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title: "只会做鸡蛋 | HSK 1 Chinese story: Dad can only cook eggs | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Chapter 1 of an HSK 1 story series. Mum is away for a week, Dad says he can cook, and dinner is three dishes, all of them eggs."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/hsk-1-chinese-story-dad-can-only-cook-eggs"
published: "2026-11-12"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

Chapter 1

# 只会做鸡蛋

HSK 1 Chinese story: Dad can only cook eggs

我叫小云，今年七岁。

星期一早上，妈妈去北京。她在北京工作七天。

妈妈问爸爸：“这七天，谁做饭？”

爸爸说：“我！我会做饭。”

妈妈看了看爸爸，没说话。她对我说：“有事打电话。”

晚上六点，爸爸去做饭了。我坐在椅子上看书。

我听见爸爸说：“没事，没事！”

七点，爸爸说：“吃饭了！”桌子上有米饭，还有三个菜。我看了看：鸡蛋，鸡蛋，还有鸡蛋。

“爸爸，家里只有鸡蛋吗？”

爸爸说：“不是。我只会做鸡蛋。”

我吃了一口。我说：“好吃！”爸爸很高兴。

晚上九点，妈妈打电话来了。她问：“小云，今天吃了什么？”

我说：“三个菜！”

“三个菜？你爸爸真好！”

我没说三个菜都是鸡蛋。

爸爸听见了。他说：“明天，我做面条！”

我想：明天的面条里，也有鸡蛋吗？

**227 characters** in this chapter

**Chapter 2 is on its way.** Get it the morning it’s out.

HSK 1 · 1 min audio**我很忙**

[Next reading 我很忙](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-im-busy-in-chinese)

[Back to the series](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/dad-cooks-for-a-week)

## Words in this chapter

- [只有zhǐyǒuto have only](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%89)
- [我wǒI](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%88%91)
- [叫jiàoto be called](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AB)
- [今年jīnniánthis year](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%8A%E5%B9%B4)
- [七qīseven](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%83)
- [岁suìyears old](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B2%81)
- [早上zǎoshangmorning](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%97%A9%E4%B8%8A)
- [妈妈māmamom](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A6%88%E5%A6%88)
- [去qùto go](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8E%BB)
- [她tāshe](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A5%B9)
- [在zài(preposition) at](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9C%A8)
- [工作gōngzuòto work](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C)
- [天tiānday](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A9)
- [问wènto ask](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%97%AE)
- [爸爸bàbadad](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8)
- [这zhèthis](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%99)

## Grammar in this chapter

- [**verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long)**for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [**verb + 了 + verb**… briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)