Chinese Reading Workbooks
By Mei Lin
Reading is where the words you've learned start to stick. These workbooks give you real texts at your level, with something to do after each one. Beginners can start with five six-line mini-stories, or with the HSK 1 reading book of signs and messages.
From HSK 2 to HSK 6 there's a reading practice book for every level, with dialogues, notices and articles, and questions on main ideas, detail and inference. Other workbooks help you step down from pinyin to none, guess how a new character sounds, and read the news. Read each text twice: once for the gist, once for the detail.
26 workbooks, most downloaded first. Free with a SayMei account: each workbook's page shows its first two pages.
Reading workbooks (26)

Five Beginner Mandarin Mini-Stories
Total beginner · 28 pages

HSK 4 Reading Practice: Longer Texts & Inference
HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) · 42 pages

HSK 3 Reading Practice: Stories, Notices & Everyday Decisions
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0) · 39 pages

HSK 5 Reading Practice: Articles, Arguments & Detail
HSK 5 (HSK 3.0) · 45 pages

HSK 2 Reading Practice: Everyday Dialogues & Short Stories
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) · 37 pages

HSK 1 Reading Practice: Signs, Messages & Micro-Stories
HSK 1 (HSK 3.0) · 35 pages

Guess the Sound: Chinese Phonetic Components in Practice
Beginner to intermediate · 33 pages

Read Chinese News: Headlines, Summaries & Fact–Opinion Practice
Upper intermediate · 34 pages

HSK 3 Vocabulary in Context Workbook
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0) · 42 pages

Weather & Seasons: Read Forecasts and Make Plans
Beginner · 24 pages

Read Chinese Without Pinyin: A Guided Transition Workbook
Beginner · 31 pages

Chinese Work Emails & Messages: Requests, Updates & Follow-Ups
Intermediate · 32 pages

Simplified to Traditional Chinese: Recognition Practice
Beginner to intermediate · 32 pages

HSK 6 Reading Practice: Structure, Implication & Author Purpose
HSK 6 (HSK 3.0) · 46 pages

HSK 4 Vocabulary Workbook: Words in Context & Collocations
HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) · 35 pages

HSK 5 Vocabulary Workbook: Collocations, Word Families & Recall
HSK 5 (HSK 3.0) · 35 pages

HSK 6 Vocabulary Workbook: Precise Words, Register & Recall
HSK 6 (HSK 3.0) · 35 pages

HSK 2 Reading Practice 2: Messages, Notes & Exam-Style Questions
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) · 38 pages

HSK 3 Reading Practice 2: Emails, Blogs & Short Articles
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0) · 41 pages

HSK 4 Reading Practice 2: Cloze, Sentence Gaps & Short Articles
HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) · 43 pages

HSK 1 Course Book: 12 Lessons for the New HSK 1
HSK 1 (HSK 3.0) · 108 pages

HSK 2 Course Book: 12 Lessons for the New HSK 2
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) · 106 pages

Complete HSK 1 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test
HSK 1 (HSK 3.0) · 126 pages

Complete HSK 2 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test
HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) · 174 pages

Complete HSK 3 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0) · 186 pages

Complete HSK 4 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test
HSK 4 (HSK 3.0) · 183 pages
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By level: Total beginner · HSK 1 · HSK 2 · HSK 3 · HSK 4 · HSK 5–6 · For kids
By goal: Grammar · Characters & writing · Pronunciation & tones · Reading · Speak & conversation · Travel & daily life · HSK exam prep · Festivals & culture
By kind: HSK mock tests