HSK 1Chapter 2 of 3204 characters

米饭是谁的猫?

Whose cat is Mifan?

星期六上午,张丽去找米饭的家人。她去了学校的商店、书店和饭店。她在手机上给大家看米饭,问:“这是您的猫吗?”有的人说:“不是我的。”有的人说:“对不起,我不知道。”

星期天,她还在找。下午,天气很冷,张丽有点儿不高兴。这时候,一个小朋友看见了手机里的米饭。他说:“我认识它!它是王先生的猫。”小朋友叫明明,今年七岁。明明说:“王先生今年八十岁了,他一个人住。他家在学校外边。我们去吧!”

他们到了王先生家。张丽叫:“王先生!王先生!”家里没有人。这时候,那边来了一个女士。她说:“你们找王先生吗?他生病了,现在在医院。”

Words in this chapter (77)

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
  • 六liù six; 6
  • 上午shàngwǔ morning
  • 去qù to go; to go to (a place); to send
  • 找zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb
  • 米饭mǐfàn (cooked) rice
  • 的de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  • 家人jiārén family member; (old) servant
  • 她tā she
  • 了le (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
  • 学校xuéxiào school
  • 商店shāngdiàn store; shop
  • 书店shūdiàn bookstore
  • 和hé (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr.)
  • 饭店fàndiàn restaurant; hotel
  • 在zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  • 手机shǒujī cell phone; mobile phone
  • 上shàng (bound form) up; upper; above
  • 给gěi to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)
  • 大家dàjiā everyone; influential family; great expert
  • 看kàn to see; to look at; to read
  • 问wèn to ask; to inquire
  • 这zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this
  • 是shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right
  • 您nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
  • 猫māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
  • 吗ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  • 有的yǒude (there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
  • 人rén person; people
  • 说shuō to speak; to talk; to say
  • 不bù no; not so; (bound form) not
  • 我wǒ I; me; my
  • 对不起duìbuqǐ to let (sb) down; to disappoint; I'm sorry
  • 知道zhīdào to know; to become aware of
  • 星期天xīngqītiān Sunday
  • 还hái still; still in progress; still more
  • 下午xiàwǔ afternoon; p.m.
  • 天气tiānqì weather
  • 很hěn very; quite
  • 冷lěng cold
  • 有点儿yǒudiǎnr slightly; a little; somewhat
  • 高兴gāoxìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth)
  • 时候shíhou time; length of time; moment
  • 一yī one; single; a (article)
  • 个gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
  • 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
  • 看见kànjiàn to see; to catch sight of
  • 里lǐ lining; interior; inside
  • 他tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  • 认识rènshi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with
  • 它tā it
  • 先生xiānsheng teacher; gentleman; sir
  • 叫jiào to shout; to call; to order
  • 今年jīnnián this year
  • 七qī seven; 7
  • 岁suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
  • 八bā eight
  • 十shí ten; 10
  • 住zhù to live; to reside; to stay
  • 家jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  • 外边wàibian outside; outer surface; abroad
  • 我们wǒmen we; us; ourselves
  • 吧ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
  • 他们tāmen they; them
  • 到dào to reach; to arrive; to leave for
  • 没有méiyǒu to not have; to not be; haven't
  • 那边nàbiān over there; yonder
  • 来lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 女士nǚshì lady; madam; Miss
  • 你们nǐmen you (plural)
  • 生病shēngbìng to fall ill
  • 现在xiànzài now; at present; currently
  • 医院yīyuàn hospital
  • 谁shéi/shuí who
  • 那个nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this)
  • 多少duōshao how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
  • 哪儿nǎr where?; wherever; anywhere

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  1. 1.谁认识米饭?

    1. A明明
    2. B书店里的人
    3. C那个女士
  2. 2.王先生今年多少岁?

    1. A七岁
    2. B七十岁
    3. C八十岁
  3. 3.王先生现在在哪儿?

    1. A在家里
    2. B在医院
    3. C在学校

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