HSK 2Chapter 1 of 4293 characters

坐错车了

On the wrong train

星期六早上,安娜很早就起床了。她是外国学生,在中国学习汉语已经一年了。今天,她要坐火车去天河,看一个好朋友。

车站里人非常多。安娜看了看时间,快要八点了,她跑过去,上了火车。火车开了,她坐下来,吃了一个面包。吃完面包,她觉得有点儿累,就睡了。

过了很长时间,火车到了一个车站,很多人都下车了。安娜想:“到了吧?”她也拿着包下了车。但是这个车站很小,外面没有高楼,就有几家小店和一条小路。安娜问旁边的一位奶奶:“请问,这儿是天河吗?”奶奶笑了:“这儿是安平。天河还远着呢,你坐错车了!”

安娜拿出手机,想告诉朋友。但是手机没电了,怎么也打不开。她的钱都在手机里,没有手机,她不能买票,也不能买东西吃。安娜一个人站在车站门口,不知道去哪儿。这时候,她看见路那边有一家小饭馆,门口站着一个女孩儿,正看着她。

Words in this chapter (40)

The HSK 2 words in this chapter, and any above it, in the order you meet them. Names are left out.

  • 就jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as
  • 外国wàiguó foreign country
  • 已经yǐjīng already
  • 车站chēzhàn rail station; bus stop
  • 快要kuàiyào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
  • 跑pǎo to run; to run away; to escape
  • 过去guòqù to go over; to pass by; (in the) past
  • 下来xiàlái to come down; to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time)
  • 完wán to finish; to be over; whole
  • 累lèi tired; weary; to strain
  • 过guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time)
  • 长cháng long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point
  • 拿ná to hold; to seize; to catch
  • 着zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 包bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold
  • 但是dànshì but; however
  • 外面wàimiàn outside (also pr. for this sense); surface; exterior
  • 高gāo high; tall; above average
  • 楼lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
  • 条tiáo classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc); strip; item
  • 路lù road; journey; route
  • 旁边pángbiān side; adjacent place
  • 位wèi classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); position
  • 奶奶nǎinai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies
  • 笑xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
  • 远yuǎn far; distant; remote
  • 错cuò mistake; wrong; bad
  • 出chū to go out; to come out; to arise
  • 告诉gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
  • 电diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)HSK 3
  • 打dǎ to hit; to strike; to play (a sport)
  • 票piào ticket; ballot; banknote
  • 站zhàn station; branch of a company or organization; website
  • 门口ménkǒu doorway; gate
  • 饭馆fànguǎn restaurant
  • 女孩儿nǚháir erhua form of 女孩
  • 正zhèng straight; upright; proper
  • 为什么wèi shénme why?; for what reason?
  • 回去huíqù to return; to go back
  • 商场shāngchǎng shopping mall; shopping center; department store

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  1. 1.安娜今天想去哪儿?

    1. A安平
    2. B天河
    3. C她的学校
  2. 2.安娜为什么不能买票?

    1. A车站没有票了
    2. B她不想回去
    3. C她的钱在手机里,手机没电了
  3. 3.安娜在车站门口看见了什么?

    1. A她的好朋友
    2. B一家小饭馆和一个女孩儿
    3. C一个很大的商场

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