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Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

2456 words, in teaching order

Words 1101–1200
茶道chádào
Japanese tea ceremony; sado
讲究jiǎngjiu
to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
敬jìng
(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
清qīng
(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
寂jì
silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí
饮料yǐnliào
drink; beverage
态度tàidu
manner; bearing; attitude; approach
闻wén
to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
品pǐn
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
步bù
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
茶叶cháyè
tea; tea leaves
香气xiāngqì
fragrance; aroma; incense
口kǒu
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
嘴里zuǐlǐ
mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
停tíng
to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
回甘huígān
to have a sweet aftertaste
常见chángjiàn
commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently
送礼sònglǐ
to give a present
不能bùnéng
cannot; must not; should not
壶hú
pot; classifier for bottled liquid
欢迎huānyíng
to welcome; welcome
京剧Jīngjù
Beijing opera
入门rùmén
entrance door; to enter a door; to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
戏剧xìjù
a drama; a play; theater; script of a play
代表dàibiǎo
representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
融合rónghé
a mixture; an amalgam; fusion; welding together; to be in harmony with (nature); to harmonize with; to fit in
念niàn
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:顿 (dùn)); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 (niàn))
种zhòng
to plant; to grow; to cultivate
表演biǎoyǎn
play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate
演员yǎnyuán
actor; actress; performer
穿着chuānzhuó
attire; clothes; dress
鲜艳xiānyàn
bright-colored; gaily-colored
戏xì
trick; drama; play; show
服fú
clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); …
精致jīngzhì
delicate; fine; exquisite; refined
图案tú'àn
design; pattern
角色juésè
role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. jiào3se
性格xìnggé
nature; disposition; temperament; character
忠诚zhōngchéng
devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
奸诈jiānzhà
treachery; devious; a rogue
外国wàiguó
foreign country
观众guānzhòng
spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
一旦yīdàn
in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
理解lǐjiě
to comprehend; to understand
动作dòngzuò
movement; motion; action; to act; to move
意义yìyì
sense; meaning; significance; importance
舞台wǔtái
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
桌zhuō
table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
椅yǐ
chair
拿ná
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object)
骑马qímǎ
to ride a horse
做出zuòchū
to put out; to issue
河hé
river (CL:条 (tiáo),道 (dào)); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 (héfěn)
船chuán
boat; vessel; ship
这种zhèzhǒng
this kind of
虚拟xūnǐ
to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical; (computing) to emulate; (computing) virtual
全quán
all; whole; entire; every; complete
靠kào
to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
想象xiǎngxiàng
to imagine; to envision; imagination
剧目jùmù
theatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire; list of plays or operas
霸王别姬BàwángBiéJī
The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳 (MéiLánfāng)); Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
出戏chūxì
(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance
看医生kànyīshēng
to visit a doctor
西方Xīfāng
the West; the Occident; Western countries
预约yùyuē
booking; reservation; to book; to make an appointment
直接zhíjiē
direct (opposite: indirect 间接 (jiànjiē)); immediate; straightforward
挂号guàhào
to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
挂guà
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
内科nèikē
internal medicine; general medicine
省shěng
to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
不少bùshǎo
many; quite a few; a good number of
嗓子sǎngzi
throat; voice
发烧fāshāo
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over; (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
张开zhāngkāi
to open up; to spread; to extend
嘴zuǐ
mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc)
量liáng
to measure
体温tǐwēn
(body) temperature
普通pǔtōng
common; ordinary; general; average
药yào
leaf of the iris; medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison
楼lóu
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
取qǔ
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
排pái
to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge; (literary) to push aside; to force open; to rehearse; row; line; platoon; (bound form) steak; chop; (bound form) raft; classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)
长队chángduì
line (i.e. of people waiting); queue
果然guǒrán
really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
租zū
to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
大事dàshì
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way
介绍jièshào
to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
中介zhōngjiè
to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-; agency; agent
套tào
to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; …
第dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dìliù) "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
一套yītào
suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
第二dì'èr
second; number two; next; secondary
房租fángzū
rent for a room or house