HSK 1 Lesson 9 - Meeting My New Classmate

Welcome to HSK 1 Lesson 9, where we follow a student's exciting first day at a new school and their introduction to a classmate named David. In this lesson, you will practice essential vocabulary related to school life, daily routines, and sharing meals with friends. Through this simple story, you will also learn how to express feelings about learning Chinese characters and enjoying school activities. Let's dive in and improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills in Mandarin!

A friendly Chinese teacher welcoming a new student and classmates smiling at the door of a modern school building.

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

介绍新同学

今天早上天气很好。我早上七点半起床。今天我要去新学校。爸爸开车送我去上学。我们上午八点半来到这里。这里的大学生非常多。老师在教学楼门口等我。老师请我进我的新班。大家都非常高兴地笑。

中午我和新同学去吃午饭。这个同学的名字叫大卫。大卫是一个外国学生。他喜欢在学校里边吃饭。他请我吃米饭和面包。我们也吃了很多热包子。这里的午饭非常好吃。我们在一起非常高兴地说话。大卫的汉语非常好。他会用中文写字。

下午我们在图书馆里看书。这里的汉语课本很多。大卫在桌子上边放他的本子。他在本子上写了很多汉字。我觉得写汉字非常难。大卫告诉我不要生气。学习汉字要慢一点儿。老师下午三点半来到这里。老师教我们读新的课文。我们的老师非常认真。大家都非常喜欢他。

晚上大卫请我去他家玩儿。他的家里非常干净。他的爸爸妈妈也在这里。妈妈给我们做中国菜。晚饭有米饭和很多肉。我们吃了很多菜去听好听 of 歌。那个歌非常非常好听。我们八点半坐汽车回家。我在家里看了一会儿电视。晚上十点我去睡觉。今天我和新同学很高兴。明天我们还要去学校。我们要在学校学习。

Jièshào xīn tóngxué

Jīntiān zǎoshang tiānqì hěn hǎo. Wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn bàn qǐchuáng. Jīntiān wǒ yào qù xīn xuéxiào. Bàba kāichē sòng wǒ qù shàngxué. Wǒmen shàngwǔ bā diǎn bàn lái dào zhèlǐ. Zhèlǐ de dàxuéshēng fēicháng duō. Lǎoshī zài jiàoxuélóu ménkǒu děng wǒ. Lǎoshī dài wǒ jìn wǒ de xīn bān. Dàjiā dōu fēicháng gāoxìng de xiào.

Zhōngwǔ wǒ hé xīn tóngxué qù chī wǔfàn. Zhège tóngxué de míngzi jiào Dàwèi. Dàwèi shì yí ge wàiguó xuéshēng. Tā xǐhuan zài xuéxiào lǐbian chīfàn. Tā qǐng wǒ chī mǐfàn hé miànbāo. Wǒmen yě chī le hěn duō rè bāozi. Zhèlǐ de wǔfàn fēicháng hǎochī. Wǒmen zài yìqǐ fēicháng gāoxìng de shuōhuà. Dàwèi de Hànyǔ fēicháng hǎo. Tā huì yòng Zhōngwén xiězì.

Xiàwǔ wǒmen zài túshūguǎn lǐ kànshū. Zhèlǐ de Hànyǔ kèběn hěn duō. Dàwèi zài zhuōzi shàngbiān fàng tā de běnzi. Tā zài běnzi shang xiě le hěn duō Hànzì. Wǒ juéde xiě Hànzì fēicháng nán. Dàwèi gàosu wǒ bú yào shēngqì. Xuéxí Hànzì yào màn yìdiǎnr. Lǎoshī xiàwǔ sān diǎn bàn lái dào zhèlǐ. Lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen dú xīn de kèwén. Wǒmen de lǎoshī fēicháng rènzhēn. Dàjiā dōu fēicháng xǐhuan tā.

Wǎnshang Dàwèi qǐng wǒ qù tā jiā wánr. Tā de jiālǐ fēicháng gānjìng. Tā de bàba māma yě zài zhèlǐ. Māma gěi wǒmen zuò Zhōngguó cài. Wǎnfàn yǒu mǐfàn hé hěn duō ròu. Wǒmen chī le hěn duō cài qù tīng hǎotīng de gē. Nàge gē fēicháng fēicháng hǎotīng. Wǒmen bā diǎn bàn zuò qìchē huíjiā. Wǒ zài jiālǐ kàn le yíhuìr diànshì. Wǎnshang shí diǎn wǒ qù shuìjiào. Jīntiān wǒ hé xīn tóngxué hěn gāoxìng. Míngtiān wǒmen hái yào qù xuéxiào. Wǒmen yào zài xuéxiào xuéxí.

