Level
HSK 1
The first few hundred words. Short stories built from them, and the grammar that makes a first sentence.
All 302 HSK 1 words, with pinyin, meaning and a recording.
Stories
火车上的朋友
A Friend on the Train
商场里的小事
A Small Thing at the Mall
爸爸的出租车
Dad's Taxi
弟弟看病
Doudou Sees a Doctor
你好，邻居
Hello, Neighbor
我要唱歌
I Have to Sing
妈妈的生日
Mum's Birthday
妈妈的妹妹
Mum's Little Sister
第一次上中文课
My First Chinese Class
门外的人
Someone at the Door
马路对面的包子店
The Bun Shop Across the Road
星期天的电话
The Call From Sunday
我的猫不见了
The Cat Is Gone
火车上的猫
The Cat on the Train
雨里的小狗
The Dog in the Rain
网友
The Online Friend
山上的学生
The Student on the Mountain
星期日的电影
The Sunday Film
半夜的电视
The TV at Midnight
我当老师的一个星期
The Week I Was a Teacher
找错钱
The Wrong Change
今天我做饭
Today I Cook
谁拿了苹果
Who Takes the Apples?
Grammar
个
Number + measure word + noun
什么
Question words (什么/谁/哪儿/几/多少)
时间词
Time words come before the verb
了
Verb + 了 — completed action
V不V
V不V — affirmative-negative questions
不
不 — negation
主谓宾
主谓宾 — subject–verb–object order
也
也 — also
从
从 — from (a starting point)
会
会 — learned ability
吗
吗 — yes/no question
呢
呢 — follow-up question
和
和 — and (connecting nouns)
在
在 + place — location
太…了
太…了 — too / excessively
很
很 + adjective
想
想 — want to
是
是 — to be (A 是 B)
有
有 — to have / existence
没有
没(有) — negation of 有 / past
的
的 — possessive / attributive
能
能 — can / be able
要
要 — want / be going to
请
请 — polite requests
跟
跟／和 — with (together with)
都
都 — all / both
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