Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

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 性别 (xìngbié), 派别 (pàibié))

着急zháojí

to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. zháo1ji

万事开头难wànshìkāitóunán

every beginning is difficult (idiom); getting started is always the hardest part

昨天zuótiān

yesterday

终于zhōngyú

at last; in the end; finally; eventually

拿到nádào

to get; to obtain

算suàn

to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)

满意mǎnyì

satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction

回头huítóu

to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

段duàn

paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

等待děngdài

to wait; to wait for

时shí

o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period

样子yàngzi

appearance; manner; pattern; model

楼下lóuxià

downstairs

走去zǒuqù

to walk over (to)

为什么wèishénme

why?; for what reason?

久jiǔ

(of a period of time) long

答案dá'àn

answer; solution

乱七八糟luànqībāzāo

(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled

才cái

ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually; (variant of 才 (cái)) just now; (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only

明白míngbai

clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize

什么样shénmeyàng

what kind?; what sort?

工位gōngwèi

workstation

想起xiǎngqǐ

to recall; to think of; to call to mind

那些nàxiē

those

早zǎo

early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely

高峰gāofēng

peak; summit; height

每měi

each; every

车厢chēxiāng

carriage

挤满jǐmǎn

crowded to bursting point; filled to overflowing; jam-packed

完全wánquán

complete; whole; totally; entirely

睡醒shuìxǐng

to wake up

列车lièchē

(railway) train

换乘huànchéng

to change train (plane, bus etc); transfer between modes of transport

一下子yīxiàzi

once; one time; (following a verb) for a moment; briefly; for a little while; in no time; almost immediately; all at once; all of a sudden

挤jǐ

to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)

紧紧jǐnjǐn

closely; tightly

抱bào

to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

包bāo

to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; …

分开fēnkāi

to separate; to part

广播guǎngbō

broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize

反复fǎnfù

repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return

提醒tíxǐng

to remind; to call attention to; to warn of

看好kānhǎo

to keep an eye on

随身suíshēn

to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one

物品wùpǐn

articles; goods

站稳zhànwěn

to stand firm

扶fú

to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help

拥挤yōngjǐ

crowded; to throng; congestion

抱怨bàoyuàn

to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied

节奏jiézòu

rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat

既jì

already; since; both... (and...)

一种yīzhǒng

one kind of; one type of

丰富fēngfù

to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant

活力huólì

energy; vitality; vigor; vital force

号hào

(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号 (qǐchuánghào)); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号 (guóhào), 年号 (niánhào), 辽宁号 (LiáoníngHào)); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237237号房间 (èrsānqīhàofángjiān) "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七号 (qīhào) "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池 (wǔhàodiànchí)); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 (hàomài)); …

线xiàn

thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

线路xiànlù

(electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route

之一zhīyī

one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

趟tàng

classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip

才能cáinéng

talent; ability; capacity

挤上去jǐshàngqu

to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)

站台zhàntái

platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly endorse or campaign for (a candidate); (Tw) (dated) website

工作人员gōngzuòrényuán

staff member

乘客chéngkè

passenger

推进tuījìn

to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward

听得见tīngdejiàn

to be able to hear; can hear

声音shēngyīn

sound; voice

国贸guómào

abbr. for 国际贸易 (guójìmàoyì)

大半dàbàn

more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely

同时tóngshí

at the same time; simultaneously

忽然hūrán

suddenly; all of a sudden

空kōng

empty; air; sky; in vain

下来xiàlai

to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

Particle

该gāi

should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned

传统chuántǒng

tradition; traditional

办法bànfǎ

way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem

聚在一起jùzàiyīqǐ

to get together

必bì

certainly; must; will; necessarily

一道yīdào

together

象征xiàngzhēng

symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent

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