Small talk

Weather, work, where you are from: keeping a thread going without an interrogation.

Intermediate · HSK 3–4HSK 2–4149 words in this topic (cleaned list)

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Weather, work, where you are from: keeping a thread going without an interrogation. This page lists 149 words from Chinese Trainer's inventory, with hanzi, pinyin and English, in the HSK 2–4 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

149 words in this topic (cleaned list) · HSK 2–4

HSK 1 — use these today

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
1	也	yě	also
1	你	nǐ	you
1	忙	máng	busy
1	时	shí	time
1	还	hái / huán	also
1	上班	shàngbān	to go to work
1	下班	xiàbān	to get off work
1	今天	jīntiān	today
1	半天	bàntiān	half of the day
1	天气	tiānqì	weather
1	时候	shíhou	time
1	时间	shíjiān	time
1	星期	xīngqī	week
1	没事儿	méishìr	to have spare time

14 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 2

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
2	久	jiǔ	long ago
2	份	fèn	job
2	又	yòu	and
2	晴	qíng	clear weather
2	末	mò / me	end
2	上周	shàng zhōu	last week
2	下周	xià zhōu	next week
2	不一会儿	bù yīhuìr	in a short while
2	努力	nǔlì	hard-working
2	单位	dānwèi	unit
2	同事	tóngshì	colleague
2	周末	zhōumò	weekend
2	多久	duōjiǔ	how long?
2	好久	hǎojiǔ	for a long time
2	实习	shíxí	to practice
2	当时	dāngshí	then
2	怎么样	zěnmeyàng	how?
2	打工	dǎgōng	to work a part-time job
2	最近	zuìjìn	recently
2	有空儿	yǒukòngr	to be free
2	那会儿	nàhuìr	at that time
2	那时	nà shí	then
2	那时候	nà shíhou	at that time

23 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 3

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
3	谈	tán	to talk
3	前后	qiánhòu	around
3	始终	shǐzhōng	from beginning to end
3	工夫	gōngfu	period of time
3	年底	niándǐ	the end of the year
3	提前	tíqián	to shift to an earlier date
3	早已	zǎoyǐ	for a long time
3	空儿	kòngr	spare time

8 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 4

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
4	尾	wěi	tail
4	业余	yèyú	in one's spare time
4	临时	línshí	as the time draws near
4	失业	shīyè	unemployment
4	手工	shǒugōng	handwork
4	月底	yuèdǐ	end of the month
4	期间	qījiān	period of time
4	来不及	láibují	there's not enough time
4	来得及	láidejí	to have enough time

9 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 5

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
5	一向	yīxiàng	a period of time in the recent past
5	不敢当	bùgǎndāng	lit. I dare not
5	不止	bùzhǐ	incessantly
5	业务	yèwù	business
5	劳动	láodòng	work
5	岁月	suìyuè	years
5	当前	dāngqián	the present time
5	搞好	gǎohǎo	to do well at
5	时光	shíguāng	time
5	暂停	zàntíng	to suspend
5	漫长	màncháng	very long
5	礼拜	lǐbài	to attend a religious service
5	过于	guòyú	excessively

13 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 6

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
6	趟	tàng / tāng	time
6	一时	yīshí	a period of time
6	不怎么样	bùzěnmeyàng	not up to much
6	分工	fēngōng	to divide up the work
6	办公	bàngōng	to handle official business
6	同期	tóngqī	the corresponding time period
6	圣诞节	Shèngdàn Jié	Christmas time
6	定时	dìngshí	to fix a time
6	岗位	gǎngwèi	a post
6	时节	shíjié	season
6	消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to
6	算是	suànshì	considered to be
6	聊天儿	liáotiānr	to chat