Let’s talk later – HSK 2 Reading Practice

In this HSK 2 reading practice, we’ll look at a conversation between two friends trying to make plans. At HSK level 2 you’ll be able to start making basic conversation in Chinese. The phrases below will be great for you to learn so you can practice making conversation in Chinese. 

Before I learned to read stories in Chinese, I first learned “texting” Chinese. Simple phrases that are useful for texting friends in Chinese. You can work short messages like these in your conversations, using a sort of “Chinglish.” It will help you apply what you learn. The more ways that you can use your Chinese the more it will stick. 

Going from HSK 2 to HSK 3 can be one of the quickest jumps that you make. Now that you are getting into the rhythm of learning Chinese, these 150 characters are actually easier to learn than the first 150. If you download the “Du Chinese” app you’ll see that all the words in our readings are underlined based on HSK level. In real conversation and writing characters can be pulled from anywhere. For our readings we base them on skill level, but draw from different levels when needed for the story. 

Suggestion for study: 

  • Turn off pinyin and follow along with the Native audio recording
  • After going through it, turn on pinyin when needed
  • Repeat the phrase, but don’t try to memorize every word
  • Enjoy really reading Chinese! Try out our app to practice and improve quickly

Example Sentences: 

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jīn tiān
今天
今天
jīn tiān
今天 今天
today
wǒ men
我们
我們
wǒ men
我们 我們
we
us
to go
to go to (a place)
kàn
kàn
to look at
to watch
diàn yǐng
电影
電影
diàn yǐng
电影 電影
movie
film
ba
ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...OK?
 
Let’s go watch a movie today.
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wǒ men
我们
我們
wǒ men
我们 我們
we
us
hǎo
hǎo
good
well
very
jiǔ
jiǔ
(long) time
méi
méi
(negative prefix for verbs)
have not
to go
to go to (a place)
lǚ yóu
旅游
旅遊
lǚ yóu
旅游 旅遊
tourism
travel
le
le
(completed action marker)
 
jīn nián
今年
今年
jīn nián
今年 今年
this year
qiū tiān
秋天
秋天
qiū tiān
秋天 秋天
autumn
wǒ men
我们
我們
wǒ men
我们 我們
we
us
to go
to go to (a place)
rì běn
日本
日本
rì běn
日本 日本
Japan
wán
wán
to play
ba
ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...OK?
 
We haven’t traveled in a long time. Let’s travel to Japan this fall!
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If you’d like another HSK 2 level reading practice try this lesson

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