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title: "Chinese Short Stories for Beginners with Pinyin and Audio (HSK 1 and 2) | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Free Chinese short stories for beginners at HSK 1 and 2, with pinyin, audio and an English line for every sentence. Tap any word for its meaning."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Chinese Short Stories for Beginners

Free HSK 1 and 2 stories, each with pinyin, audio and an English line for every sentence.

## Choose a levelRead at your level

Every reading sits at the level where most of its words are taught

[**All**](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/short-stories-for-beginners) [**HSK 1**21 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/short-stories-for-beginners?level=1) [**HSK 2**49 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/short-stories-for-beginners?level=2)**HSK 3**0 readings**HSK 4**0 readings**HSK 5**0 readings**HSK 6**0 readings**HSK 7–9**0 readings

[**十两饺子**How to order dumplings in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-order-dumplings-in-chinese)

[**我的书在哪儿？**Where is my book?HSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/where-is-my-book-location-words-in-chinese)

[**小猫杯子**The birthday present that came backHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/easy-chinese-story-birthday-present)

[**爸爸的晚安**How to say good morning and good night in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-good-morning-and-good-night-in-chinese)

[**你是哪里人？**How to say where are you from in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-where-are-you-from-in-chinese)

[**爸爸交朋友**How to make friends in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-make-friends-in-chinese)

[**你妈妈做什么工作？**How to talk about your job in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-talk-about-your-job-in-chinese)

[**女儿画妈妈**Body parts in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/body-parts-in-chinese)

[**我爸爸很高**How to describe people in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-describe-people-in-chinese)

[**我要随便**What does 随便 meanHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-does-suibian-mean)

[**我有女朋友了**How to say friend in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-friend-in-chinese)

[**我不困**How to say I'm sleepy and I'm thirsty in ChineseHSK 1 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-im-sleepy-and-im-thirsty-in-chinese)

## How the levels work

Each reading sits at the HSK level where most of its words are taught: at least 9 in 10 of its words are on the official HSK word list (2025 syllabus) at or below that level.