Chinese Reading Passages (255)

Free HSK 3-9 reading practice with pinyin, translations, and comprehension quizzes. Includes 3 serial fiction series.

Palace Drama Series (HSK 7-9)

入宫记 Entering the Palace Palace Drama 深宫初夜 First Night in the Deep Palace Palace Drama 韬光养晦 Hiding One's Light Palace Drama 一步登天 Rising to the Sky in One Step Palace Drama 暗箭难防 Hidden Arrows Are Hard to Guard Against Palace Drama 以其人之道 A Taste of Her Own Medicine Palace Drama 凤冠加身 Crowning of the Phoenix Palace Drama 回首来时路 Looking Back at the Road Traveled Palace Drama

Tang Dynasty Mystery Series (HSK 5)

消失的丝绸商人 The Vanished Silk Merchant Mystery 阿诚的秘密 Ah Cheng's Secret Mystery 考场的线索 Clues from the Exam Hall Mystery 第二个失踪者 The Second Disappearance Mystery 赵县丞的夜行 Deputy Magistrate Zhao's Night Journey Mystery 身份的代价 The Price of Identity Mystery 陷阱 The Trap Mystery 真相 The Truth Mystery

Hakka Diaspora Series (HSK 5)

石坪 Shiping Village Hakka Diaspora 猪仔船 The Coolie Ship Hakka Diaspora 坤甸码头 Pontianak Wharf Hakka Diaspora 淘金岁月 Gold Panning Years Hakka Diaspora 背叛 Betrayal Hakka Diaspora 从头再来 Starting Over Hakka Diaspora 扎根南洋 Putting Down Roots Hakka Diaspora 落叶 Falling Leaves Hakka Diaspora

