HSK 1 Lesson 13 - My Friend Comes to My House

Welcome to HSK 1 Lesson 13, where we follow a heartwarming story about a friend visiting for a fun day of activities. In this lesson, you will practice daily routine vocabulary, including eating meals, studying Chinese, and watching movies at home. Through this simple reading passage, you will learn how to describe your schedule and express feelings in natural Chinese.

A warm and cozy living room where a family and their friend are enjoying Chinese food and studying together.

Table of Contents

• 1. HSK 1 Chinese Lesson: Complete Guide & Text
• 2. HSK 1 Vocabulary List (with Pinyin & English)
• 3. Free HSK 1 Vocabulary Quiz Online
• 4. HSK 1 Sentence Scramble Practice
• 5. HSK 1 Fill-in-the-Blank Cloze Test
• 6. HSK 1 Reading Comprehension Practice Test
• 7. HSK 1 Listening Comprehension Test (Audio Included)
• 8. Download HSK 1 Lesson PDF & Study Materials
• 9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. HSK 1 Chinese Lesson: Complete Guide & Text

朋友来我的家

今天早上天气很好。我早上七点半起床。爸爸妈妈也起床了。朋友早上九点来。他在大门口等我们。我看见他非常高兴。我请他进我的房间。我的房间非常干净。我们在房间里喝茶。

中午妈妈做午饭。妈妈做很多中国菜。朋友帮妈妈做饭。我们中午在家里吃。午饭有米饭和鸡蛋。我们也吃了很多肉。妈妈做的菜非常好。大家都觉得非常好吃。

下午我们在家看书。我们看新的汉语书。汉语书里字非常多。朋友教我读新课文。我觉得课文有一点儿难。朋友告诉我不要生气。学习汉语要慢一点儿。我们在桌子上写汉字。我们写字非常认真。下午四点我们去玩儿。我们去学校里看大树。

晚上我们一起回家。爸爸晚上六点开车回来。爸爸在桌上放很多水果。朋友吃了一些好水果。大家都非常高兴。晚上八点我们看电视。电视上的电影很好看。我们在家里看电影。晚上九点半朋友坐车。朋友和我们说再见。今天我们都很累。明天我们还要去上学。晚上九点半我们睡觉。

Péngyou lái wǒ de jiā

Jīntiān zǎoshang tiānqì hěn hǎo. Wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn bàn qǐchuáng. Bàba māma yě qǐchuáng le. Péngyou zǎoshang jiǔ diǎn lái. Tā zài dà ménkǒu děng wǒmen. Wǒ kànjiàn tā fēicháng gāoxìng. Wǒ qǐng tā jìn wǒ de fángjiān. Wǒ de fángjiān fēicháng gānjìng. Wǒmen zài fángjiān lǐ hēchá.

Zhōngwǔ māma zuò wǔfàn. Māma zuò hěn duō Zhōngguó cài. Péngyou bāng māma zuòfàn. Wǒmen zhōngwǔ zài jiālǐ chī. Wǔfàn yǒu mǐfàn hé jīdàn. Wǒmen yě chī le hěn duō ròu. Māma zuò de cài fēicháng hǎo. Dàjiā dōu juéde fēicháng hǎochī.

Xiàwǔ wǒmen zài jiā kànshū. Wǒmen kàn xīn de Hànyǔ shū. Hànyǔ shū lǐ zì fēicháng duō. Péngyou jiāo wǒ dú xīn kèwén. Wǒ juéde kèwén yǒu yìdiǎnr nán. Péngyou gàosu wǒ bú yào shēngqì. Xuéxí Hànyǔ yào màn yìdiǎnr. Wǒmen zài zhuōzi shang xiě Hànzì. Wǒmen xiězì fēicháng rènzhēn. Xiàwǔ sì diǎn wǒmen qù wánr. Wǒmen qù xuéxiào lǐ kàn dàshù.

Wǎnshang wǒmen yìqǐ huíjiā. Bàba wǎnshang liù diǎn kāichē huílái. Bàba zài zhuō shang fàng hěn duō shuǐguǒ. Péngyou chī le yìxiē hǎo shuǐguǒ. Dàjiā dōu fēicháng gāoxìng. Wǎnshang bā diǎn wǒmen kàn diànshì. Diànshì shang de diànyǐng hěn hǎokàn. Wǒmen zài jiālǐ kàn diànyǐng. Wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn bàn péngyou zuòchē. Péngyou hé wǒmen shuō zàijiàn. Jīntiān wǒmen dōu hěn lèi. Míngtiān wǒmen hái yào qù shàngxué. Wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn bàn wǒmen shuìjiào.

My Friend Comes to My House

Today's morning weather is very good. I get up at seven thirty in the morning. Father and mother also got up. The friend comes at nine in the morning. He is waiting for us at the big entrance. I am extremely happy to see him. I invite him to enter my room. My room is extremely clean. We drink tea in the room.

