HSK 2Chapter 2 of 4278 characters

小饭馆

The little restaurant

女孩儿走过来,问:“你好!你是外国人吧?你怎么了?”安娜说:“我坐错车了,手机也没电了。”女孩儿笑了:“没关系,你跟我来。”

女孩儿叫芳芳,今年十六岁,在上高中。饭馆是她家的,她爸爸老王正在做面。芳芳告诉爸爸:“这位姐姐坐错车了,还没吃饭呢。”老王看了看安娜,说:“坐,坐!我去给你做面。”

安娜很不好意思:“但是我没有钱……”老王笑着说:“今天的面不要钱!”芳芳拿过安娜的手机:“你吃面,它也要‘吃饭’,我来帮它。”

老王的面很快就做好了,非常好吃。这是安娜在中国吃过的最好吃的面。芳芳坐在旁边,问了她很多问题:“外国的高中怎么样?考试多吗?”她说,她从小就希望出国上大学。

她们说了很多,也笑了很多。这时候,安娜的手机开了。里面有朋友打来的十几个电话,已经下午五点半了。今天去天河的火车,已经没有了!

Words in this chapter (33)

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

  • 女孩儿nǚháir erhua form of 女孩
  • 走zǒu to walk; to go; to run
  • 过来guòlái to come over; to manage; to handle
  • 外国wàiguó foreign country
  • 错cuò mistake; wrong; bad
  • 电diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)HSK 3
  • 笑xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
  • 跟gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with
  • 高中gāozhōng senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)
  • 饭馆fànguǎn restaurant
  • 面miàn noodles; face; side, surface
  • 告诉gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
  • 位wèi classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); position
  • 不好意思bù hǎoyìsi to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
  • 但是dànshì but; however
  • 着zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
  • 拿ná to hold; to seize; to catch
  • 过guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time)
  • 帮bāng to help; to assist; to support
  • 快kuài rapid; quick; speed
  • 就jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as
  • 过guo (experienced action marker)
  • 最zuì (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; -est
  • 旁边pángbiān side; adjacent place
  • 考试kǎoshì to take an exam; exam
  • 从小cóngxiǎo from childhood; from a young age
  • 希望xīwàng to hope; a hope; a wish
  • 出国chūguó to go abroad; to leave the country
  • 里面lǐmiàn inside; interior
  • 打dǎ to hit; to strike; to play (a sport)
  • 已经yǐjīng already
  • 车站chēzhàn rail station; bus stop
  • 票piào ticket; ballot; banknote

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  1. 1.芳芳是谁?

    1. A安娜的好朋友
    2. B老王的女儿
    3. C安娜的同学
  2. 2.安娜没有钱,老王怎么说?

    1. A今天的面不要钱
    2. B明天再给钱
    3. C你去车站买票吧
  3. 3.手机开了,安娜知道了什么?

    1. A芳芳要出国
    2. B芳芳明天有考试
    3. C今天去天河的火车已经没有了

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