HSK 2 Chinese Listen & Learn Conversation
The Interview at the Night Market
夜市里的面试
Yèshì lǐ de miànshì
8:22 min video · 15 sentences · 7 key words
Transcript with pinyin and English
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About this lesson
Xiao Lin has a job interview, but the interviewer is late and asks to meet at a busy night market. The interviewer turns out to be a stall owner, and the real test is selling.
How to practise
- Listen to each sentence first with no subtitles, and guess what it means.
- Then read it with pinyin and English while the teacher explains it, with one useful point.
- Repeat it out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause, then follow the whole conversation at the end.
Key words 生词
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 面试 | miànshì | interview | HSK 4 |
| 夜市 | yèshì | night market | HSK 7-9 |
| 晚会 | wǎnhuì | party | HSK 2 |
| 旅客 | lǚkè | traveller | HSK 2 |
| 怎样 | zěnyàng | how | HSK 2 |
| 热情 | rèqíng | friendly | HSK 2 |
| 照相 | zhàoxiàng | take a photo | HSK 2 |
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