Mandarin stories
Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon. That is comprehensible input by construction.
最后的车
zuì hòu de chē
The last bus
不知道在哪里
bù zhī dào zài nǎ lǐ
Don't know where it is
你去吗？
nǐ qù ma ？
Are You Going?
朋友找我
péng you zhǎo wǒ
A friend comes looking for me
弗兰克的工作
fú lán kè de gōng zuò
Frank's job
我只想买花
wǒ zhī xiǎng mǎi huā
I only wanted flowers
新的医生
xīn de yī shēng
The new doctor
在这里
zài zhè lǐ
Right Here
点错了
diǎn cuò le
Ordered the wrong thing
去哪里玩？
qù nǎ lǐ wán ？
Where shall we go?
错过公车
cuò guò gōng chē
The Missed Bus
打电话
dǎ diàn huà
The Phone Call
看医生
kàn yī shēng
Seeing the Doctor
迷路
mí lù
Lost
上班第一天
shàng bān dì yī tiān
The First Day at Work
生日的惊喜
shēng rì de jīng xǐ
The Birthday Surprise
下雨的下午
xià yǔ de xià wǔ
A Rainy Afternoon
新工作的第一天
xīn gōng zuò de dì yī tiān
First day at the new job
新邻居
xīn lín jū
The New Neighbour
一起做饭
yì qǐ zuò fàn
Cooking Together
早上的市场
zǎo shang de shì chǎng
The Morning Market
角落的咖啡馆
jiǎo luò de kā fēi guǎn
The café on the corner
看场合
kàn chǎng hé
Read the Room
错过的火车
cuò guò de huǒ chē
The train we missed
最老的门
zuì lǎo de mén
The oldest door
等了三年
děng le sān nián
Three years of waiting
等了两个小时
děng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí
She waited two hours
欢迎再来
huān yíng zài lái
Do come again
有钱没时间
yǒu qián méi shí jiān
Money but no time
三条腿
sān tiáo tuǐ
Three legs
我先生找路
wǒ xiān sheng zhǎo lù
My husband finds the way
被你发现了
bèi nǐ fā xiàn le
Found out
买票
mǎi piào
Buying a Ticket
面试
miàn shì
The Interview
天安门在哪儿？
tiān ān mén zài nǎ ér ？
Where Is Tiananmen?
在饭馆
zài fàn guǎn
At the Restaurant
在浩轩的家
zài hào xuān de jiā
At Haoxuan's Home
电影还是公园
diàn yǐng hái shì gōng yuán
The Cinema or the Park
梓涵的家
zǐ hán de jiā
Zihan's Family
去长城
qù cháng chéng
Off to the Great Wall
手机在哪儿
shǒu jī zài nǎ ér
Where Is My Phone?
春节的饺子
chūn jié de jiǎo zi
Spring Festival Dumplings
涛的新家
tāo de xīn jiā
Tao's New Home
我的学校
wǒ de xué xiào
My School
新学生
xīn xué shēng
The New Student
端午节在新加坡
duān wǔ jié zài xīn jiā pō
The Dragon Boat Festival in Singapore
寒假去台湾
hán jià qù tái wān
A Winter Holiday in Taiwan
兼职面试
jiān zhí miàn shì
The Part-Time Job Interview
香港的暑假
xiāng gǎng de shǔ jià
A Summer in Hong Kong
都变了
dōu biàn le
Everything has changed
那件事
nà jiàn shì
That business
三天
sān tiān
Three days
后面的字
hòu miàn de zì
The writing on the back
旧手机
jiù shǒu jī
The old phone
小芳的钥匙
xiǎo fāng de yào shi
Xiaofang's key
楼上的声音
lóu shàng de shēng yīn
The noise upstairs
别人的信
bié rén de xìn
Someone else's letters
一直开
yì zhí kāi
Just keep driving
中间的树
zhōng jiān de shù
The tree in between
山不见了
shān bú jiàn le
The mountain has gone
今天不开门
jīn tiān bù kāi mén
Not opening today