Learn Mandarin Chinese Through Interesting Stories -HSK1

A little girl cries by the roadside as a policeman asks what happened and who her parents are. It offers basic Chinese phrases for asking names, like 你爸爸叫什么 and 你妈妈叫什么.

Explore how the character 迷 uses a road-like left part and a right part that extends in all directions to convey getting lost and confusion, pronounced me me.

Learn to draw the Chinese character 失 in a beginner Mandarin course that uses interesting stories for HSK1.

Watch how a mother and daughter wash plates together, using the 一起 structure before 洗盘子, and learn about 打破盘子的声音 with 的 and 是…的 emphasis for HSK1 Mandarin Chinese learners.

Learn to draw the Chinese character 儿 by shaping it like a baby, with an upper part as a baby’s hat and an open front that reflects newborn features.

Explore how the Chinese character for mother combines a meaning component on the left with a sound component on the right, using a kneeling woman image to reveal its pronunciation.

Explore basic Mandarin through the story 孩子的生日, showing how to say 我的女儿 and 朋友的儿子, and explain date order with 在, 出生, and 2017年2月16日 星期四.

Draw the Chinese character 生, whose shape shows growth from the ground and carries the meaning of life and birth.

Trace the Chinese character 日 from its hieroglyph meaning the sun to its use for day time and the day and night cycle, and learn its pronunciation.

Follow a father (爸爸) who sits beside his son (儿子), tells a story, and falls asleep after reading for one minute, illustrating Mandarin phrases like 睡着, 讲故事, 给他讲故事.

Learn how to draw the Chinese character 睡, understand its meaning as to sleep, and hear its pronunciation shui in this short story-based lesson.

Draw the Chinese character 问 while embracing the act of asking questions, as the caption links pronunciation with repeated questions.

Explore how 看到, 看见, and 看到过 express result and past experience, and learn to use 岁 for age and 7岁的样子 expression through a mother and daughter's dialogue about dirty hands.

Examine how the left half represents water and the right half the hand and whirlpool. Salvage a sunken object by hand; original meaning is sinking into water, pronunciation may.

Recognize the hand shape and draw the simplified Chinese character for hand (手) from its form.

Follow a father and son as they discuss 坐车 and taking a car, then choose the bus or taxi based on behavior, while learning Chinese word order and key phrases.

Explore the Chinese character 看, revealing its original meaning of wait and see to gain clarity, its extended sense of visit, and its pronunciation kan.

Discover how the character 现 conveys jade's dazzling luster and is extended to express visibility, with a note on its pronunciation linked to the word skin.

Explore a story-driven Mandarin lesson that teaches basic vocabulary and grammar through 吃苹果, 星期日, 在家, 都, 两个人, 桌子上有一个苹果, 有没有坏, 尝尝, 把苹果吃完了.

Learn to draw the Chinese character 尝, explore its simplified shape, and discover its pronunciation chung and its meaning related to taste.

Explore how the ancient view that thinking centers in the heart shapes the Chinese character 想, with a heart and eye components illustrating thought, and learn to draw it.

Follow 7-year-old Xiao Bo as a teacher notes his dirty face and questions why he never washes, linking breakfast scraps on the face to the habit of washing and 米饭.

Trace the evolution of the character 米 from scattered rice grains to its cross-shaped middle, and learn its current form and pronunciation, me me fan, Danny.

Explore the Chinese character 猜: the left dog radical signals suspicion, the right part has a black meaning, hinting at secrets, and the original meaning is to doubt and distrust.

Learn basic mandarin about family, names, and daily roles through a story: 我的中文名字叫杨陈, 三口人, 我的丈夫, 医生, 在医院工作, 岁.

Explore the character 医, formed by two parts coming together, in a tale where a doctor removes an arrow and places it in a vessel to cure.

Explore the character 院 by its left half as a sigh and steps and its right part as a fence around a house, tracing from courtyard to house and yard.

Explore a Mandarin story about a gift for the mother-in-law, with phrases like 给丈母娘的礼物 and 一瓶好酒, and navigate why my mom 不喝酒 and she only drinks tea.

Relate the Chinese character 酒 to wine imagery by showing a wine bottle on the right and liquor flowing on the left. Pronounce it as Jill.

Learn to draw the Chinese character 家 through a story of temples, sacrifices, and residents, where pigs are worshiped and the term shere means residents, pronounced Shia.

Learn Mandarin through a story about my dad, including family terms, age with 岁, and daily routines. Explore time expressions like 早上八点去学校 and 晚上十点睡觉, and workplace phrases 在四川的大学工作.

Draw the Chinese character 爸, meaning father, by relating it to a stone axe and the physical work a father does. Hear its pronunciation as bah.

Explore the Chinese character 老, meaning old, depicted as an old man with a hat and walking stick, illustrating its original sense and the long lasting extension.

Learn essential Mandarin through a story about my mother, her birthday, and family. Explore 岁 for age, 个 as a measure word, and greetings like 生日快乐.

Explore the character 喜, formed by a drum on top and a smiling mouth below, symbolizing festivity. The caption notes its pronunciation as si.

Explore the Chinese character 岁 through its axe-like shape with two points, tracing its shift from decoration to year; note its pronunciation sweet and its link to annual crab harvests.

Learn essential Chinese shopping vocabulary and verb placement by following a story of buying clothes, buying things at a shop, and describing new clothes as very beautiful.

Draw the Chinese character 买. Understand how ancient shells served as currency in trade to obtain market profits.

Learn to draw the Chinese character 衣, representing clothes, by outlining its top opening, sleeve-like sides, and bottom hem.

This beginner mandarin story follows a smart hawker using yuan and cups, showing 3 yuan per cup and 10 yuan for three cups, then selling three cups every time.

Explain the origin of the money character 钱 by linking its shovel meaning and left metal component to money, and note its pronunciation shin.

Draw the Chinese character 明 to express brightness, understanding its meaning 'bright' and its pronunciation ming, inspired by the sun and moon's light.

Learn Mandarin through a story about a father and son climbing a mountain, mastering sentence order, time expressions, and descriptive structures like 那么好 and 山下的景色.

Discover how the Chinese character 山 originally refers to the towering part of the land, like three picks. Learn its pronunciation Shen PA Shan, the Shen.

Explore how the character 景 conveys sunlight and the sense of scenery, reflecting the sun shining high. The caption notes it is pronounced Sing.

Practice subtraction in Mandarin through a story, learn how 结果 expresses the result, and see 从那儿拿走 三个 and 哥哥的一个苹果 in everyday sentences.

Draw the Chinese character 学 to reinforce learning through collaboration, with pronunciation cues and a focus on sharing insights.

Draw the Chinese character 习 and explore how repetition supports learning, with emphasis on practicing and attempting to learn through repeated drills, and a note on pronunciation.

Meet a new friend at the company and learn essential Mandarin phrases for introductions, locations, and daily actions, including going to a Chinese restaurant and discussing weekend cooking lessons.

Learn to draw the Chinese character for friend (友) by showing two hands coming together to express friendship, and note its pronunciation as described in the caption.

Draw the Chinese character 教 as a teacher encourages a child to learn Chinese.