HSK 4 story
考试前的一夜
kǎoshì qián de yī yè
The Night Before the Exam
The night before her HSK 4 exam, Anna's passport is gone — and the only person who can help is the grumpy caretaker she has been avoiding for a year.
- Chapters
- 5
- Characters
- 2,649
- Reading time
- 30 min
- Words in level
- 99.9%
- HSK 4 words used
- 120
- Glossed extras
- 1
Measured by script against the HSK 3.0 syllabus, names excluded.
Words to know before you start
The HSK 4 words this story uses most. Look at them once — the story will bring them back.
师傅
shīfu
master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
考生
kǎoshēng
exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
敲
qiāo
to hit; to strike; to tap
停
tíng
to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
却
què
but; yet; however
视频
shìpín
video
材料
cáiliào
(raw) material; data
电动车
diàndòngchē
electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
回复
huífù
to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc)
乱
luàn
in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
Chapters
People and places
- 安娜Ānnà — Anna, an international student in Beijing
- 林佳Lín Jiā — Lin Jia, Anna's Chinese roommate
- 郑Zhèng — Zheng, a surname — the building's caretaker
- 刘Liú — Liu, a surname — the taxi driver
- 王Wáng — Wang, a surname — Mr Zheng's old friend
- 北京Běijīng — Beijing
Names are underlined in the text, so you can tell them from words.