The Forbidden City

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故宫 gùgōng

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韩国 韓國 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上外 上外 Shàng Wài abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
九月 九月 Jiǔ yuè September; ninth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天后 天后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中时 中時 Zhōng - Shí China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上水 上水 Shàng shuǐ Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国话 中國話 Zhōng guó huà (spoken) Chinese language Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
秦国 秦國 Qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
陕西 陝西 Shǎn xī Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中中 中中 zhōng zhōng middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
北京大学 北京大學 Běi jīng Dà xué Peking University Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
北半球 北半球 Běi bàn qiú Northern Hemisphere Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
梅山 梅山 Méi shān Meishan Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
吴三桂 吳三桂 Wú Sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中俄 中俄 Zhōng É China-Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
五常 五常 Wǔ cháng Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin, Heilongjiang; the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西魏 西魏 Xī Wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
三教 三教 Sān Jiào the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
有一些 有一些 yǒu yī xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
乾 乹 qián dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
工匠 工匠 gōng jiàng artisan; smith ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine; imperial consort ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1