---
title: "Family | Chinese Reading Practice with Audio | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Parents, grandparents and the family table: how Chinese families talk to each other."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

# Family

Parents, grandparents and the family table: how Chinese families talk to each other.

## Choose a levelRead at your level

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

[**All**](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family) [**HSK 1**5 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=1) [**HSK 2**14 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=2) [**HSK 3**9 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=3) [**HSK 4**4 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=4) [**HSK 5**2 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=5) [**HSK 6**4 readings](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/topics/family?level=6)**HSK 7–9**0 readings

[**七点的电话**The seven o’clock callHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/seven-oclock-call)

[**为什么中国人过年要给红包？**Why do Chinese people give red envelopes?HSK 4 · Article](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/why-do-chinese-people-give-red-envelopes)

[**什么是春运？**What is Chunyun, China’s Spring Festival travel rush?HSK 6 · Article](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-chunyun-chinese-new-year-travel-rush)

[**我的房间**My RoomHSK 4 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/my-room)

[**生日快乐**Happy birthday in ChineseHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/happy-birthday-in-chinese)

[**奶奶的新手机**Grandma’s new phoneHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-new-phone-easy-chinese-story)

[**姐姐说热，妹妹说冷**Hot or cold? Chinese oppositesHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-opposites-hot-or-cold)

[**你几岁？**How to ask someone’s age in ChineseHSK 2 · Article](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-ask-age-in-chinese)

[**我只吃米饭**I only eat riceHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/easy-chinese-story-about-food)

[**谁吃了爸爸的饺子？**Who ate Dad’s dumplings?HSK 2 · Chapter 1](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/who-ate-dads-dumplings)

[**妈妈的电话**Mum’s Sunday call: a phone conversation in ChineseHSK 3 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-phone-conversation-with-mum)

[**你家有几口人？**My family in ChineseHSK 2 · Story](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/family-members-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. Not sure of yours? Take a free practice test: [HSK 1 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-1-practice-test), [HSK 2 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-2-practice-test), [HSK 3 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-3-practice-test), [HSK 4 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-4-practice-test), [HSK 5 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-5-practice-test), [HSK 6 practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/hsk-6-practice-test), or see [every HSK practice test](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/hsk-practice-tests).

## Reading Chinese

Why reading at your level works: [comprehensible input](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/comprehensible-input-chinese). How fast you read: the [reading speed test](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-reading-speed-test). How the Library compares with [Du Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/du-chinese), [The Chairman’s Bao](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/the-chairmans-bao), [LingQ](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/lingq) and [Language Reactor](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/language-reactor).