Euphemisms & sound puns

谐音: why a clock is a funeral and 8 opens a shop.

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谐音: why a clock is a funeral and 8 opens a shop. This page lists 71 words from Chinese Trainer's inventory, with hanzi, pinyin and English, in the HSK 3–5 band. It is not a scan of an official paper; the same rows feed SRS in the app. Start with HSK 1–2 rows when the topic includes them, and add the rest once you can say three sentences out loud.

Word list

71 words in this topic (cleaned list) · HSK 3–5

HSK 1 — use these today

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
1	同	tóng / tòng	same
1	等	děng	rank
1	里	lǐ	unit of distance equal to 0.5km
1	开玩笑	kāi wánxiào	to play a joke

4 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 2

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
2	响	xiǎng	to make noise
2	声	shēng	sound
2	数	shù / shǔ / shuò	count
2	相	xiāng / xiàng	mutual
2	音	yīn	sound
2	不如	bùrú	not equal to
2	同样	tóngyàng	same
2	正确	zhèngquè	correct
2	相同	xiāngtóng	identical
2	送给	sòng gěi	to send

10 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 3

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
3	哈	hā / hǎ	the sound of laughter

1 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 4

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
4	丈	zhàng	gentleman
4	均	jūn	equal
4	码	mǎ	number
4	号码	hàomǎ	number
4	无数	wúshù	countless
4	暗示	ànshì	to hint
4	运气	yùnqi	luck

7 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 5

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
5	犹	yóu	similar to
5	贺	hè	to congratulate
5	健全	jiànquán	robust
5	回避	huíbì	to shun
5	增多	zēngduō	to increase
5	天才	tiāncái	talent
5	数目	shùmù	amount
5	相等	xiāngděng	equal
5	赠送	zèngsòng	to present as a gift

9 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 6

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
6	不禁	bùjīn	can't help
6	免得	miǎnde	so as not to
6	名额	míng'é	quota
6	恰好	qiàhǎo	as it turns out
6	次数	cìshù	number of times
6	车号	chēhào	license-plate number
6	送礼	sònglǐ	to give a present