17 New HSK word(s): 3 先 early/ prior/ former/ in advance/ first 3 向 direction/ orientation/ to face/ to turn toward/ to/ towards/ shortly before/ formerly/ to side with/ to be partial to/ all along (previously)/ surname Xiang 3 过去 (in the) past/ former/ previous/ to go over/ to pass by 3 以前 before/ formerly/ previous/ ago 3 旧 old/ opposite: new 新/ former/ worn (with age) 4 演员 actor or actress/ performer/ CL:個|个[ge4];位[wei4];名[ming2] 4 原来 original/ former/ originally/ formerly/ at first/ so... actually 4 尝 to taste/ flavor/ (past tense marker)/ already/ formerly/ ever/ once/ test 5 武术 military skill or technique (in former times)/ all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)/ self-defense/ tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)/ also called kungfu 功夫/ CL:種|种[zhong3] 5 从前 previously/ formerly/ once upon a time 5 曾经 once/ already/ former/ previously/ ever/ (past tense marker used before verb or clause) 6 昔日 formerly/ in olden days 6 原先 former/ original 6 制服 to subdue/ to check/ to bring under control/ (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status/ uniform (army; party; school etc)/ livery (for company employees)/ CL:套[tao4] 6 往常 habitually in the past/ as one used to do formerly/ as it used to be 6 往事 past events/ former happenings 6 以往 in the past/ formerly

8 Old HSK word(s): A N 从前 * cong2qian2 vorher,früher, einstmals A N 以前 * yi3qian2 vorher,in der Vergangenheit A VS 原来 * yuan2lai2 ursprünglich B N 演员 * yan3yuan2 Schauspieler,Darsteller C VS 原先 * yuan2xian1 früher, ursprünglich, eigentlich D n;VS;Conj 故 * gu4 1. Fall, Ereignis, Vorfall 2. Ursache, Grund 3. mit Absicht, absichtlich, vorsätzlich 4. ehemalig, einstig, früher 5.Freund, Bekanntschaft 6. sterben D N 往年 * wang3nian2 in den früheren (od. letzten, vergangenen) Jahren D N 往日 * wang3ri4 früher,zu früherer Zeit, in der Vergangenheit

8 OLD_HSK Thai word(s):