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Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

2456 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900
相信xiāngxìn
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
听说tīngshuō
to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
订dìng
to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order
酒店jiǔdiàn
wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
昆明Kūnmíng
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province 云南省 (YúnnánShěng)
大理dàlǐ
judicial officer; justice of the peace (old)
丽江Lìjiāng
Lijiang, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 云南省 (YúnnánShěng)
尝cháng
to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once; to taste; to experience (variant of 尝 (cháng))
拍pāi
to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
收拾shōushi
to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
健身jiànshēn
to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise
年前niánqián
by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
感冒gǎnmào
to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand
后来hòulái
afterwards; later; newly arrived
运动yùndòng
to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign
每周měizhōu
every week
三次sāncì
third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
健身房jiànshēnfáng
gym; fitness club
饮食yǐnshí
eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
油腻yóunì
greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar
变得biànde
to become
精神jīngshen
vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking
小时候xiǎoshíhou
in one's childhood
当dāng
(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell); to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; …
想开xiǎngkāi
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on
聊天liáotiān
to chat; to gossip
存钱cúnqián
to deposit money; to save money
总有zǒngyǒu
inevitably there will be
实现shíxiàn
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
一边yībiān
one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
过年guònián
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
幸福xìngfú
happiness; happy; blessed
咖啡馆kāfēiguǎn
café; coffee shop
往常wǎngcháng
usual; customary
选xuǎn
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
靠窗kàochuāng
by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
位置wèizhi
position; place; seat
透过tòuguò
to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via
玻璃bōli
glass; (slang) male homosexual
进来jìnlái
to come in
桌子zhuōzi
table; desk
报纸bàozhǐ
newspaper; newsprint
热烈rèliè
enthusiastic; ardent; warm
项目xiàngmù
item; project; (sports) event
拿出náchū
to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
却què
but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
无法wúfǎ
unable to; incapable of
集中jízhōng
to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
公共gōnggòng
public; common; communal
分享fēnxiǎng
to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
陈chén
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
记得jìde
to remember
常客chángkè
frequent visitor; fig. sth that crops up frequently
口味kǒuwèi
a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor
进门jìnmén
to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
冰bīng
ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
左右zuǒyòu
left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
移yí
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
另lìng
other; another; separate; separately
女孩nǚhái
girl; lass
笔记本电脑bǐjìběndiànnǎo
laptop; notebook (computer)
坐下zuòxia
to sit down
离开líkāi
to depart; to leave
读dú
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
留liú
to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
架子jiàzi
shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
留下liúxià
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
大概dàgài
roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
就是jiùshì
exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if
待dāi
to stay; to remain
孤单gūdān
lone; lonely; loneliness
无论wúlùn
no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
食品shípǐn
foodstuff; food; provisions
电子diànzǐ
electronic; electron (particle physics)
Particle
产品chǎnpǐn
goods; merchandise; product
优点yōudiǎn
merit; benefit; strong point; advantage
明显míngxiǎn
clear; distinct; obvious
快速kuàisù
fast; high-speed; rapid
实物shíwù
material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics)
麻烦máfan
trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
打包dǎbāo
to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
寄jì
to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
即便jíbiàn
even if; even though; right away; immediately
如此rúcǐ
like this; so; such
仍然réngrán
still; as before; yet
大于dàyú
greater than; bigger than; more than
不便bùbiàn
inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash
付款fùkuǎn
to pay a sum of money; payment
快递kuàidì
express delivery
刷shuā
a brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub; (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job); (onom.) swish; rustle; to swipe (a card); to scroll on (a phone); (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
一下yīxià
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
双shuāng
two; double; pair; both; even (number)