Slow Chinese Stories - Learn Chinese through Stories - Immersive, Short, Advanced (HSK 4, HSK 5)

Short Stories - Our main character visited a small historic town in China and met an American who had been living there since 10 years ago...

We recommend this story to students who have studied HSK 4, HSK 5, or at an advanced level.

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To make sure you get the most out of our Slow Chinese Stories series, we recommend the following studying method:
1 - Listen to the story without looking at the screen. This helps you practice and improve your listening comprehension.
2 - Listen to the story by looking at the pictures only. The pictures are complementary to the sentences on the screen.
3 - Listen to the story by reading the pinyin and/or the Chinese characters.
4 - Listen to the story by reading the translation to check your comprehension.

Repetition is the key to mastering Chinese. Do not hesitate to re-listen to the stories. You will be surprised at how much more you understand every time you listen to it.

💛 NOTE: The “ü” in the following words should be written as “u”.
决定 (jué dìng)
去 (qù)
云彩 (yún cǎi)
远处 (yuǎn chù)
于是 (yú shì)
进去 (jìn qù)
花园 (huā yuán)
院子 (yuàn zi)
喷泉 (pēn quán)
服务员 (fú wù yuán)
原来 (yuán lái)

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