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Story · 1 min audio十两饺子How to order dumplings in ChineseOne hungry student. One question she half understands. Sixty dumplings.HSK 1

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 1

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 1

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 1

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 1

Article · 1 min audio新年快乐，过年好！How to say happy new year in ChineseTwo new years. Two ways to say it. One very long night at a Chinese family’s table.HSK 1

Story · 1 min audio姐姐说热，妹妹说冷Hot or cold? Chinese oppositesTwo sisters. One says hot, the other says cold. Can they agree on anything at all?HSK 1

Story · 1 min audio多少钱？How much is it?One fruit stall. Two numbers that sound almost the same. A notebook to the rescue.HSK 1

Article · 1 min audio你几岁？How to ask someone’s age in ChineseA five-year-old with one favourite question. A grandpa who laughs. And a mum who is always eighteen.HSK 1

Story · 1 min audio我只吃米饭I only eat riceA five-year-old who eats nothing but rice. A grandma with a plan. One very green bowl.HSK 1

Story · 1 min audio学用筷子Learning to use chopsticksA first dinner at a Chinese friend’s home. Chopsticks that will not behave. A three-year-old teacher with a secret.HSK 1

Story series · Chapter 1 of 10 · 1 min audio谁吃了爸爸的饺子？Who ate Dad’s dumplings?Dad’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.HSK 1