You’ll find Short Stories and Chinese readers that I wrote or edited for Chinese learners to practice their reading and comprehension.

They are rated on or between the following three levels:

Beginner

can recognize about 500 Chinese characters

have very limited vocabulary based on those characters

understand very basic sentence structure

Elementary



can recognize 500 to 1500 Chinese characters

have built up a vocabulary base big enough to understand simple articles and conversations

understand frequently used sentence structures

Intermediate

can recognize 1500 to 2500 Chinese characters

have grasped a good amount of vocabulary to understand articles and conversations with more in-depth

capable of understanding various sentence patterns, compound words and long sentences

can randomly read through a general topic article with good comprehension without look-up





Have you ever tried to read mini novel in Chinese? Here is a very “mini” one …

分手 （Beginner to Elementary)

婉君 （Elementary to Intermediate)

她的故事 （Intermediate)

Happy Halloween! Let’s celebrate with a Chinese ghost story (Elementary to Intermediate)

我身后的眼睛 （Elementary)

Best Micro Fiction Award from Sina: flash story 戒指 [The Ring] (Elementary)

失踪 (Elementary)

短信 （Elementary)

Someone that can tell a both short and sad story (in Chinese) [Elementary Level]

窗外 （Elementary)

罪恶有痕 （Intermediate to Advanced)

推销员 (Elementary)

心锁 (Elementary)

爱的往事 (Elementary)

李曼的决心 (Elementary)

电脑里的妈妈 (Beginner)

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