At noon, mother makes lunch. Mother makes many Chinese dishes. The friend helps mother make food. We eat at home at noon. Lunch has rice and eggs. We also ate a lot of meat. The dishes mother made are extremely good. Everyone feels they are extremely delicious.

In the afternoon, we read books at home. We read new Chinese books. There are extremely many characters in the Chinese book. The friend teaches me to read the new text. I feel the text is a bit difficult. The friend tells me not to get angry. Learning Chinese needs to be a bit slower. We write Chinese characters on the table. We write characters extremely seriously. We go to play at four in the afternoon. We go to the school to look at big trees.

In the evening, we go home together. Father drives back at six in the evening. Father puts a lot of fruit on the table. The friend ate some good fruit. Everyone is extremely happy. We watch TV at eight in the evening. The movie on TV is very good-looking. We watch the movie at home. The friend takes a car at nine thirty in the evening. The friend says goodbye to us. Today we are all very tired. Tomorrow we still need to go to school. We go to sleep at nine thirty in the evening.

2. HSK 1 Vocabulary List (with Pinyin & English)

Master the key vocabulary from this lesson with our comprehensive Chinese-English word list below.

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
朋友	péngyou	friend
天气	tiānqì	weather
起床	qǐchuáng	to get up
妈妈	māma	mother
来	lái	to come
门口	ménkǒu	doorway, entrance
高兴	gāoxìng	happy, glad
房间	fángjiān	room
干净	gānjìng	clean
茶	chá	tea
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon
菜	cài	dish, food
帮	bāng	to help
吃	chī	to eat
鸡蛋	jīdàn	egg
肉	ròu	meat
非常	fēicháng	extremely
好吃	hǎochī	delicious
看书	kànshū	to read a book
新	xīn	new
多	duō	many, a lot
教	jiāo	to teach
一点儿	yìdiǎnr	a little bit
生气	shēngqì	to get angry
慢	màn	slow
桌子	zhuōzi	table
认真	rènzhēn	serious, conscientious
玩儿	wánr	to play
树	shù	tree
一起	yìqǐ	together
开车	kāichē	to drive a car
放	fàng	to put, place
水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit
都	dōu	all, both
电视	diànshì	television
电影	diànyǐng	movie
家里	jiālǐ	home, inside home
坐车	zuòchē	to take a car / bus
再见	zàijiàn	goodbye
累	lèi	tired
上学	shàngxué	to go to school
睡觉	shuìjiào	to sleep

3. Free HSK 1 Vocabulary Quiz Online

💡 Instructions: Test your memory of the new words! Choose your preferred mode (e.g., Chinese to Meaning) and aim for a perfect score.

4. HSK 1 Sentence Scramble Practice

🧩 Instructions: Drag and drop the word blocks to form grammatically correct Chinese sentences. This is the best way to master HSK syntax!

Sentence Scramble

5. HSK 1 Fill-in-the-Blank Cloze Test

📝 Instructions: Read the sentences carefully and select the missing word that best fits the context. Take your time!

Fill in the Blank

6. HSK 1 Reading Comprehension Practice Test

⚠️ Please scroll up and read the lesson content carefully before taking the test.

📖 Instructions: Try to answer these questions based on the main text without looking at the Pinyin or translation!

Reading Comprehension

7. HSK 1 Listening Comprehension Test (Audio Included)

🎧 Instructions: Play the audio track below and choose the correct answers based on what you hear. You can replay the audio as many times as you need.

🎧 Audio Trilha

Listening Comprehension Test

8. Download HSK 1 Lesson PDF & Study Materials

Download the free PDF worksheets and audio files to practice reading and writing the Chinese characters from Lesson 13.

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9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How do you use "有一点儿" (yǒuyīdiǎnr) based on this lesson?

A: In this lesson, the narrator says "课文有一点儿难" (the text is a bit difficult), where "有一点儿" is used before an adjective to express a slight degree of a negative or undesirable trait.

Q: What does the verb "帮" (bāng) mean in this lesson's context?

A: The verb "帮" (bāng) means "to help," as shown in the sentence "朋友帮妈妈做饭," which translates to "the friend helps mom cook."

Q: What Chinese dishes and foods are mentioned in the story?

A: The lesson mentions eating Chinese food ("中国菜"), specifically rice ("米饭"), eggs ("鸡蛋"), meat ("肉"), and various fresh fruits ("水果").

Q: What does "学习汉语要慢一点儿" mean in the context of learning Chinese?

A: It means "learning Chinese needs to be a bit slower," advising the learner to be patient, take their time, and practice slowly when studying characters and texts.

Q: What daily activities do the friends do together in the afternoon and evening?

A: In the afternoon, they read Chinese books, write characters, and go to school to look at the big trees. In the evening, they eat fruit, watch a movie, and prepare for school the next day.