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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1842 words, in teaching order

Words 701–800
熟透shútòu
completely ripe; ripened; well-cooked
集市jíshì
market; bazaar; fair
更gèng
more; even more; further; still; still more
放弃fàngqì
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
叫卖jiàomài
to hawk (one's wares); to peddle
快kuài
rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; …
仔细zǐxì
careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
查看chákàn
to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out
摊位tānwèi
stall; booth; stand
前qián
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; …
津津有味jīnjīnyǒuwèi
with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly
空kōng
empty; air; sky; in vain
数shǔ
to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
赚zhuàn
to earn; to make a profit
糖táng
sugar; sweets; candy
稳wěn
settled; steady; stable
稳当wěndang
reliable; secure; stable; firm
头上tóushàng
overhead; above
蜡là
candle; wax
久jiǔ
(of a period of time) long
一家人yījiārén
the whole family; (lit. and fig.) members of the same family
快乐kuàilè
happy; joyful
打架dǎjià
to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows
帮助bāngzhù
assistance; aid; to help; to assist
家务jiāwù
household duties; housework
干gàn
tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; …
靠近kàojìn
to be close to; to approach; to draw near
火焰huǒyàn
blaze; flame
没办法méibànfǎ
there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
只能zhǐnéng
can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
工作gōngzuò
to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
其中qízhōng
among; in; included among these
非常fēicháng
very; really; unusual; extraordinary
出门chūmén
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
这种zhèzhǒng
this kind of
渴望kěwàng
to thirst for; to long for
强烈qiángliè
strong; intense
虽然suīrán
although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kěshì) or 但是 (dànshì) etc)
兄弟xiōngdì
brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
警告jǐnggào
to warn; to admonish
晚wǎn
evening; night; late
融化rónghuà
to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse
其他qítā
other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
消失xiāoshī
to disappear; to fade away
出chū
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
主意zhǔyi
plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. zhúyi
熔化rónghuà
to melt (of ice, metals etc)
块kuài
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
捏niē
to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
成chéng
to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
变成biànchéng
to change into; to turn into; to become
座zuò
seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 师座 (shīzuò)); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
高山gāoshān
high mountain; alpine mountain
升起shēngqǐ
to raise; to hoist; to rise
迎yíng
to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
晨chén
morning; dawn; daybreak
唱chàng
to sing; to call loudly; to chant
歌gē
song (CL:首 (shǒu),支 (zhī)); (bound form) to sing
今天jīntiān
today; the present time; now
哥哥gēge
older brother
拉lā
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
希xī
to hope; to admire
姆mǔ
(old) female tutor
贪吃tānchī
gluttonous; voracious
尝cháng
to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once; to taste; to experience (variant of 尝 (cháng))
跟着gēnzhe
to follow after; immediately afterwards
调皮tiáopí
naughty; mischievous; unruly
自私zìsī
selfish; selfishness
并bìng
and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge; to amalgamate
Conjunction
小弟弟xiǎodìdi
little brother; little boy; (coll.) penis
该gāi
should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
罚fá
to punish; to penalize; to fine
后悔hòuhuǐ
to regret; to feel remorse
不久bùjiǔ
not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
果然guǒrán
really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
恶心ěxīn
nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately)
小声xiǎoshēng
in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
疼téng
(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
料到liàodào
to foresee; to anticipate
发生fāshēng
to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fāshēngwèntí) "a problem arises")
后来hòulái
afterwards; later; newly arrived
再也zàiyě
(not) ever again; (not) any longer
次cì
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; …
相信xiāngxìn
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
阿ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 (Āfùhàn) "Afghanistan"
南nán
south
西和Xīhé
Xihe, a county in Longnan City 陇南市 (LǒngnánShì), Gansu
智慧zhìhuì
wisdom; intelligence
耕田gēngtián
to cultivate soil; to till fields
织布zhībù
woven cloth; to weave cloth