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HSK 2 Chinese Listening Quiz

The Umbrella on the Mountain Path

山路上的雨伞

Shān lùshang de yǔ sǎn

2:54 min video · 6 sentences · 6 key words

About this lesson

Two neighbours climb a mountain, and rain starts. Only one has an umbrella, and it is much too small.

How to practise

  1. Listen to each sentence without subtitles and pick its meaning: A, B or C.
  2. Check the answer, then repeat the sentence out loud in the pause.
  3. Try the quiz below without the video, and write your score in the YouTube comments.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
下雨xiàyǔto rainHSK 1
伞sǎnumbrellaHSK 4
怎么办zěnmebànwhat to doHSK 2
别急biéjídon't worry
拿出来náchūláitake out
一边yìbiānat the same time (as)HSK 1

Test yourself: 6 questions

What does each sentence mean? Read it (or say it out loud first), then pick an answer.

  1. Question 1

    小李，你看，要下雨了！

  2. Question 2

    我没带伞，怎么办？

  3. Question 3

    老王笑着说：别急，我有。

  4. Question 4

    他拿出来的伞太小了！

  5. Question 5

    两个人都站在小伞里。

  6. Question 6

    他们一边走，一边笑。

0 of 6 answered

Transcript with pinyin and English

Show the transcript (contains the answers)

  1. 小李，你看，要下雨了！

    Xiǎo Lǐ, nǐ kàn, yào xiàyǔ le!

    Xiao Li, look, it's going to rain!

  2. 我没带伞，怎么办？

    Wǒ méi dài sǎn, zěnmebàn?

    I didn't bring an umbrella, what should I do?

  3. 老王笑着说：别急，我有。

    Lǎo Wáng xiào zhe shuō: bié jí, wǒ yǒu.

    Lao Wang said with a smile: Don't worry, I have one.

  4. 他拿出来的伞太小了！

    Tā ná chūlái de sǎn tài xiǎo le!

    The umbrella he took out was too small!

  5. 两个人都站在小伞里。

    Liǎng gèrén dōu zhàn zài xiǎo sǎn lǐ.

    Both people stood under the small umbrella.

  6. 他们一边走，一边笑。

    Tāmen yìbiān zǒu, yìbiān xiào.

    They laughed as they walked.

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