Welcome to the series— Practice Your Chinese, HSK level 1. It’s designed to provide the HSK level 1 students with the most suitable materials for practicing Chinese. It can also be used for preparing for the HSK level 1 test.

This practice series is just the extra part of our elementary Chinese courses, so if you want to learn Chinese in a systematic and efficient way, please choose the full courses (Chinese Pinyin, HSK Level 1 & HSK Level 2).

In each video of this series, first you listen to a story or dialogue at normal speed to get the main idea. Second, listen to the same material but at a much slower speed, and at the same time complete each sentence by filling in the blank with the words or phrases you hear. Lastly, answer a few questions about the story or dialogue.

Today’s story is about going to Chongqing to eat hotpot. Please take a quick look at the important words and phrases, then check the script and the translation of the story.

The Words & Phrases

是……的(shì……de): often used to emphasize specific information about the past

重庆(Chóngqìng)：a megacity in southwest China with a population of more than 30 million people

火车站(huóchēzhàn) noun: railway station

第一次(dì-yī cì): first time

打车(dǎchē) verb：take a taxi

到(dào) verb：to arrive

休息(xiūxi) verb：to rest

酒店(jiǔdiàn) noun：hotel

一会儿(yīhuìr)：a while

然后(ránhòu) conjunction：then

火锅(huǒguō) noun：hotpot

火锅店(huǒguōdiàn)：hotpot restaurant

有名(yǒumíng) adjective：famous

楼上(lóushàng) noun：upstairs

楼下(lóuxià) noun：downstairs

能(néng) auxiliary verb：can; be able to

微辣(wēilà)：mild spicy

中辣(zhōnglà)：medium spicy

重辣(zhònglà)：very spicy

点(diǎn) verb：to order (food in a restaurant)

肉(ròu) noun：meat

面条(miàntiáo) noun：noodle

好吃(hǎochī) adjective：delicious

真的(zhēnde) adverb：really

下次(xiàcì)：next time

The Script in Character

我和李冰是昨天下午到重庆火车站的。这是我们第一次来重庆。我们打车到了酒店，休息了一会儿，然后去了一家火锅店。这家火锅店很有名，楼上楼下都是人。我和他都能吃辣，所以要了重辣的。我们点了很多肉，还吃了面条。重庆的火锅很好吃，可是真的太辣了！下次我们会点微辣的。

The Script in Pinyin

Wǒ hé Lǐ Bīng shì zuótiān xiàwǔ dào Chóngqìng huǒchēzhàn de. Zhè shì wǒmen dì-yī cì lái Chóngqìng. Wǒmen dǎchē dào le jiǔdiàn, xiūxí le yīhuǐr, ránhòu qù le yī jiā huǒguōdiàn. Zhè jiā huǒguōdiàn hěn yǒumíng, lóushàng lóuxià dōu shì rén. Wǒ hé tā dōu néng chī là, suǒyǐ yào le zhònglà de. Wǒmen diǎn le hěnduō ròu, hái chī le miàntiáo. Chóngqìng de huǒguō hěn hàochī, kěshì zhēnde tài là le! Xiàcì wǒmen huì diǎn wēilà de.

The Translation

Li Bing and I arrived at Chongqing Railway Station yesterday afternoon. This is our first time to Chongqing. We took a taxi to the hotel, rested for a while, and then went to a hotpot restaurant. This hotpot restaurant is very famous and it was full of people upstairs and downstairs. He and I can both eat spicy food, so we picked the very spicy one. We ordered a lot of meat and ate noodles. The hotpot in Chongqing is delicious, but it’s really too spicy! Next time we will order the mild spicy one.

Welcome to the series— Practice Your Chinese, HSK level 1. It’s designed to provide the HSK level 1 students with the most suitable materials for practicing Chinese. It can also be used for preparing for the HSK level 1 test.

This practice series is just the extra part of our elementary Chinese courses, so if you want to learn Chinese in a systematic and efficient way, please choose the full courses (Chinese Pinyin, HSK Level 1 & HSK Level 2).

In each video of this series, first you listen to a story or dialogue at normal speed to get the main idea. Second, listen to the same material but at a much slower speed, and at the same time complete each sentence by filling in the blank with the words or phrases you hear. Lastly, answer a few questions about the story or dialogue.

Today’s story is about going to Chongqing to eat hotpot. Please take a quick look at the important words and phrases, then check the script and the translation of the story.

The Words & Phrases

是……的(shì……de): often used to emphasize specific information about the past

重庆(Chóngqìng)：a megacity in southwest China with a population of more than 30 million people

火车站(huóchēzhàn) noun: railway station

第一次(dì-yī cì): first time

打车(dǎchē) verb：take a taxi

到(dào) verb：to arrive

休息(xiūxi) verb：to rest

酒店(jiǔdiàn) noun：hotel

一会儿(yīhuìr)：a while

然后(ránhòu) conjunction：then

火锅(huǒguō) noun：hotpot

火锅店(huǒguōdiàn)：hotpot restaurant

有名(yǒumíng) adjective：famous

楼上(lóushàng) noun：upstairs

楼下(lóuxià) noun：downstairs

能(néng) auxiliary verb：can; be able to

微辣(wēilà)：mild spicy

中辣(zhōnglà)：medium spicy

重辣(zhònglà)：very spicy

点(diǎn) verb：to order (food in a restaurant)

肉(ròu) noun：meat

面条(miàntiáo) noun：noodle

好吃(hǎochī) adjective：delicious

真的(zhēnde) adverb：really

下次(xiàcì)：next time

The Script in Character

我和李冰是昨天下午到重庆火车站的。这是我们第一次来重庆。我们打车到了酒店，休息了一会儿，然后去了一家火锅店。这家火锅店很有名，楼上楼下都是人。我和他都能吃辣，所以要了重辣的。我们点了很多肉，还吃了面条。重庆的火锅很好吃，可是真的太辣了！下次我们会点微辣的。

The Script in Pinyin

Wǒ hé Lǐ Bīng shì zuótiān xiàwǔ dào Chóngqìng huǒchēzhàn de. Zhè shì wǒmen dì-yī cì lái Chóngqìng. Wǒmen dǎchē dào le jiǔdiàn, xiūxí le yīhuǐr, ránhòu qù le yī jiā huǒguōdiàn. Zhè jiā huǒguōdiàn hěn yǒumíng, lóushàng lóuxià dōu shì rén. Wǒ hé tā dōu néng chī là, suǒyǐ yào le zhònglà de. Wǒmen diǎn le hěnduō ròu, hái chī le miàntiáo. Chóngqìng de huǒguō hěn hàochī, kěshì zhēnde tài là le! Xiàcì wǒmen huì diǎn wēilà de.

The Translation

Li Bing and I arrived at Chongqing Railway Station yesterday afternoon. This is our first time to Chongqing. We took a taxi to the hotel, rested for a while, and then went to a hotpot restaurant. This hotpot restaurant is very famous and it was full of people upstairs and downstairs. He and I can both eat spicy food, so we picked the very spicy one. We ordered a lot of meat and ate noodles. The hotpot in Chongqing is delicious, but it’s really too spicy! Next time we will order the mild spicy one.