HSK 2 Lesson 4 - Health, Exercise, and Wellness

Welcome to HSK 2 Lesson 4, where we focus on the essential topics of health, sickness, and daily exercise in Chinese. In this lesson, you will read a story about someone visiting the doctor, receiving medicine, and discussing the importance of staying active. We will cover key vocabulary for sports such as basketball, tennis, and volleyball, as well as essential grammar structures like '虽然...但是...' (although... but...). By the end of this lesson, you will be able to express your physical well-being and talk about your favorite workouts.

A doctor explaining a prescription to a patient in a modern Chinese medical clinic.

Table of Contents

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

1. HSK 2 Chinese Lesson: Complete Guide & Text

健康与运动

今天是一个阴天。早晨我七点起床了。今天我感到不舒服。我的肚子非常疼。我打算去大医院。那个医院离我很近。我坐地铁去医院。地铁站里人非常多。医生帮我检查身体。很多事情我不明白。医生对我很小声地说话。医生说的话我都懂了。医生说我必须多休息。医生给我很多新药片。也给我一瓶热药水。医生告诉我不要经常工作。健康的身体非常重要。大家每天要多做运动。我们可以多骑车和跑。我和我的朋友喜欢打篮球。我的弟弟喜欢打网球。我的妹妹在学校打排球。虽然我的工作非常忙。

但是我要多去外边运动。因为运动对身体很好。所以我的身体会很好。如果不运动就会生病。生病了就不可以工作了。下午我离开医院回家。外面现在正在下雪。我穿着一件红大衣。那件大衣是红色的。红色的大衣非常便宜。马路上现在非常安静。我坐绿色出租车回家。看到家人我非常开心。我已经喝了热药水。晚上我吃得很饱。现在我感到身体好多了。下周周末我们要去旅游。去旅游是非常快乐的事。

Jiànkāng yǔ yùndòng

Jīntiān shì yí ge yīntiān. Zǎochén wǒ qī diǎn qǐchuáng le. Jīntiān wǒ gǎndào bù shūfu. Wǒ de dùzi fēicháng téng. Wǒ dǎsuàn qù dà yīyuàn. Nàge yīyuàn lí wǒ hěn jìn. Wǒ zuò dìtiě qù yīyuàn. Dìtiězhàn lǐ rén fēicháng duō. Yīshēng bāng wǒ jiǎnchá shēntǐ. Hěn duō shìqing wǒ bù míngbai. Yīshēng duì wǒ hěn xiǎoshēng de shuōhuà. Yīshēng shuō de huà wǒ dōu dǒng le. Yīshēng shuō wǒ bìxū duō xiūxi. Yīshēng gěi wǒ hěn duō xīn yàopiàn. Yě gěi wǒ yì píng rè yàoshuǐ. Yīshēng gàosu wǒ bú yào jīngcháng gōngzuò. Jiànkāng de shēntǐ fēicháng zhòngyào. Dàjiā měitiān yào duō zuò yùndòng. Wǒmen kěyǐ duō qíchē hé pǎo. Wǒ hé wǒ de péngyou xǐhuan dǎ lánqiú. Wǒ de dìdi xǐhuan dǎ wǎngqiú. Wǒ de mèimei zài xuéxiào dǎ páiqiú. Suīrán wǒ de gōngzuò fēicháng máng.

Dànshì wǒ yào duō qù wàibiān yùndòng. Yīnwèi yùndòng duì shēntǐ hěn hǎo. Suǒyǐ wǒ de shēntǐ huì hěn hǎo. Rúguǒ bú yùndòng jiù huì shēngbìng. Shēngbìng le jiù bù kěyǐ gōngzuò le. Xiàwǔ wǒ líkāi yīyuàn huíjiā. Wàimiàn xiànzài zhèngzài xiàxuě. Wǒ chuānzhe yí jiàn hóng dàyī. Nà jiàn dàyī shì hóngsè de. Hóngsè de dàyī fēicháng piányi. Mǎlù shang xiànzài fēicháng ānjìng. Wǒ zuò lǜsè chūzūchē huíjiā. Kàndào jiārén wǒ fēicháng kāixīn. Wǒ yǐjīng hē le rè yàoshuǐ. Wǎnshang wǒ chī de hěn bǎo. Xiànzài wǒ gǎndào shēntǐ hǎo duō le. Xiàzhōu zhōumò wǒmen yào qù lǚyóu. Qù lǚyóu shì fēicháng kuàilè de shì.

