Speak and read

Practise HSK 1 Mandarin Chinese in “Speak and read”, with Hanzi, pinyin, English translations and key vocabulary.

HSK 1

Dialogue preview

  1. 李明: 你会说中文吗？

    ni3 hui4 shuo1 zhong1 wen2 ma5

    Can you speak Chinese?

  2. 赵敏: 会一点。

    hui4 yi4 dian3

    A little.

  3. 李明: 你会读汉字吗？

    ni3 hui4 du2 han4 zi4 ma5

    Can you read Chinese characters?

Key vocabulary

你 · nǐ
you
会 · huì
can; know how to
说 · shuō
to speak; to say
中文 · Zhōng wén
Chinese language
吗 · ma
question particle: turns a statement into a yes-no question
一点 · yī diǎn
a bit; a little bit