jū rán / unexpectedly, to one's surprise

悬挂 / xuán guà / to hang

玻璃 / bō li / glass

擦 / cā / to wipe

作出 / zuó chū / to come up with, to make (a statement/response)

判断 / pàn duàn / to judge, judgment

首先 / shǒu xiān / first

窗户 / chuāng hu / window

Example sentences:

一对年轻的夫妇对面搬来一户新邻居.

“那些衣服洗得不干净，也许那个邻居不知道如何清洗."

也许她需要好一点的洗衣粉.

就这样每次邻居洗衣服，妻子都会这样评论对方一番.

年轻的妻子惊奇地发现，邻居的晾衣绳上居然悬挂着一件干净的衣服.

然后我把玻璃悬擦干净了.

I did not post anything because the whole life is being weird. On Saturday I am moving in a new place for a while and the whole apartment is a mess. Anyway I do a bit of Chinese every day and I even found two Chinese girls willing to help me. We met once (online). I knew it would be awkward and it was, but I am planning to continue anyway. My Chinese is poor and not enough for any conversation, but I decided to prepare each time a short story that we can discuss together.

Story for the next time I will take from my learning app

张笑喜欢旅游，下个星期二是她十八岁的生日。她要和朋友一起去北京玩儿。她们住的离北京很远，所以她们得坐飞机。这是她第一次和朋友出去旅游，她很高兴。她希望星期二快点到。

It is, indeed, a very short text. But I have problems with some sentences, even I know each word, to understand the meaning is problematic.

First difficult place is 离

Second difficult place is 得

The app has a lesson about this character, but I think the meaning in the story is different, so I would need to ask my learning partners about it.

So I got help from my friend: in this context 得（dei3）has a meaning have to

🐼 我得去学校：i have to (or must) go to school

得 in this structure is placed directly before the verb

The app has this story with possibility to see colored tones and Pinyin, I can also turn it off))

there’s a lot of new changes, so i’ll try to summarize a bit below:

in order to counteract the “unbalance” in the system - namely, that HSK 1 and 2 were relatively easy to pass due to them having 150 words each whereas HSK 5 (2500 words) and HSK 6 (5000 words) were a lot more difficult - the new system tries to spread out learning more gradually. specifically, each level has a set number of 300 characters in each level and a varying number of words which are made using the 300 characters you must learn for that level. in effect, this makes levels 1 - 4 harder, but 5 and 6 easier.

word lists have also been revised to remove outdated words (such as “fax”)

levels 7 - 9 have been added as well! they are more advanced than HSK 6 and supposedly supposed to be for academic purposes. however, from what i understand is that these levels share a word list and once you take the test you will be put in level 7, 8, or 9 depending on your score.

also, HSK levels are now subcategorized by level of proficiency. HSK 1 - 3 is beginner, HSK 4 - 6 is intermediate, and HSK 7 - 9 is advanced. it is now considered to have “3 levels” (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and “9 bands” (1-9).

these new changes will go into effect on july 1, 2021

there’s a lot more information, but this is just a quick overview! i would highly recommend reading more here if you are interested.

Used at the beginning of a sentence, “那” indicates the result obtained or judgment made based on what has been said previously, For example:

A: 我不想去看电影。 B: 那我也不去了。

HSK 1:

Expressing Actions in Progress with 在 (zài)  and 正在 (zhèngzài)

HSK 2:

Expressing "even more" with 更 (gèng)

Superlative with 最 (zuì)

HSK 3:

Expressing “all along” with 一直 (yīzhí)

Expressing Simultaneous Tasks with 一边 (yībiān)

Expressing “both ... and  ...” with 又 (yòu)

Expressing the Duration of a Concluded Action with 了 (le)

Expressing the Duration of an ongoing Action with double 了 (le)

Basic comparisons with 没有 (méiyǒu) - not as adj. as

Basic comparisons with 一样 (yīyàng) - as adj. as

HSK 4:

Expressing “more or less” with 差不多 (chàbuduō)