All Essays

我的一天 My Day HSK 3 去超市买东西 Shopping at the Supermarket HSK 3 我的好朋友 My Good Friend HSK 3 中国的春节 Chinese New Year HSK 3 我生病了 I Got Sick HSK 3 学习汉语 Learning Chinese HSK 3 城市的变化 Urban Transformation HSK 4 难忘的旅行 An Unforgettable Trip HSK 4 保护环境，人人有责 Protecting the Environment HSK 4 父母的期望与孩子的压力 Parental Expectations HSK 4 科技改变生活 Technology Changes Life HSK 5 阅读的价值 The Value of Reading HSK 5 传统文化的传承 Preserving Traditional Culture HSK 5 现代人的压力 Modern Life Pressure HSK 5 全球化与文化认同 Globalisation and Cultural Identity HSK 6 经济发展与生态文明 Economic Growth and Ecological Civilisation HSK 6 网络时代的道德困境 Ethical Dilemmas in the Digital Age HSK 6 人工智能与人类创造力 AI and Human Creativity HSK 6 人工智能与就业市场的重构 AI and the Restructuring of the Labour Market HSK 789 气候变化背景下的能源转型困境 Energy Transition Dilemmas Under Climate Change HSK 789 语言濒危与文化多样性的保护 Endangered Languages and the Protection of Cultural Diversity HSK 789 城镇化进程中的乡村振兴困境 Rural Revitalisation Challenges amid Urbanisation HSK 789 我的朋友小李 My Friend Xiao Li HSK 3 一次难忘的旅行 An Unforgettable Trip HSK 3 网络购物的利与弊 The Pros and Cons of Online Shopping HSK 4 压力与成长 Pressure and Growth HSK 4 城市化与乡愁 Urbanisation and Nostalgia HSK 5 阅读的价值 The Value of Reading HSK 5 传统文化的当代传承 Inheriting Traditional Culture in the Modern Age HSK 6 科学素养与公共决策 Scientific Literacy and Public Decision-Making HSK 6 我的爱好 My Hobby HSK 3 看医生 Visiting the Doctor HSK 3 我的家 My Home HSK 3 春节 Spring Festival HSK 3 保护环境，人人有责 Environmental Protection is Everyone's Responsibility HSK 4 学习汉语的方法 Methods for Learning Chinese HSK 4 一次难忘的旅行 An Unforgettable Trip HSK 4 中国饮食文化 Chinese Food Culture HSK 4 人工智能与就业 Artificial Intelligence and Employment HSK 5 压力与心理健康 Stress and Mental Health HSK 5 网络时代的信息素养 Information Literacy in the Digital Age HSK 5 移民与文化融合 Immigration and Cultural Integration HSK 5 媒体素养与民主社会 Media Literacy and Democratic Society HSK 6 老龄化社会的挑战与应对 Challenges and Responses to an Ageing Society HSK 6 教育公平与社会流动 Educational Equity and Social Mobility HSK 6 可持续消费与绿色发展 Sustainable Consumption and Green Development HSK 6 人工智能的伦理困境 The Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence HSK 789 语言与思维的深层关系 The Deep Relationship Between Language and Thought HSK 789 全球化、民族认同与文化抵抗 Globalisation, National Identity and Cultural Resistance HSK 789 生态文明建设与中国的绿色转型 Ecological Civilisation and China's Green Transformation HSK 789 后真相时代的认识论危机 The Epistemological Crisis of the Post-Truth Era HSK 789 认知偏差与人类决策 Cognitive Bias and Human Decision-Making HSK 789 基因工程的伦理边界 The Ethical Limits of Genetic Engineering HSK 789 权力、知识与话语建构 Power, Knowledge and Discourse Construction HSK 789 民主的内在张力与当代挑战 The Internal Tensions and Contemporary Challenges of Democracy HSK 789 后真相时代的认识论危机 The Epistemological Crisis of the Post-Truth Era HSK 789 认知偏差与人类决策 Cognitive Bias and Human Decision-Making HSK 789 权力、知识与话语建构 Power, Knowledge and Discourse Construction HSK 789 跨国资本流动与发展中国家的主权困境 Transnational Capital Flows and the Sovereignty Dilemmas of Developing Countries HSK 789 民主的内在张力与当代挑战 The Internal Tensions and Contemporary Challenges of Democracy HSK 789 生命伦理学的困境 The Dilemmas of Bioethics HSK 6 幸福的哲学探讨 A Philosophical Inquiry