My Family: a Chinese text with translation
A story about a family of five: what the parents do and what the little sister dreams of. HSK 1, 10 sentences, 88 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
我的家 wǒ de jiā
Translation
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There are five people in my family.
Dad, Mom, my older brother, my younger sister, and me.
My dad is a doctor; he works at a hospital.
My mom is a teacher; she's very busy.
My brother is twenty-five and works at a company.
He has a girlfriend; she's very pretty.
My sister is seven this year and goes to elementary school.
She really wants a puppy.
Dad says we can buy one next year.
I love my family!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 我wǒI, me
- 家jiāhome, family
- 有yǒuhave, there is
- 五wǔfive
- 口kǒumeasure word (family members); mouthful
- 人rénperson
- 爸爸bàbadad
- 妈妈māmamom
- 哥哥gēgeolder brother
- 妹妹mèimeiyounger sister
- 和héand, with
- 是shìbe
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 在zàibe at; in
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 工作gōngzuòwork; to work
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 她tāshe
- 非常fēichángextremely
- 忙mángbusy
- 二èrtwo
- 十shíten
- 岁suìyears old
- 公司gōngsīcompany
- 上班shàngbāngo to work
- 他tāhe
- 女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend
- 很hěnvery
- 漂亮piàoliangbeautiful
- 今年jīnniánthis year
- 七qīseven
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngelementary student
- 想xiǎngwant; miss, think of
- 要yàowant, be going to
- 一yīone
- 小xiǎosmall
- 狗gǒudog
- 说shuōspeak, say
- 明年míngniánnext year
- 可以kěyǐmay, can
- 买mǎibuy
- 爱àilove
- 的departicle "of, -'s"
Questions on the text
What does Dad do?
He's a doctor.
How old is the younger sister?
Seven.
What does the sister want?
A puppy.
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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