# Chinese Reading Workbooks

Free Chinese reading practice workbooks: graded mini-stories, HSK 1 to HSK 6 reading practice with questions, reading without pinyin, and the news.

Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/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.

## Workbooks (26)

Most downloaded first. Free with a SayMei account: each workbook's page shows its first two pages.

- [Five Beginner Mandarin Mini-Stories](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/five-beginner-mandarin-mini-stories): 28-page PDF, Total beginner · HSK 1. Five six-line stories in Hanzi and pinyin, with recall, dictation and retell practice — no audio needed
- [HSK 4 Reading Practice: Longer Texts & Inference](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-reading-practice): 42-page PDF, HSK 4 (new HSK). Ten real-life texts with Mei Lin, Lin Hao and Chen Xiaoyu — main idea, inference, attitude and more
- [HSK 3 Reading Practice: Stories, Notices & Everyday Decisions](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-3-reading-practice): 39-page PDF, HSK 3 (new HSK). Real notices, chats, ads, timetables and stories with comprehension and inference questions, following Lin Hao and Chen Xiaoyu through one busy month.
- [HSK 5 Reading Practice: Articles, Arguments & Detail](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-5-reading-practice): 45-page PDF, HSK 5 (new HSK). Read real-style articles, follow arguments and catch every detail with Mei Lin, Lin Hao and Chen Xiaoyu
- [HSK 2 Reading Practice: Everyday Dialogues & Short Stories](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-2-reading-practice): 37-page PDF, HSK 2 (new HSK). 8 short stories and 4 everyday dialogues with full pinyin, HSK-style questions and an answer key
- [HSK 1 Reading Practice: Signs, Messages & Micro-Stories](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-1-reading-practice): 35-page PDF, HSK 1 (new HSK). Read real Chinese signs, text messages and six tiny stories with Mei Lin, Lin Hao and Chen Xiaoyu
- [Guess the Sound: Chinese Phonetic Components in Practice](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-phonetic-components): 33-page PDF, Beginner to intermediate · HSK 1–3. Use sound components like 青, 马, 方 and 包 to read characters you have never seen
- [Read Chinese News: Headlines, Summaries & Fact–Opinion Practice](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/read-chinese-news): 34-page PDF, Upper intermediate · HSK 4. Headlines, short news items, summaries and fact–opinion practice for upper-intermediate learners
- [HSK 3 Vocabulary in Context Workbook](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-3-vocabulary-in-context-workbook): 42-page PDF, HSK 3 (new HSK). Learn HSK 3 words the way Chinese speakers use them: in real sentences, collocations and stories
- [Weather & Seasons: Read Forecasts and Make Plans](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/weather-and-seasons): 24-page PDF, Beginner · HSK 1. A beginner Mandarin workbook for talking about weather, temperatures, seasons and weekend plans
- [Read Chinese Without Pinyin: A Guided Transition Workbook](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/read-chinese-without-pinyin): 31-page PDF, Beginner · HSK 1. Step down from full pinyin to none with six short stories and real reading strategies
- [Chinese Work Emails & Messages: Requests, Updates & Follow-Ups](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/chinese-work-emails): 32-page PDF, Intermediate · HSK 3. Requests, updates & follow-ups for email and WeChat at work
- [Simplified to Traditional Chinese: Recognition Practice](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/simplified-to-traditional-chinese): 32-page PDF, Beginner to intermediate · HSK 1–3. Learn the conversion patterns and read traditional characters with confidence
- [HSK 6 Reading Practice: Structure, Implication & Author Purpose](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-6-reading-practice): 46-page PDF, HSK 6 (new HSK). Read complex Chinese texts for structure, implication and author purpose
- [HSK 4 Vocabulary Workbook: Words in Context & Collocations](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-vocabulary-workbook): 35-page PDF, HSK 4 (new HSK). About 150 HSK 4 words in eight themes: collocations, confusable pairs, recall drills and two readings
- [HSK 5 Vocabulary Workbook: Collocations, Word Families & Recall](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-5-vocabulary-workbook): 35-page PDF, HSK 5 (new HSK). About 150 HSK 5 words in eight themes: word families, collocations, recall drills and two articles
- [HSK 6 Vocabulary Workbook: Precise Words, Register & Recall](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-6-vocabulary-workbook): 35-page PDF, HSK 6 (new HSK). About 150 HSK 6 words in eight themes: precise near-synonyms, written register and two op-eds
- [HSK 2 Reading Practice 2: Messages, Notes & Exam-Style Questions](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-2-reading-practice-2): 38-page PDF, HSK 2 (new HSK). New messages, notes and short texts with every question type of the new HSK 2 reading section
- [HSK 3 Reading Practice 2: Emails, Blogs & Short Articles](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-3-reading-practice-2): 41-page PDF, HSK 3 (new HSK). All-new HSK 3 texts, unit by unit through the new reading section, with a timed mini test
- [HSK 4 Reading Practice 2: Cloze, Sentence Gaps & Short Articles](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-reading-practice-2): 43-page PDF, HSK 4 (new HSK). Word-bank cloze, short texts and sentence gaps: the three parts of the new HSK 4 reading section
- [HSK 1 Course Book: 12 Lessons for the New HSK 1](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-1-course-book): 108-page PDF, HSK 1 (new HSK). All 300 HSK 1 words in 12 lessons: dialogues, grammar, readings and practice, with an answer key
- [HSK 2 Course Book: 12 Lessons for the New HSK 2](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-2-course-book): 106-page PDF, HSK 2 (new HSK). All 200 new HSK 2 words in 12 lessons: dialogues, grammar, readings and practice, with an answer key
- [Complete HSK 1 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/complete-hsk-1-workbook-pack): 126-page PDF, HSK 1 (new HSK). Reading practice, vocabulary, guided writing and a full mock test with audio, in one PDF
- [Complete HSK 2 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/complete-hsk-2-workbook-pack): 174-page PDF, HSK 2 (new HSK). Reading practice, vocabulary, guided writing and a full mock test with audio, in one PDF
- [Complete HSK 3 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/complete-hsk-3-workbook-pack): 186-page PDF, HSK 3 (new HSK). Reading practice, vocabulary, guided writing and a full mock test with audio, in one PDF
- [Complete HSK 4 Workbook Pack: Reading, Vocabulary, Writing & Mock Test](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/complete-hsk-4-workbook-pack): 183-page PDF, HSK 4 (new HSK). Reading practice, vocabulary, guided writing and a full mock test with audio, in one PDF

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