Welcome to the first week of My HSK Dictionary Level 2!

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Week 1 Words

This week, you’re studying the following five words:

吧 – a modal particle indicating suggestion

白 – white/pure

百 – 100/hundred

帮助 – to assist/aid/to help

报纸 – newspaper

Modal Particles

Modal particles are words that are not a necessary part of a sentence, but usually suggest a ‘mood’. You’ll hear them often in spoken Chinese at the end of a sentence.

吧 is most commonly used to make a suggestion.

For example:

我们走吧 Let’s go!

休息一下吧 Have a rest.

吧 can also be used to agree with something, even if you’re not very happy about it.

For example:

好吧 may be similar to us saying, ‘fine’ when it isn’t really.