HSK 2 Reading Practice

A reading article in Mandarin Chinese aimed at beginners.

A short Chinese passage talking about the writer’s least favourite seasons.

This Chinese article introduces lots of different colours.

A short Chinese passage about time.

In this Chinese article, pay attention to the measure words used.

This Chinese article is a conversation between a shop assistant (售货员) and customer (顾客).

A Mandarin dialogue talking about and describing pets.

A Chinese dialogue between two friends. Learn how to talk about quantities of items.

This is a longer Chinese dialogue for beginners. Don’t be put off by it’s length; work through slowly and carefully.

Head to the supermarket (超市) in today’s beginner Chinese dialogue.

What will you do after shool? This is the subject of today’s short beginner dialogue.

A short beginner’s Chinese reading about a kitten.

A Mandarin dialogue between a mother and son at the zoo (动物园).

Learn how to talk about your family in today’s Mandarin reading article.

This beginner’s Chinese passage is about buying fruit.

Learn to describe your day in Mandarin Chinese.

Read this article and learn how to introduce yourself in Chinese!

大白 “Big White” is the Chinese name given to Baymax, the robot from Big Hero 6. In this Chinese article, someone has given this name to their cat.

Learn how to ask someone what they aspire to do, or what their dream is!

美团外卖 is a company that delivers food in China. You can review delivery drivers and give them one to five stars for their service. It is very common to give 5 stars (五星).

Find the meaning of happiness by reading this beginner’s Chinese article.

Today’s Mandarin article is talking about animals at the zoo.

Read about cooking (做饭) and favourite foods in this beginner Chinese article.

Another beginner’s Mandarin dialogue. This time talking about schools (学校).

This beginner’s Chinese dialogue talks about forgetting things.

Today’s Chinese article looks at common items to have in a bedroom.

Today’s beginner dialogue teaches some vital sentences to use when shopping (买东西).

Chinese idioms are called 成语.

Birthdays (生日) are the topic of this Chinese dialogue.

A dialogue talking about where vehicles are to be found.

This article is about the Chinese idiom 画蛇添足. Most Chinese idioms are composed of 4 characters.

This Chinese dialogue is about making a snowman (雪人). Learn some colours and body parts at the same time!

Tests (考试) are a big part of school life in China.

The Qinling Huaihe line is used to distinguish between North and South China.

快五月了，天气越来越热了，夏天也快到了。

Buying items at a shop is a very important thing for beginners to learn.

Learn some directions and bearings such as: North (北), East (东), South (南), and West(西).

China has lots of places to visit; from the cold Harbin (哈尔滨) to the sunny Hainan Islands (海南岛).

Dumplings (饺子) are staple food in China.

A beginner’s version of the Tortoise (乌龟) and the Hare (兔子).

An article about WeChat and its prevalence in Chinese society. In WeChat terminology: stickers are gifs that can be sent in conversations to convey emotions.

This Chinese dialogue is quite informal.

Continuing from the HSK 1 dialogue: this is what happens after staying home for a week. The dialogue concludes at HSK 3 level. The conversation has an informal tone.

This Chinese dialogue has lots of useful sentences to be learnt! It’s a fairly informal conversation.

Poor Xiaoming is late to work, but why?

Want to go to the zoo to see pandas? Learn how to invite people to go with you. Happy studying!