HSK 1-6 Texts
Build Chinese listening and reading step by step.
Each HSK level includes audio, Chinese text, Pinyin+English translation support, and sentence analysis. Work through real textbook dialogues and passages, then use them for shadowing, imitation, and output practice.
How to use these texts
Use each text as a listening and speaking practice cycle. First listen without reading, then read with support, shadow the audio, and finally practice by imitating useful sentences.
Listen first
Try to understand the main idea before looking at the text.
Read with support
Use Pinyin, English translation, and sentence analysis to check meaning.
Shadow aloud
Read along with the audio to train rhythm, tones, and fluency.
Practice and imitate
Borrow useful sentence patterns and use them in your own speaking or writing.
Which level should I start with?
Try listening to a few texts from the level you are considering. If you can understand the final lessons of that level comfortably, you are probably ready to move to the next level. A placement test will be added later.
Choose your HSK level
Each level has a different learning job. Lower levels help you build basic sentence reactions. Higher levels help you understand longer passages, viewpoints, and more formal Chinese.
HSK 1 Texts
15 lessons · 41 lesson parts
Start with greetings, names, family, time, simple questions, and everyday sentence patterns. Good for complete beginners who want to move from single words to full basic sentences.
- Basic sentences
- Short dialogues
- Beginner listening
HSK 2 Texts
15 lessons · 60 lesson parts
Build longer everyday conversations around travel, daily routines, shopping, weather, hobbies, and simple personal experiences. This level helps you connect basic sentences into natural short exchanges.
- Everyday exchanges
- Longer expressions
- Useful responses
HSK 3 Texts
20 lessons · 80 lesson parts
Practice handling real-life tasks in Chinese: making plans, asking for help, talking about study, work, health, relationships, and changes in daily life.
- Life tasks
- Longer dialogues
- Practical communication
HSK 4 Texts
20 lessons · 100 lesson parts
Move into richer stories and opinions. Topics include love, life choices, habits, travel, work, and personal growth, with more connected speech and clearer emotional expression.
- Stories
- Opinions
- Connected speech
HSK 5 Texts
36 lessons · 36 passages
Read full passages about culture, relationships, life choices, society, history, and problem-solving. This level trains you to understand structure, viewpoints, and more formal written Chinese.
- Full passages
- Viewpoints
- Formal expressions
HSK 6 Texts
40 lessons · 40 passages
Work with advanced texts on family, education, society, technology, business, culture, and abstract ideas. This level helps you read, discuss, and think in more sophisticated Chinese.
- Advanced reading
- Abstract topics
- Discussion skills
What every text helps you practice
Listening comprehension
Train your ear before relying on the written text.
Reading fluency
Use Chinese text and support to understand sentence by sentence.
Pronunciation and shadowing
Follow the audio to improve tones, rhythm, and natural pacing.
Vocabulary in context
Learn words inside real sentences instead of memorizing isolated lists.
Sentence imitation
Notice useful patterns and reuse them in your own Chinese.
Output practice
Use the text as a model for speaking, answering, or writing at your level.
Want real speaking practice?
If you want feedback from a real teacher, book a private lesson with Yuli and practice the texts through listening, shadowing, correction, and conversation.