Yesterday and now

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

HSK 1

Dialogue preview

  1. 刘娜: 昨天你忙吗？

    zuo2 tian1 ni3 mang2 ma5

    Were you busy yesterday?

  2. 赵强: 昨天很忙。

    zuo2 tian1 hen3 mang2

    Yesterday was very busy.

  3. 刘娜: 现在呢？

    xian4 zai4 ne5

    What about now?

Key vocabulary

昨天 · zuó tiān
yesterday
你 · nǐ
you
忙 · máng
busy
吗 · ma
question particle: turns a statement into a yes-no question
很 · hěn
very
现在 · xiàn zài
now; at present; currently