Mandarin Sprout
HSK learning path
0-day streak
40 original HSK 1 lessons
Stage 1 · Lesson 5

The group's first character board

Say what language you study and follow listening, speaking, reading and writing instructions.

17 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/40 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

林老师
我们wǒ men在zài学校xué xiào学xué汉语hàn yǔ。请qǐng看kàn这个zhè ge汉字hàn zì。

We study Mandarin at school. Look at this character.

安安
老师lǎo shī,这个zhè ge字zì怎么zěn me读dú?

Teacher, how do we read this character?

林老师
先xiān听tīng我wǒ说shuō,再zài跟gēn我wǒ读dú。

Listen to me first, then read after me.

小禾
我wǒ会huì读dú,也yě会huì写xiě。

I can read it and write it.

安安
我wǒ会huì说shuō一点儿yī diǎn ér中文zhōng wén,还hái在zài学习xué xí写xiě汉字hàn zì。

I can speak a little Chinese and am still learning to write characters.

林老师
老师lǎo shī教jiāo,学生xué shēng学xué。我们wǒ men一yī起qǐ学习xué xí。

Teachers teach, and students learn. We learn together.

Extension reading

这zhè是shì中文zhōng wén课kè。安ān安ān看kàn汉字hàn zì,小xiǎo禾hé读dú汉字hàn zì。

This is a Chinese class. An An looks at the characters, and Xiao He reads them.

看kàn、听tīng、说shuō、读dú、写xiě,我们wǒ men一yī起qǐ学xué。

We learn to look, listen, speak, read and write together.

林lín老师lǎo shī教jiāo安ān安ān写xiě字zì,安ān安ān学xué写xiě“小xiǎo”和hé“人rén”。

Teacher Lin teaches An An to write; she practises 小 and 人.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

再 zài
again; then
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