into Happiness HSK 6 隐私权与数字监控 Privacy Rights and Digital Surveillance HSK 6 城市贫困与空间正义 Urban Poverty and Spatial Justice HSK 6 心理健康的社会维度 The Social Dimensions of Mental Health HSK 6 国家软实力与文化外交 National Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy HSK 6 数字经济的崛起与挑战 The Rise and Challenges of the Digital Economy HSK 6 法治与道德的边界 The Boundary Between Law and Morality HSK 6 民族主义的双面性 The Dual Nature of Nationalism HSK 6 幸福的哲学探讨 A Philosophical Inquiry into Happiness HSK 6 我的家 My Family HSK 3 我的学校 My School HSK 3 今天的天气 Today's Weather HSK 3 吃饭 Eating HSK 3 我的朋友 My Friend HSK 3 我的房间 My Room HSK 3 我喜欢的颜色 My Favorite Color HSK 3 星期天 Sunday HSK 3 我的一天 My Day HSK 3 买东西 Shopping HSK 3 看病 Visiting the Doctor HSK 3 我的爱好 My Hobbies HSK 3 我的城市 My City HSK 3 学中文 Learning Chinese HSK 3 春节 Spring Festival HSK 3 打电话 Making a Phone Call HSK 3 环境保护 Environmental Protection HSK 3 旅游的意义 The Meaning of Travel HSK 3 网络生活 Life Online HSK 3 好习惯 Good Habits HSK 3 我的志愿 My Ambition HSK 3 城市与农村 City and Countryside HSK 3 音乐的力量 The Power of Music HSK 3 中国美食 Chinese Cuisine HSK 3 友谊 Friendship HSK 3 社交媒体的影响 The Influence of Social Media HSK 4 压力与成长 Pressure and Growth HSK 4 传统文化的传承 Inheritance of Traditional Culture HSK 4 教育方式的变革 Changes in Educational Methods HSK 4 体育运动与精神 Sports and Spirit HSK 4 志愿服务 Volunteering and Community Service HSK 4 网络安全 Internet Safety HSK 4 中西方礼仪差异 Differences Between Chinese and Western Etiquette HSK 4 创业精神 Entrepreneurship HSK 4 幸福的定义 Defining Happiness HSK 5 语言与文化认知 Language and Cultural Cognition HSK 5 批判性思维与独立判断 Critical Thinking and Independent Judgment HSK 5 城市规划与生活质量 Urban Planning and Quality of Life HSK 5 消费主义与价值观 Consumerism and Values HSK 5 家庭教育的影响 The Influence of Family Education HSK 5 旅游与文化保护 Tourism and Cultural Preservation HSK 5 终身学习与个人发展 Lifelong Learning and Personal Development HSK 5 知识产权与创新生态 Intellectual Property and the Innovation Ecosystem HSK 6 人口结构变化与社会政策 Demographic Change and Social Policy HSK 6 公共卫生与全球治理 Public Health and Global Governance HSK 6 数字鸿沟与信息公平 The Digital Divide and Information Equity HSK 6 建筑遗产与文化记忆 Architectural Heritage and Cultural Memory HSK 6 哲学传统与现代生活 Philosophical Tradition and Modern Life HSK 6 科技伦理与人类未来 Technology Ethics and the Human Future HSK 6 文学翻译与跨文化传播 Literary Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication HSK 6 邻居 The Neighbour HSK 4 谈谈中国人的饮食文化 On Chinese Food Culture HSK 4 改变 A Change HSK 4 我的老师王老师 My Teacher, Ms Wang HSK 3 学做饺子 Learning to Make Dumplings HSK 3 工作与梦想之间 Between Work and Dreams HSK 5 独居时代 The Age of Living Alone HSK 5 网络时代，我们还会好好说话吗？ Can We Still Communicate Well in the Digital Age? HSK 6 老龄化社会的挑战与应对 Challenges and Responses in an Ageing Society HSK 6 传播技术的民主化困境 The Democratic Paradox of Communication Technology HSK 789 汉字文化圈的离心与向心 Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in the Sinographic Cultural Sphere HSK 789 回家的路 The Road Home HSK 4 学骑自行车 Learning to Ride a Bicycle HSK 3 我家的小狗 Our Family Dog HSK 3 慢下来的勇气 The Courage to Slow Down HSK 6 城市与记忆 Cities and Memory HSK 6 搬家那天 The Day We Moved HSK 4 妈妈的旧毛衣 Mother's Old Sweater HSK 4 绿皮火车 The Green Train HSK 5 傍晚迷路 Lost at Dusk