HSK 1Chapter 1 of 3167 characters

雨里的小猫

The cat in the rain

星期五晚上,下大雨了。张丽是大学生,她住在学校里。九点,她下课了。回房间的时候,她看见了一只小猫。小猫非常小,在雨里很冷。

张丽想:“这是谁的猫?它的家在哪儿?”外边没有人。张丽说:“小猫,来,来!”小猫看了看她,来了。

在房间里,张丽给小猫喝了一点儿牛奶。喝了牛奶,小猫在椅子上睡了。这时候,张丽看见小猫有一个小东西,东西上写了两个字:“米饭”。张丽想:“米饭?这是它的名字吗?”这只猫有家!它的家人现在是不是在找它?

Words in this chapter (68)

The HSK 1 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.

  • 星期xīngqī week; day of the week; Sunday
  • 五wǔ five; 5
  • 晚上wǎnshang evening; night; in the evening
  • 下xià down; downwards; below
  • 大dà big; large; great
  • 雨yǔ rain
  • 了le (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
  • 是shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right
  • 大学生dàxuéshēng university student; college student
  • 她tā she
  • 住zhù to live; to reside; to stay
  • 在zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  • 学校xuéxiào school
  • 里lǐ lining; interior; inside
  • 九jiǔ nine; 9
  • 点diǎn classifier for small amounts; to touch briefly; to tap
  • 下课xiàkè to finish class; to get out of class; to be fired
  • 回huí to go back; to return; to turn back
  • 房间fángjiān room
  • 的de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  • 时候shíhou time; length of time; moment
  • 看见kànjiàn to see; to catch sight of
  • 一yī one; single; a (article)
  • 只zhī measure word for animals, and for one of a pair (hand, shoe)
  • 小xiǎo small; tiny; few
  • 猫māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
  • 非常fēicháng very; really; unusual
  • 很hěn very; quite
  • 冷lěng cold
  • 想xiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise
  • 这zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this
  • 谁shéi/shuí who
  • 它tā it
  • 家jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  • 哪儿nǎr where?; wherever; anywhere
  • 外边wàibian outside; outer surface; abroad
  • 没有méiyǒu to not have; to not be; haven't
  • 人rén person; people
  • 说shuō to speak; to talk; to say
  • 来lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 看kàn to see; to look at; to read
  • 给gěi to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)
  • 喝hē to drink; variant of 嗬
  • 一点儿yìdiǎnr a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
  • 牛奶niúnǎi cow's milk
  • 椅子yǐzi chair
  • 上shàng (bound form) up; upper; above
  • 睡shuì to sleep; to lie down
  • 有yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having
  • 个gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
  • 东西dōngxi thing; stuff; person
  • 写xiě to write
  • 两liǎng two; both; some
  • 字zì letter; symbol; character
  • 米饭mǐfàn (cooked) rice
  • 名字míngzi name (of a person or thing)
  • 吗ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  • 家人jiārén family member; (old) servant
  • 现在xiànzài now; at present; currently
  • 不bù no; not so; (bound form) not
  • 找zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb
  • 什么shénme what?; something; anything
  • 六liù six; 6
  • 上午shàngwǔ morning
  • 星期天xīngqītiān Sunday
  • 下午xiàwǔ afternoon; p.m.
  • 怎么zěnme how?; what?; why?
  • 知道zhīdào to know; to become aware of

Check your understanding

Answer from the chapter. A free account checks your answers and says why.

  1. 1.张丽什么时候看见了小猫?

    1. A星期五晚上
    2. B星期六上午
    3. C星期天下午
  2. 2.张丽怎么知道小猫有家?

    1. A小猫的东西上写了字
    2. B明明说的
    3. C小猫很小

Want help with the hard parts?

The whole chapter is above, free. A free account adds the help, on every chapter of every story:

  • Tap any word for its pinyin and meaning, and see any sentence translated
  • Your answers checked, with a line on why each one is right

Free, no card. You come straight back to this page.