HSK 7–9 story
句子的尾巴
jùzi de wěiba
The Tails of Sentences
A linguistics student climbs to a mountain village to record a dying dialect word by word, and finds that its oldest speaker will only give it to her as stories.
- Chapters
- 6
- Characters
- 5,151
- Reading time
- 54 min
- Words in level
- 99.8%
- HSK 7–9 words used
- 120
- Glossed extras
- 4
Measured by script against the HSK 3.0 syllabus, names excluded.
Words to know before you start
The HSK 7–9 words this story uses most. Look at them once — the story will bring them back.
亲眼
qīnyǎn
with one's own eyes; personally
拐杖
guǎizhàng
crutches; crutch; walking stick
书记
shūjì
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
愣
lèng
to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted
空白
kòngbái
blank space
葬礼
zànglǐ
burial; funeral
按钮
ànniǔ
button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action); to push a button
诧异
chàyì
flabbergasted; astonished
答辩
dábiàn
to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
颠簸
diānbǒ
to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence)
Chapters
People and places
- 陈瑜Chén Yú — Chen Yu, a linguistics graduate student
- 陈Chén — Chen, a surname (Chen Yu)
- 杨Yáng — Yang, a surname: the retired village teacher
- 周Zhōu — Zhou, a surname: Chen Yu's supervisor
- 秀英Xiùyīng — Xiuying, an old woman of the village
- 小川Xiǎochuān — Xiaochuan, Teacher Yang's grandson
- 高岩Gāoyán — Gaoyan, a mountain village
- 高岩话Gāoyánhuà — the Gaoyan dialect
Names are underlined in the text, so you can tell them from words.