HSK 5 旧书的气味 The Smell of Old Books HSK 6 操场上的影子 Shadows on the Playground HSK 6 迷路去面试 Lost on the Way to the Interview HSK 4 第七年回家 Coming Home in the Seventh Year HSK 6 客家人：永远在路上的族群 The Hakka: Always on the Move HSK 4 潮汕人的三件宝：功夫茶、卤水、牛肉锅 Teochew's Three Treasures: Gongfu Tea, Braised Sauce, and Beef Hotpot HSK 5 粤语：九个声调，一种骄傲 Cantonese: Nine Tones, One Pride HSK 6 梅菜扣肉：客家人的厨房哲学 Braised Pork with Preserved Mustard Greens: Hakka Kitchen Philosophy HSK 5 客家、潮汕、广府：南方汉族的三支脉络 Hakka, Teochew, Cantonese: Three Branches of Southern Han Chinese HSK 789 盐焗鸡：客家人的秘密武器 Salt-Baked Chicken: The Hakka Secret Weapon HSK 5 酿豆腐：一道菜里的客家哲学 Stuffed Tofu: Hakka Philosophy in a Single Dish HSK 4 砂锅粥：潮汕的深夜食堂 Clay Pot Congee: The Teochew Late-Night Kitchen HSK 5 潮州卤水：一锅传了一百年的汤 Teochew Brine: A Pot of Broth Passed Down a Hundred Years HSK 6 白切鸡：广东人的素颜哲学 White Cut Chicken: The Cantonese Bare-Faced Philosophy HSK 4 煲仔饭：广东冬天的仪式 Clay Pot Rice: A Cantonese Winter Ritual HSK 5 鸭屎香：最臭名昭著的好茶 Duck Shit Aroma: The Most Notoriously Named Fine Tea HSK 5 擂茶：一碗能喝也能吃的茶 Lei Cha: The Tea You Can Drink or Eat HSK 4 广东人喝茶：不只是喝水，是一种生活方式 Cantonese Tea Culture: Not Just Drinking, a Way of Life HSK 6 印尼华人的春节 Chinese New Year Among Indonesian Chinese HSK 5 从中国菜到印尼华人美食 From Chinese Food to Chinese-Indonesian Cuisine HSK 6 峇峇娘惹：从甲必丹到文化融合的五百年 Peranakan: Five Hundred Years from Kapitan Cina to Cultural Fusion HSK 789 龙舟竞渡：从屈原到南洋 Dragon Boat Racing: From Qu Yuan to Southeast Asia HSK 789 粤剧：从珠三角到南洋的声音 Cantonese Opera: From the Pearl River Delta to Nanyang HSK 789 印尼华文教育的百年沉浮 A Century of Chinese-Language Education in Indonesia HSK 789 南洋华人身份认同的多重张力 The Multiple Tensions of Nanyang Chinese Identity HSK 789 东南亚华人社会的同化与文化抵抗 Assimilation and Cultural Resistance in Southeast Asian Chinese Society HSK 789 替罪羊叙事与真相：印尼华人经济角色的结构性反思 Scapegoat Narratives and Reality: A Structural Reflection on Chinese Indonesian Economic Roles HSK 789 同化与抵抗：印尼华人身份政治的历史轨迹 Assimilation and Resistance: The Historical Trajectory of Chinese Indonesian Identity Politics HSK 789 再华化与身份重构：从林文庆到马来西亚华人社会 Resinicization and Identity Reconstruction: From Lim Boon Keng to Chinese Malaysian Society HSK 789 暴力的回声：东南亚反华暴行的历史记录 Echoes of Violence: A Historical Record of Anti-Chinese Atrocities in Southeast Asia HSK 789 并肩而行：华人与印尼社会的合作史诗 Walking Together: An Epic of Chinese-Indonesian Cooperation HSK 789 闽南饮食文化：从福建到南洋的餐桌 Hokkien Food Culture: From Fujian to the Nanyang Table HSK 4 闽南语及其在东南亚的历史遗产 The Hokkien Language and Its Historical Legacy in Southeast Asia HSK 4 闽南人的身份认同与南洋商业网络 Hokkien Identity and Nanyang Business Networks HSK 5 上海人在东南亚的离散历史 The Shanghainese Diaspora in Southeast Asia HSK 6 闽南人在菲律宾：华裔菲律宾人文化的起源 The Hokkien in the Philippines: Origins of Chinese Filipino Culture HSK 6 闽南文化圈：语言作为精神家园 The Hokkien Cultural Sphere: Language as a Spiritual Homeland HSK 789 娘惹菜肴：女性的智慧与传承 Nyonya Cuisine as Women's Knowledge HSK 4 娘惹：峇峇娘惹文化的守护者 The Nyonya: Peranakan Women as Cultural Keepers HSK 5 新加坡的三水女工 The Samsui Women of Singapore HSK 5 殖民时代东南亚的华人女性 Chinese Women in Colonial Southeast Asia HSK 6 走出隐形：重写华人离散史中的女性 Invisible No More: Women in Chinese Diaspora History HSK 789 奶奶说的话，我听不懂 