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HSK 2 Chinese Reading Practice

Stories and articles where at least 9 in 10 words are HSK 2 or below.

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Story series · 2 chapters · 1 min audio each楼下的小饭馆The noodle shop downstairsA new job in a new city. A small noodle shop. An egg nobody ordered.Chapter 1Chapter 2Starts with chapter 1

Story series · 10 chapters · 1 min audio each小侦探妞妞The little detectiveDad’s dumplings. Grandpa’s glasses. The cat’s fish. Things keep vanishing, and seven-year-old Niuniu has a notebook and a lot of questions.Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Starts with chapter 1

All readings at HSK 2

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Story · 1 min audio七点的电话The seven o’clock callEvery evening at seven, Mum calls. Tonight the phone stays quiet.HSK 2

Story series · Chapter 1 of 2 · 1 min audio多出来的鸡蛋One egg too manyA new job in a new city. A small noodle shop. An egg nobody ordered.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio写给二十岁的我A letter to my future selfA ten-year-old writes to herself at twenty. She has one big question. Mum reads the letter first.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio老师桌上的苹果An apple for the teacherAn apple on the teacher’s desk every morning. From Tuesday, one bite missing. On the last day, the teacher has an answer.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio我不舒服How to say I’m sick in ChineseMonday morning. A boy who suddenly feels very ill. A doctor who knows exactly what to prescribe.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio生日快乐Happy birthday in ChineseA big day. Nobody says a word. Then Dad comes home with a cake.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio你想看电影吗？Do you want to see a film?One question. One shy boy. A whole night of practice, and then she asks first.HSK 2

Article · 1 min audio什么颜色？Colours in ChineseA girl paints her family on New Year’s morning. Red for happy days, green for trees. But where is the dog?HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio第一次看见雪Seeing snow for the first timeA boy from the south has never seen snow. Five days in Beijing, one question every morning. And a cup of snow for his best friend.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio公园里的朋友Friends in the parkTwo old men. One chessboard. Three years without a single word, until one morning only one of them comes.HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio五个中文词My first day in ChinaOne flight. One notebook. Five Chinese words. Will they be enough for her first day in China?HSK 2

Story · 1 min audio奶奶的新手机Grandma’s new phoneA new phone. Ten calls in one day. Then nothing at all.HSK 2