Would you like to improve your Chinese while reading great stories? Now you can!

Du Chinese is launching a graded reading project where we rewrite famous stories into graded Chinese lessons. The stories are graded in accordance with HSK levels, to make the reading experience consistent and suitable for extensive reading.

As always, you can easily look up words and view the English translation if you get stuck. All our stories have voice recordings by natural speakers that you can listen to while following along with the text.

You can now read all our short stories for free until July 14, and we would love to hear your feedback.

We’re starting off our graded reading project with our HSK 3 level renditions of some of O. Henry’s best short stories. O. Henry is an American short story writer known for being able to write an intriguing story in a limited amount of text.

Intermediate

HSK 3

The Gift of the Magi

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Intermediate

HSK 3

Vanity And Some Sables

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Intermediate

HSK 3

The Last Leaf

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Intermediate

HSK 3

More stories coming soon

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We would love to hear what you think about this new project. Let us know your thoughts by sending an email to feedback@sinamon.org.

Our short stories are also available in the Du Chinese app for iOS and Android.

On Android, you will find our short stories under “Courses” in the “Lessons” tab.

On iOS, you will find our short stories in the section called “Short Stories” in the “Lessons” tab.

Note: If you don't see the short stories in the app, check your filter settings to make sure that you are not filtering them out.