HSK 6 story
没洗的胶卷
méi xǐ de jiāojuǎn
The Undeveloped Film
Clearing out her late grandfather's photo studio before the street is torn down, Lin Xiao finds eleven rolls of film he shot in the 1990s and never developed — and a card that says why.
- Chapters
- 5
- Characters
- 3,786
- Reading time
- 40 min
- Words in level
- 99.1%
- HSK 6 words used
- 72
- Glossed extras
- 2
Measured by script against the HSK 3.0 syllabus, names excluded.
Words to know before you start
The HSK 6 words this story uses most. Look at them once — the story will bring them back.
卷
juǎn
to roll up; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
镇
zhèn
town
布
bù
cloth; to declare; to announce
卡片
kǎpiàn
card
显
xiǎn
to make visible; to reveal; prominent
保管
bǎoguǎn
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee
不禁
bùjīn
can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
拆除
chāichú
to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle
撑
chēng
to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
当天
dàngtiān
the same day
Chapters
People and places
- 林晓Lín Xiǎo — Lin Xiao, a young designer in Shanghai
- 晓晓Xiǎoxiǎo — Xiaoxiao, the family's pet name for Lin Xiao
- 德明Démíng — Deming, the grandfather's given name
- 林志远Lín Zhìyuǎn — Lin Zhiyuan, Lin Xiao's father
- 志远Zhìyuǎn — Zhiyuan, Lin Xiao's father
- 青石Qīngshí — Qingshi, a small town
- 周Zhōu — Zhou, a surname
- 刘建国Liú Jiànguó — Liu Jianguo, who left Qingshi in 1996
- 建国Jiànguó — Jianguo, Liu Jianguo's given name
- 陈秀兰Chén Xiùlán — Chen Xiulan, who left Qingshi in 1996
- 上海Shànghǎi — Shanghai
- 深圳Shēnzhèn — Shenzhen, a city in the south
Names are underlined in the text, so you can tell them from words.