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HSK 6 listening comprehension

Hear a short HSK 6 story read by a native narrator, without the text. Answer three questions, then read what was said.

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HSK 1 · Now hear it in a real story

十两饺子 How to order dumplings in Chinese

莎拉来中国的第三天,她想一个人去吃饺子。

饭馆很小,人很多。

莎拉坐下说:“我要饺子!”

老板问:“几两?”

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Some of the 9 HSK 6 stories you may hear

  • 雨后的气味从哪里来? · 307 characters · about 1 min
    水滴碰到带有小孔的表面时,会发生什么? What happens when a water drop hits a surface with small holes?
  • 嫦娥奔月 · 590 characters · about 2 min
    后羿为什么没有吃王母娘娘送的仙药? Why didn't Hou Yi eat the immortality medicine from the Queen Mother?
  • 牛的舌头 · 534 characters · about 2 min
    农民早上来县里,为什么哭? Why was the farmer crying when he came to the county office in the morning?
  • 家族群里都有什么? · 569 characters · about 2 min
    在微信红包的规矩里,谁要接着发红包? According to the unwritten rule about red packets, who sends the next one?
  • 中文为什么要用量词? · 606 characters · about 3 min
    在古书里,人们怎么说“三个人”? In ancient books, how did people say "three people"?
  • 伯乐和千里马 · 621 characters · about 3 min
    老马拉着盐车走到半山腰,发生了什么事? What happened when the old horse reached halfway up the mountain?

How does this listening comprehension practice work?

Press Play and listen to a whole short story written for HSK 6, read by a native narrator, with the text hidden. Then answer three questions about it, one press each. You see how much you understood and can read the story, tapping any word for its pinyin and meaning.

Can I hear it again?

Yes. Replay it as often as you like before and while you answer. Start on Slow (three quarters of the speed, same pitch), and switch to Normal when you get all three right.

Which level should I pick?

Start one level below your reading level: understanding by ear is harder than reading. Go down a level when you miss most questions, and up when you get them all.

Where are the stories from?

Every story is a whole reading from our Library, written for its HSK level and read by one of two native narrators, a woman’s voice and a man’s. Its three questions are the ones at the end of the reading.

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Stories, voices and questions from our Library readings. Nothing is kept.