At a Friend's Place: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Anna visits Xiao Wang, and his shy cat unexpectedly comes over to her. HSK 1, 8 sentences, 82 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
在朋友家 zài péngyou jiā
Translation
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Xiao Wang: Anna, you're here! Please sit down.
Anna: Thanks! These apples are for you.
Xiao Wang: Thank you! What would you like to drink?
Anna: Tea, please. Xiao Wang, there's a cat on that chair!
Xiao Wang: That's my cat. It doesn't like people.
Anna: Look, it's coming over to me!
Xiao Wang: Really? It likes you! You're the first one!
Anna: I like it too. I'll come back to see it next week!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 你nǐyou
- 来láicome
- 了leparticle "already"
- 请qǐngplease
- 坐zuòsit; ride (vehicle)
- 谢谢xièxiethank you
- 这些zhèxiēthese
- 苹果píngguǒapple
- 是shìbe
- 给gěigive
- 的departicle "of, -'s"
- 想xiǎngwant; miss, think of
- 喝hēdrink
- 什么shénmewhat, which
- 茶chátea
- 吧baparticle "let's"
- 小xiǎosmall
- 那个nàgethat one
- 椅子yǐzichair
- 上shàngon, above
- 有yǒuhave, there is
- 一yīone
- 猫māocat
- 那nàthat
- 我wǒI, me
- 它tāit (animal, thing)
- 不bùnot
- 喜欢xǐhuanlike
- 人rénperson
- 这儿zhèrhere
- 真zhēnreally
- 第dìordinal prefix ("-th")
- 个gèmeasure word (general)
- 也yěalso, too
- 下xiàunder, below
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 再zàiagain
Questions on the text
What did Anna bring as a gift?
Apples.
Who is sitting on the chair?
Xiao Wang's cat.
Why is Xiao Wang surprised?
His cat doesn't like people, but it went to Anna.
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- My Family我的家
- My Friend我的朋友
- My Day我的一天
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- At the Restaurant在饭店
- Today's Weather今天的天气
- My Room我的房间
- My Chinese Teacher我的汉语老师
- Sunday星期天
- I'm Seven我七岁了
- See You Tomorrow明天见
- Nice to Meet You认识你很高兴
- Where Do You Live?你住在哪儿
- What Time Shall We Meet?我们几点见
- In a Taxi在出租车上
- Buying Fruit买水果
- What Do You Like to Eat?你喜欢吃什么
- Calling Mom给妈妈打电话
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