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Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

2456 words, in teaching order

Words 2401–2456
适合shìhé
to fit; to suit
官场guānchǎng
officialdom; bureaucracy
正如zhèngrú
just as; precisely as
漫游mànyóu
to travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming
喝酒hējiǔ
to drink (alcohol)
交朋友jiāopéngyou
to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
邀请yāoqǐng
to invite; invitation
陪péi
to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
举杯jǔbēi
to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast
邀yāo
to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek
影yǐng
picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
极点jídiǎn
extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates)
水中捞月shuǐzhōnglāoyuè
(lit.) to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom); (fig.) a hopeless endeavor
多半duōbàn
most; mostly; most likely
愿意yuànyì
to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
死sǐ
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
结局jiéjú
conclusion; ending; outcome
春运chūnyùn
(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
农历新年nónglìxīnnián
Chinese New Year; Lunar New Year
人类rénlèi
humanity; human race; mankind
迁徙qiānxǐ
to migrate; to move
十亿shíyì
one billion; giga-
人次réncì
person-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating
家乡jiāxiāng
hometown; native place
买票mǎipiào
to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
售票shòupiào
to sell tickets
窗口chuāngkǒu
window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground
整夜zhěngyè
the whole night; all through the night
队duì
squadron; team; group
板凳bǎndèng
wooden bench or stool
守shǒu
to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
抢票qiǎngpiào
to scramble for tickets
减少jiǎnshǎo
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
票piào
ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
下同xiàtóng
similarly hereinafter
按钮ànniǔ
to push a button; button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
候车hòuchē
to wait for a train or bus
厅tīng
(reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
扛káng
to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
整zhěng
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
箱xiāng
box; trunk; chest
特产tèchǎn
special local product; (regional) specialty
摩托车mótuōchē
(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle
国道guódào
national highway
叫做jiàozuò
to be called; to be known as
摩托mótuō
(loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车 (mótuōchē))
大军dàjūn
army; main forces
吹了chuīle
failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
支撑zhīchēng
to prop up; to support; strut; brace
顿dùn
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
出站chūzhàn
to come out of a station; (of a postdoctoral researcher) to complete one's postdoctoral appointment (cf. 进站 (jìnzhàn))
承受chéngshòu
to bear; to support; to inherit