Chinese Listening Practice Workbooks

By Mei Lin

Listening practice trains your ear for Mandarin at normal speed: café orders, voice messages, announcements and exam questions. These books cover 30 everyday audio clips for beginners, four listening sets in the new HSK format for each level from HSK 1 to 6, and YCT listening for children.

Beginners at about HSK 1 to 2 can start with the 30 clips. By the end you can follow short real-life audio and answer questions on it, and at HSK level you know every listening question type. Every book has free audio and an answer key.

10 workbooks. Free.

Best first book

Chinese Listening Practice for Beginners: 30 Real-Life Audio Clips

Thirty short clips of everyday Mandarin, from café orders and voice messages to subway announcements, with key lines, questions and replies to say back. It suits learners at about HSK 1 to 2.

Listening workbooks (10)

Everyday listening

Real-life clips for adult beginners.

Chinese Listening Practice for Beginners: 30 Real-Life Audio Clips
Beginner (HSK 1–2) · 34 pages

HSK listening sets

Four sets a level in the new HSK format, with transcripts.

HSK 1 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 1 (HSK 3.0) · 35 pages
HSK 2 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) · 47 pages
HSK 3 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0) · 44 pages
HSK 4 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) · 39 pages
HSK 5 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 5 (HSK 3.0) · 45 pages
HSK 6 Listening Practice: 4 Sets with Free Audio
HSK 6 (HSK 3.0) · 56 pages

For kids

YCT listening and reading.

YCT 1 Practice for Kids: All 80 Words, Listening and Reading
Kids 6-9 (YCT 1) · 26 pages · Kids
YCT 2 Practice for Kids: 70 New Words, Listening and Reading
Kids 7-10 (YCT 2) · 26 pages · Kids
Chinese Listening Practice for Children: 10 Audio Units for Class and Home (Grades 3–5)
Kids 8-10 (pre-A1 to A1) · 31 pages · Kids

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Chinese listening practice with audio?

Here. Every book on this page has free audio on its own page, with an answer key in the PDF. Adult beginners can start with the 30 real-life clips, and HSK learners with the listening sets for their level.

How many questions are in the HSK listening sets?

Four sections a level: 80 questions at HSK 1, 100 at HSK 2, 120 at HSK 3, 128 at HSK 4, 140 at HSK 5 and 160 at HSK 6, each with transcripts and an answer key.