Health and Exercise

Today is a cloudy day. Early morning, I got up at seven o'clock. Today I feel uncomfortable. My stomach is extremely painful. I plan to go to the big hospital. That hospital is very close to me. I take the subway to the hospital. There are extremely many people in the subway station. The doctor helps me check my body. I do not understand many things. The doctor speaks to me very quietly. I understood all of what the doctor said. The doctor said I must rest more. The doctor gives me many new medicine pills. Also gives me a bottle of hot liquid medicine. The doctor tells me not to work often. A healthy body is extremely important. Everyone needs to do more exercise every day. We can ride bicycles and run more. My friend and I like to play basketball. My younger brother likes to play tennis. My younger sister plays volleyball at school. Although my work is extremely busy.

But I need to go outside more to exercise. Because exercise is very good for the body. Therefore, my body will be very good. If one does not exercise, one will fall ill. If one is sick, one cannot work anymore. In the afternoon, I leave the hospital to go home. It is currently snowing outside now. I am wearing a red overcoat. That overcoat is red. Red overcoats are extremely cheap. The road is extremely quiet now. I take a green taxi to go home. I am extremely happy to see my family. I have already drunk the hot liquid medicine. In the evening, I eat until I am very full. Now I feel my body is much better. Next week's weekend we need to go traveling. Going traveling is an extremely happy thing.

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

Master these essential HSK 2 vocabulary words related to medical care, physical wellness, and popular sports to enhance your conversational Chinese.

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
运动	yùndòng	sports, exercise
阴天	yīntiān	cloudy day
早晨	zǎochén	early morning
舒服	shūfu	comfortable, well
疼	téng	painful, sore
打算	dǎsuàn	to plan, intend
离	lí	away from
地铁	dìtiě	subway
地铁站	dìtiězhàn	subway station
检查	jiǎnchá	to inspect, check
事情	shìqing	matter, thing
小声	xiǎoshēng	in a quiet voice, whisper
懂	dǒng	to understand
必须	bìxū	must, have to
药片	yàopiàn	tablet, pill
药水	yàoshuǐ	liquid medicine
经常	jīngcháng	often, frequently
健康	jiànkāng	healthy
运动	yùndòng	exercise
骑车	qíchē	to ride a bicycle
篮球	lánqiú	basketball
网球	wǎngqiú	tennis
排球	páiqiú	volleyball
虽然	suīrán	although
但是	dànshì	but, however
因为	yīnwèi	because
所以	suǒyǐ	therefore, so
如果	rúguǒ	if
可以	kěyǐ	can, may
离开	líkāi	to leave
下雪	xiàxuě	to snow
大衣	dàyī	overcoat, coat
红色	hóngsè	red color
便宜	piányi	cheap
安静	ānjìng	quiet
出租车	chūzūchē	taxi
开心	kāixīn	happy
已经	yǐjīng	already
饱	bǎo	full (from eating)
感到	gǎndào	to feel
周末	zhōumò	weekend
快乐	kuàilè	happy

3. Free HSK 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 Lesson PDF & Study Materials

Download our comprehensive PDF study guide for HSK 2 Lesson 4 to practice writing Chinese characters and review vocabulary on the go.

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9. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What Chinese medical terms are introduced in this HSK 2 lesson?

A: This lesson introduces essential health-related terms like '生病' (to get sick), '身体' (body/health), '药片' (medicine tablets), and '药水' (liquid medicine).

Q: Which sports vocabularies are covered in the reading text?

A: The text covers popular sports including '打篮球' (playing basketball), '打网球' (playing tennis), '打排球' (playing volleyball), as well as '骑车' (cycling) and '跑步' (running).

Q: How do you express 'although... but...' in Chinese using the grammar from this lesson?

A: You can use the conjunction pair '虽然...但是...' (suīrán... dànshì...) to express contrast, as seen in the sentence '虽然我的工作非常忙，但是我要多去外边运动' (Although my work is very busy, I want to exercise more outside).

Q: What does the doctor advise the patient to do in the story?

A: The doctor advises the patient to get plenty of rest ('多休息'), take the prescribed medicine, and avoid working too frequently ('不要经常工作') to maintain a healthy body.

Q: How does the narrator describe their return home from the hospital?

A: The narrator leaves the hospital in the afternoon during a snowfall, wears a cheap red coat, rides a green taxi home, and feels much better after taking warm liquid medicine and eating a filling dinner.