HSK 5 reading handouts
68 readings written for HSK 5. Open one, choose pinyin or none, and print.
- 天上的北斗Article · What is BeiDou, China’s GPS? · 325 characters
- 五月十二日的演练Article · What to do in an earthquake in China · 338 characters
- 一条线，两种冬天Article · Why is there no heating in southern China? · 348 characters
- 年轻人为什么去寺庙？Article · Why are young Chinese people going to temples? · 383 characters
- 救出悟空Chapter 10 · Freed from the Mountain · 860 characters
- 紧箍咒Chapter 11 · The Tightening Spell · 885 characters
- 白龙马Chapter 12 · The White Dragon Horse · 886 characters
- 火烧观音院Chapter 13 · Fire at Guanyin Temple · 863 characters
- 黑熊精Chapter 14 · The Black Bear Demon · 850 characters
- 猪八戒Chapter 15 · Pigsy Joins · 834 characters
- 沙和尚Chapter 16 · Sandy of the Flowing Sand River · 869 characters
- 唐僧取经Chapter 9 · The Monk Sets Out · 862 characters
- 美猴王Chapter 1 · The Handsome Monkey King · 855 characters
- 拜师学艺Chapter 2 · A Teacher Across the Sea · 1,054 characters
- 七十二变Chapter 3 · Seventy-Two Changes · 949 characters
- 龙宫借宝Chapter 4 · The Dragon King’s Treasure · 1,017 characters
- 大闹地府Chapter 5 · Trouble in the Underworld · 926 characters
- 齐天大圣Chapter 6 · Great Sage Equal to Heaven · 931 characters
- 大闹天宫Chapter 7 · Havoc in Heaven · 834 characters
- 五行山下Chapter 8 · Under the Five-Element Mountain · 980 characters
- 草船借箭Story · Borrowing arrows with straw boats · 788 characters
- 庄周梦蝶Story · Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, and what it means · 743 characters
- 曹冲称象Story · How Cao Chong weighed an elephant · 378 characters
- 重阳节是什么节？Article · What is the Double Ninth Festival? · 561 characters
- 中国的龙为什么不喷火？Article · What does the Chinese dragon mean? · 637 characters
- 饺子为什么像元宝？Article · Why do Chinese dumplings look like gold ingots? · 546 characters
- 空城计Story · The Empty Fort Strategy: Zhuge Liang's famous bluff · 765 characters
- 紫禁城为什么叫紫禁城？Article · Why is it called the Forbidden City? · 618 characters
- 高考是什么？Article · What is the gaokao? · 606 characters
- 1985年的信Story · The letter from grandpa: a Chinese short story · 632 characters
- 爷爷的收音机Story · Grandpa's radio · 549 characters
- 后羿射日Story · Hou Yi shoots the nine suns · 620 characters
- 胡同是什么？Article · What is a Beijing hutong? · 653 characters
- 精卫填海Story · Jingwei fills the sea · 577 characters
- 夸父追日Story · Kuafu chases the sun · 590 characters
- 腊八节是什么节？Article · What is the Laba Festival? · 548 characters
- 一片草叶Story · Lu Ban and the saw: a Chinese legend · 569 characters
- “躺平”是什么意思？Article · What does 躺平 (lying flat) mean? · 507 characters
- 孟姜女哭长城Story · Lady Meng Jiang cries down the Great Wall · 659 characters
- 女娲补天Story · Nüwa mends the sky · 566 characters
- 盘古开天Story · Pangu separates the sky and the earth · 527 characters
- 红色和白色在中国代表什么？Article · What colours mean in China: red for luck, white for funerals · 512 characters
- 拼音是谁发明的？Article · Who invented pinyin? The story of Zhou Youguang · 579 characters
- 豆腐是谁发明的？Article · Who invented tofu? The legend of Liu An · 554 characters
- 王羲之和《兰亭序》Article · Wang Xizhi and the Orchid Pavilion Preface · 661 characters
- 纸是蔡伦发明的吗？Article · Who invented paper? Cai Lun and the older paper · 571 characters
- 西施Story · Xi Shi, the first of the Four Beauties · 576 characters
- 赵州桥Article · Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel arch · 640 characters
- 郑和是谁？Article · Who was Zheng He? China's admiral of the treasure ships · 526 characters
- 中国人的名字有什么讲究？Article · How do Chinese names work? · 624 characters
- 怎么吃火锅Story · How to eat hot pot in China · 323 characters
- 中国人为什么爱喝热水？Article · Why do Chinese people drink hot water? · 571 characters
- 楼道里的灯Story · The stairwell light · 621 characters
- 欢迎光临Chapter 1 · The first night shift · 603 characters
- 一百分Chapter 10 · Full marks · 507 characters
- 三个萝卜Chapter 2 · The taxi driver’s three radishes · 553 characters
- 十分钟Chapter 3 · The nurse who sleeps for ten minutes · 542 characters
- 两个饭团Chapter 4 · The old man who buys two rice balls · 545 characters
- 无人便利店Chapter 8 · The unstaffed convenience store · 522 characters
- 最后一夜Chapter 9 · The last night · 553 characters
- 中国人为什么怕数字四？Article · Why is 4 unlucky in China? · 526 characters
- 为什么中国只有一个时区？Article · Why does China have only one time zone? · 858 characters
- 塞翁失马Story · The old man who lost his horse · 546 characters
- 守株待兔Story · Waiting for a rabbit by the tree stump · 360 characters
- 广场舞为什么这么火？Article · Why do Chinese aunties dance in public squares? · 592 characters
- 明天的购物单Story · Tomorrow’s Shopping List · 461 characters
- 把手上的蓝线Chapter 1 · The blue thread · 419 characters
- 原来是这一把Chapter 2 · The right one, after all · 379 characters