Calling Mom: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Mom asks Anna about food, the weather, and clothes, and at the end asks the big question. HSK 1, 9 sentences, 78 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
给妈妈打电话 gěi māma dǎ diànhuà
Translation
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Anna: Hello, Mom, hi!
Mom: Anna! How are you? Are you busy?
Anna: I'm fine. I'm a little busy this week.
Mom: Have you eaten?
Anna: Yes! I made rice and eggs.
Mom: Is it cold there? You should wear more clothes!
Anna: It's not cold, Mom. I'm wearing lots of clothes.
Mom: So... do you have a boyfriend yet?
Anna: Mom! I have to go to class now. Bye!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 妈妈māmamom
- 你好nǐ hǎohi
- 你nǐyou
- 吗mayes/no question particle
- 忙mángbusy
- 不bùnot
- 我wǒI, me
- 很hěnvery
- 这个zhègethis one
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 有点儿yǒudiǎnra bit (negative)
- 吃chīeat
- 饭fànmeal, food
- 了leparticle "already"
- 做zuòdo, make
- 米饭mǐfàncooked rice
- 和héand, with
- 鸡蛋jīdànegg
- 那儿nàrthere
- 冷lěngcold
- 要yàowant, be going to
- 多duōmany; how (much)
- 穿chuānput on, wear
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 那nàthat
- 有yǒuhave, there is
- 男朋友nánpéngyouboyfriend
- 去qùgo
- 上课shàngkèattend class
- 再见zàijiàngoodbye
Questions on the text
What did Anna make?
Rice and eggs.
Is it cold where Anna is?
No.
What does Mom ask at the end?
Whether Anna has a boyfriend.
More HSK 1 texts
- About Me我叫安娜
- My Family我的家
- My Friend我的朋友
- My Day我的一天
- At the Store在商店
- 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
- At a Friend's Place在朋友家
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