Chinese Stories
Read 2 A0 Daily Life Chinese stories with learner-friendly audio, images, vocabulary, and comprehension practice.
Each of these 2 stories is written at the A0 level around daily life themes, so you build vocabulary in context while reading Chinese you can actually understand. Read once for the gist, then tap any unfamiliar word for an instant translation. Most stories here include native-speaker audio narration — read first, then listen again to connect spelling with pronunciation.
迟到五分钟引发的误会
A short story about a small misunderstanding at a coffee shop between two friends.
电梯里贴的那张寻物启事
A kind neighbor finds a missing cat after seeing a notice in the elevator.
Daily Life stories at other levels
Right topic, wrong difficulty? Read the same theme one level up or down.
How to read A0 Daily Life stories
At A0 you are reading your very first Chinese sentences. Do not worry about grammar yet — focus on recognizing words you have seen before and matching the pictures to the text. Short daily reading sessions beat long occasional ones.
Read each story twice: once for the main idea without stopping, then again while tapping the highlighted vocabulary. Finish with the comprehension quiz — if you get most answers right, you are reading at the right level. When a story starts to feel easy, move up a level using the links above.