HSK 3 Texts
Build longer answers and more natural Chinese patterns.
HSK 3 texts help you move beyond short exchanges into connected everyday situations: plans, comparisons, results, directions, conditions, passive meaning, and short personal explanations.
Should you start HSK 3?
Try listening to several texts from the final HSK 2 lessons. If you can understand the main meaning comfortably and answer simple questions about them, you are probably ready to start HSK 3.
How to study HSK 3 texts
HSK 3 is where students begin building longer, more flexible answers. Use each text to train listening, reading, grammar awareness, pronunciation, and controlled output. Each lesson also connects to the matching grammar lesson, so you can check the structure before practicing.
Listen first
Catch the topic, speakers, key actions, and repeated sentence patterns.
Read with support
Use Pinyin, English translation, and sentence analysis to check meaning.
Check grammar
Open the linked grammar lesson when a sentence pattern feels unclear.
Shadow aloud
Follow the audio and copy the rhythm, tones, and longer phrase groups.
Practice and imitate
Do the practice and sentence flashcards until you can say the same sentences.
HSK 3 lesson map
Start with the free trial lesson, then continue in order. Each part includes audio, Chinese text, Pinyin and English translation support, and sentence analysis.
Lesson 1
周末你有什么打算？
What's your plan for the weekend?
Topics: weekend plans, exam review, travel choices, hiking
Key structures: result complement 好; complete negation 一...也/都不/没; 那 for result; compound directional complements
Lesson 2
他什么时候回来？
When will he come back?
Topics: phone messages, rain, umbrellas, weight and habits
Key structures: simple directional complements; immediate sequence V1了...就V2; rhetorical questions with 能...吗
Lesson 3
桌子上放着很多饮料
There are plenty of drinks on the table
Topics: weather, shopping, fruit, drinks
Key structures: 还是 / 或者; location word + V着 + NP; possibility with 会...的
Lesson 4
她总是笑着跟客人说话
She always smiles when talking to customers
Topics: photos, classmates, customers, service staff
Key structures: 又...又...; V1着(O1) + V2(O2)
Lesson 5
我最近越来越胖了
I am getting fatter and fatter lately
Topics: health, medicine, seasons, clothes, body changes
Key structures: 了 for change; 越来越 + adjective / mental verb
Lesson 6
怎么突然找不到了？
Why are they suddenly missing?
Topics: missing items, homework, invitations, sleep advice
Key structures: potential complements V + 不/得 + complement; 刚 vs 刚才
Lesson 7
我跟她都认识五年了
I've known her for five years
Topics: work history, music, marriage, punctuality
Key structures: duration of an action; 对...有/感兴趣; time words in sentences
Lesson 8
你去哪儿我就去哪儿
I'll go wherever you go
Topics: housing, farewell gifts, cafe choices, lifestyle
Key structures: 又 vs 再; flexible interrogative pronouns: X就X patterns
Lesson 9
她的汉语说得跟中国人一样好
She speaks Chinese like a native
Topics: Chinese progress, sweets, climbing, recovery
Key structures: parallel change 越A越B; equal comparisons A 跟 B 一样
Lesson 10
数学比历史难多了
Math is much harder than history
Topics: height, subjects, moving, housing comparison
Key structures: unequal comparisons with 比 and 没有; approximate numbers with adjacent numbers
Lesson 11
别忘了把空调关了
Don't forget to turn off the air conditioner
Topics: classroom reminders, meetings, meals, computers
Key structures: 把 sentence; approximate numbers with 左右
Lesson 12
把重要的东西放在我这儿吧
Leave the important items with me
Topics: sleep schedule, packing, airport trouble, study habits
Key structures: 就 vs 才; 把 sentence; 还是 / 或者
Lesson 13
我是走回来的
I walked back
Topics: gifts, old classmates, TV habits, family life
Key structures: compound directional complements; 一边...一边...; strong degree 极了/坏了/得很
Lesson 14
你把水果拿过来
Please bring the fruit here
Topics: cleaning, phone calls, moon-viewing, recipes
Key structures: 把 sentence; sequence with 先, 再/又, 然后
Lesson 15
其他都没什么问题
The rest of them are all OK
Topics: homework feedback, competitions, online life, festivals
Key structures: 除了...以外，都/还/也; 什么 for indefinite reference; strong degree 极了/坏了/得很
Lesson 16
我现在累得下了班就想睡觉
I am so tired that I only want to sleep after work
Topics: city life, children, health, relationships
Key structures: 如果...(的话)，就...; degree complement with 得; adjective reduplication
Lesson 17
谁都有办法看好你的“病”
Everybody has a way to cure your "disease"
Topics: leave requests, relationships, hobbies, exercise advice
Key structures: disyllabic verb reduplication; interrogative pronouns for everyone/everything/everywhere; 为了; 从...起; 根据
Lesson 18
我相信他们会同意的
I believe they'll agree
Topics: borrowing money, pets, job interviews, culture
Key structures: sufficient condition 只要...就...; introducing a topic with 关于
Lesson 19
你没看出来吗？
Didn't you recognize him?
Topics: appearance, photos, children, travel narration
Key structures: directional/resultative meanings with 起来/上去/出来; pivotal sentences with 使/让/叫; 下来/下去 for state change
Lesson 20
我被他影响了
I've been influenced by him
Topics: lost items, influence, twins, problem solving
Key structures: passive sentences 被/叫/让; 起来/上去/出来; viewpoints with 看来/对...来说; only condition 只有...才...
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