{"id":155,"date":"2020-02-21T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duchinese.net\/blog-wp\/2020\/02\/21\/90-chinese-reading-practice-for-beginners\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:38:10","slug":"90-chinese-reading-practice-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duchinese.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/90-chinese-reading-practice-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Reading Practice for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading Chinese at a beginner level can take patience and effort, but with the right practice readings you can quickly improve your reading skills. You probably know how to read more Chinese than you realize. There is something powerful about reading sentences and stories in Chinese that helps you jumpstart your language learning. Try reading this sentence:<\/p>\n

\u4f60\u597d,\u6211\u7231\u4f60.
\n\u518d\u89c1\uff0c\u6211\u4e0d\u7231\u4f60.<\/p>\n

How did it go? If you could read this, great! You are definitely ready to jump into the Du Chinese app and practice reading our beginner level materials. Didn\u2019t know what it said? You could probably use some help such as pinyin or pronunciation assistance as you\u2019re going. Try the following beginner level reading practices which will include help when you need it:<\/p>\n

HSK 1 Reading Practice<\/h3>\n

Chatting About Friends<\/a>
\nTwo Words for “Can”<\/a>
\nDo you have WeChat?<\/a>
\nHow much is this?”<\/a>
\nLili’s siblings”<\/a><\/p>\n

HSK 2 Reading Practice<\/h3>\n

How to Give Commands in Chinese<\/a>
\nLet’s Talk Later<\/a>
\nDo you have a charger?<\/a>
\nDoes your room need cleaning?<\/a>
\nBust to the library<\/a><\/p>\n

Once you have gone through those practice readings, try and read some more of the stories that are linked to continue your progress. If you go to our lessons page<\/a> you will find access to more readings at the \u201cnewbie\u201d and \u201cbeginner\u201d levels that will give you a chance to improve your Chinese. You got this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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