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words · HSK 5

词汇 cí huì

  1. 词 cí word
  2. 汇 huì to remit

这本书里的词汇不太难。 The vocabulary in this book isn't very hard.

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How do you say words in Chinese?

Words in Chinese is 词汇 (cí huì). You can also say 言语 (yán yǔ), 词 (cí).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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