When Grandma Speaks a Language I Don’t Understand HSK 4 成年之后，重新学习中文 Reconnecting with Mandarin as an Adult HSK 4 不懂中文的羞耻感 The Shame of Not Knowing Chinese HSK 5 印度尼西亚华文学校的关闭 The Closure of Chinese Schools in Indonesia HSK 6 语言失落即文化哀伤：离散视角下的思考 Language Loss as Cultural Grief: A Diaspora Perspective HSK 789 东南亚的华人庙宇 Chinese Temples in Southeast Asia HSK 4 九皇大帝诞：斋戒、火功与南洋信仰 The Nine Emperor Gods Festival HSK 5 祭祖：仪式、记忆与家庭纽带 Ancestor Veneration: Ritual, Memory, and Family HSK 5 华人乩童传统：神灵附体与社区权威 The Chinese Spirit Medium Tradition HSK 6 融合的神圣：华人宗教如何与本土信仰相互渗透 Syncretism: How Chinese Religion Blended with Local Belief HSK 6 在佛教、道教与伊斯兰教之间：东南亚华人宗教的多元格局 Between Buddhism, Taoism, and Islam: Chinese Religious Pluralism in Southeast Asia HSK 789 菲律宾华人：从宾多唐人街到“菲华”身份认同 The Tsinoy: Chinese Filipinos and Their Identity HSK 5 泰国华人：无声融合的成功范本 The Sino-Thai: Assimilation’s Quiet Success Story HSK 6 越南华人：一九七八年的出走与未竟的归属 Người Hoa: Chinese Vietnamese and the 1978 Exodus HSK 789 柬埔寨华人与红色高棉的历史创伤 The Chinese in Cambodia and the Shadow of the Khmer Rouge HSK 789 苦力贸易：从福建到殖民地种植园 The Coolie Trade: From Fujian to the Plantation HSK 5 甲必丹制度：殖民统治下的华人社区治理 The Kapitan System: Chinese Community Governance Under Colonialism HSK 6 秘密会社：殖民地东南亚的三合会与公司 Secret Societies: Triads and Kongsis in Colonial Southeast Asia HSK 6 荷兰东印度公司治下的华人商人 Chinese Merchants Under the VOC HSK 6 一七四〇年巴达维亚大屠杀 The Batavia Massacre of 1740 HSK 789 包税制度、鸦片与殖民共谋 Revenue Farms, Opium, and Colonial Complicity HSK 789 缅甸华人：夹缝中的两个世界 Chinese in Burma/Myanmar: Between Two Worlds HSK 6 在两种文化之间切换 Code-Switching Between Cultures HSK 4 我为什么现在才开始学中文？ Why Am I Learning Chinese Now? HSK 4 社交媒体与海外华人的身份认同 Social Media and Chinese Diaspora Identity HSK 5 现代印度尼西亚的混合身份认同 Mixed Identity in Modern Indonesia HSK 5 作为华裔印尼人，如何在今日面对种族偏见 Navigating Racism as a Chinese Indonesian Today HSK 6 风水与它的环境智慧 Feng Shui and Its Environmental Logic HSK 4 山水：中国美学中的山与河 Shanshui: Mountains and Rivers in Chinese Aesthetics HSK 5 中国园林：景观中的哲学 The Chinese Garden: Philosophy in Landscape HSK 5 中医与自然世界 Chinese Medicine and the Natural World HSK 5 道家生态观与自然世界 Daoist Ecology and the Natural World HSK 6 气候变化与中国哲学的回应 Climate Change Through a Chinese Philosophical Lens HSK 789 华人印尼融合美食 Chinese Indonesian Fusion Cuisine HSK 4 华人对印尼蜡染的影响 Chinese Influence on Indonesian Batik HSK 5 东南亚城市中的华人建筑 Chinese Architecture in Southeast Asian Cities HSK 5 华人商人与香料贸易 Chinese Merchants and the Spice Trade HSK 6 华人对马来西亚文学的贡献 Chinese Contributions to Malaysian Literature HSK 6 海峡华人与殖民商业秩序的建构 The Straits Chinese and the Making of Colonial Commerce HSK 789 两个国家的清明节 Qingming in Two Countries HSK 4 第一次去中国 Visiting China for the First Time HSK 4 祖先的村庄：期望与现实 The Ancestral Village: Expectation vs Reality HSK 5 "家"对离散华人意味着什么？ What Does "Home" Mean to a Diaspora Chinese? HSK 6 故土上的陌生人：离散者眼中的中国 A Stranger in the Homeland: China Through Diaspora Eyes HSK 789 中国女性命运的千年沉浮 The Thousand-Year Rise and Fall of Women's Fate in China HSK 6 战火中的平民 Civilians Under Fire HSK 6 七十年的干涉 Seventy Years of Interference HSK 6 黄金的悖论 The Gold Paradox HSK 5 谁为战争买单 Who Pays for War HSK 6

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