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借力二十 · Twenty words

The twenty highest-leverage words in Chinese, with what each one means. Together they are 48% of everything a learner says in our conversation material.

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借力二十 · 48% of what you say

CharacterReadingMeaning
zhèpronoun this; these
generic classifier; individual; single
什么shén mewhat?
no; not so
shìto be
one
maquestion particle for yes/no questions
you
deof; ~'s
rénperson; people
jiàoto be called; to call
that; those
lecompleted action marker
zhēnreally; true
hǎogood
duìright; correct
big; large; great
destructural particle after verb
deadverbial particle -ly
néngcan; to be able to

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