Introducing a New Classmate

Today's morning weather is very good. I get up at seven thirty in the morning. Today I need to go to a new school. Father drives a car to send me to school. We arrive here at eight thirty in the morning. There are extremely many college students here. The teacher waits for me at the entrance of the classroom building. The teacher takes me into my new class. Everyone smiles extremely happily.

At noon, the new classmate and I go to eat lunch. This classmate's name is David. David is a foreign student. He likes to eat inside the school. He treats me to rice and bread. We also ate a lot of hot steamed stuffed buns. The lunch here is extremely delicious. We speak together extremely happily. David's Chinese is extremely good. He can write characters in Chinese.

In the afternoon, we read books in the library. There are many Chinese textbooks here. David puts his notebook on top of the table. He wrote many Chinese characters in his notebook. I feel writing Chinese characters is extremely difficult. David tells me not to get angry. Learning Chinese characters needs to be a bit slower. The teacher arrives here at three thirty in the afternoon. The teacher teaches us to read the new text. Our teacher is extremely serious. Everyone likes him extremely much.

In the evening, David invites me to his home to play. His home is extremely clean. His father and mother are also here. Mother makes Chinese dishes for us. Dinner has rice and a lot of meat. We ate a lot of dishes and went to listen to pleasant songs. That song is extremely, extremely pleasant to hear. We take a car home at eight thirty. I watched television for a little while at home. I go to sleep at ten o'clock in the evening. Today the new classmate and I are very happy. Tomorrow we still need to go to school. We need to study at school.

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

Explore the essential vocabulary from HSK 1 Lesson 9 to build your foundation in describing school environments, meals, and daily schedules.

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
介绍	jièshào	to introduce
天气	tiānqì	weather
起床	qǐchuáng	to get up
学校	xuéxiào	school
开车	kāichē	to drive a car
来到	láidào	to arrive
大学生	dàxuéshēng	college student
教学楼	jiàoxuélóu	classroom building
班	bān	class
笑	xiào	to smile, laugh
午饭	wǔfàn	lunch
名字	míngzi	name
外国	wàiguó	foreign country
里边	lǐbian	inside
面包	miànbāo	bread
包子	bāozi	steamed stuffed bun
好吃	hǎochī	delicious
说话	shuōhuà	to speak, talk
汉语	Hànyǔ	Chinese language
写字	xiězì	to write characters
图书馆	túshūguǎn	library
课本	kèběn	textbook
桌子	zhuōzi	table
汉字	Hànzì	Chinese characters
难	nán	difficult
生气	shēngqì	to get angry
慢	màn	slow
老师	lǎoshī	teacher
课文	kèwén	text
认真	rènzhēn	serious, conscientious
喜欢	xǐhuan	to like
玩儿	wánr	to play
干净	gānjìng	clean
爸爸	bàba	father
菜	cài	dish, food
肉	ròu	meat
歌	gē	song
好听	hǎotīng	pleasant to hear
汽车	qìchē	car, bus
电视	diànshì	television
睡觉	shuìjiào	to sleep
高兴	gāoxìng	happy, glad
明天	míngtiān	tomorrow
学习	xuéxí	to study, learn

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 complete HSK 1 Lesson 9 PDF guide, featuring the full story, vocabulary lists, and practice exercises to study offline.

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9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Who is David, and where does he like to eat lunch?

A: David is a foreign student and the narrator's new classmate who enjoys eating his lunch inside the school.

Q: What food did the narrator and David eat for lunch and dinner in the story?

A: For lunch, they ate rice, bread, and hot steamed buns (baozi). For dinner at David's house, they had rice, meat, and various Chinese dishes.

Q: What did David tell the narrator when they found writing Chinese characters difficult?

A: David told the narrator not to be upset or angry, explaining that learning to write Chinese characters takes time and should be done slowly.

Q: What activities did they do at David's house in the evening?

A: At David's clean house, they met his parents, ate a delicious Chinese dinner prepared by his mother, and listened to beautiful music together.

Q: What are some daily routine verbs and times mentioned in this HSK 1 story?

A: The story mentions waking up at 7:30 AM (七点半起床), arriving at school at 8:30 AM (八点半来到这里), the teacher arriving at 3:30 PM (三点半来到这里), taking a bus home at 8:30 PM (八点半坐汽车回家), and sleeping at 10:00 PM (十点睡觉).