HSK 1 Reading Practice

A staple for beginners learning any language is being able to say “what will you do today?”.

A Chinese reading article talking about going to the zoo (动物园)!

A food-based conversation in today’s Chinese reading article.

This beginner’s Mandarin dialogue will teach you how to introduce people to your family.

This dialogue is talking about height – if you ever travel around China you might be asked this quite a lot.

A simple beginner’s Chinese dialogue. Learn the names of various vegetables (蔬菜).

A short Chinese dialogue introducing a very useful question: 今天天气怎么样 meaning” What’s the weather like today?”.

A short Chinese dialogue about making plans to play football (足球).

Learn how to talk about your favorite subjects (科目) in this beginner’s dialogue.

大卫 is David in Chinese. Non-Chinese names are commonly given phonetical translations.

This beginner’s reading article talks about likes and dislikes.

亚历山大 is the name “Alexander”. Find out more about Alexander in today’s Chinese reading article!

艾米 is the name “Amy” and 吉姆 is how people say “Jim” in Chinese.

A passage about going to school. Read slowly before answering the comprehension questions below.

This Chinese reading describes Mr Brown’s life, and his garden.

After reading the Mandarin dialogue below, you will be able to invite your friends to the movies (电影).

Mandarin reading article at a HSK 1 level. Learn important sentence structures for Chinese beginners.

Talk about your house and the items contained within in today’s reading article for beginners.

A longer beginner’s dialogue today to help push your Chinese along.

Basketball (篮球) is very popular in China, with cities having many basketball courts (篮球场)

In this Chinese dialogue, a father and son make plans to go to Beijing (北京).

Learn how to talk about lunch (午饭) plans.

Learn about the schooling in China where classes tend to be a lot larger: with upwards of 70 students in a class.

Family (家庭) is important! Learn how to introduce your family by learning from this Chinese article.

A chinese dialogue about booking a doctor’s appointment.

Talking about weather is important.

This Chinese dialogue has some key vocabulary: computer (电脑), TV (电视), and TV program (电视节目) .

No one likes having a fever (发烧). Learn some other key words such as hospital (医院) in today’s beginner reading.

Learn some basic facts about China in this beginner’s Mandarin passage.

The Chinese flag was adopted on October 1, 1949.

Talking about favourite animals in this Chinese dialogue. Personally, I like cats (猫).

One of the most common questions you will hear travelling around China is “Where are you from?”

小明：小红，你星期六想去玩儿吗？

A short Chinese article about Baidu. It is China’s most popular search engine.

A HSK 1 Mandarin dialogue discussing what you want to become once you are older.

A Chinese dialogue about heading home for a day. The dialogue continues at HSK 2 and HSK 3 level. The conversation has an informal tone.

This Mandarin dialogue contains key sentence structures you’ll repeatedly hear in Chinese conversations.

Learn how to ask if someone has time, or if someone is busy. Great for making plans.