Mandarin stories
Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon.
你去吗？
nǐ qù ma ？
Are You Going?
在这里
zài zhè lǐ
Here
朋友找我
péng yǒu zhǎo wǒ
A friend comes looking for me
不知道在哪里
bù zhī dào zài nǎ lǐ
Don't know where it is
点错了
diǎn cuò le
Ordered the wrong thing
最后的车
zuì hòu de chē
The last bus
大伟的工作
dà wěi de gōng zuò
David's job
新的医生
xīn de yī shēng
The new doctor
今年去哪里
jīn nián qù nǎ lǐ
Where to go this year
卖东西的地方
mài dōng xī de dì fāng
An old friend at the market
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
新邻居
xīn lín jū
The New Neighbour
一起做饭
yì qǐ zuò fàn
Cooking Together
早上的市场
zǎo shàng de shì chǎng
The Morning Market
角落的咖啡馆
jiǎo luò de kā fēi guǎn
The café on the corner
新工作的第一天
xīn gōng zuò de dì yī tiān
First day at the new job
小云的梦想
xiǎo yún de mèng xiǎng
Xiaoyun's dream
小华的比赛
xiǎo huá de bǐ sài
Xiaohua's race
汤姆找路
tāng mǔ zhǎo lù
Tom finds the way
李明的旅行
lǐ míng de lǚ xíng
Li Ming's trip
等了三年
děng le sān nián
Three years of waiting
错过的火车
cuò guò de huǒ chē
The train they missed
等了两个小时
děng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí
She waited two hours
有钱没时间
yǒu qián méi shí jiān
Money but no time
想起那个约定
xiǎng qǐ nà ge yuē dìng
Remembering that promise
都变了
dōu biàn le
Everything has changed
那件事
nà jiàn shì
That one matter