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HSK 1 Chinese Conversation

The Cake on the Roof

屋顶上的蛋糕

Wūdǐng shàng de dàngāo

1:43 min video · 8 sentences · 6 key words

Conversation script with pinyin and English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. 王月 Wáng Yuè我的蛋糕不在盒子里！Wǒ de dàngāo bú zài hézi lǐ!My cake is not in the box!
  2. 小李 Xiǎo Lǐ不会吧，我没打开过。Bú huì ba, wǒ méi dǎkāi guò.No way, I never opened it.
  3. 王月 Wáng Yuè那蛋糕去哪儿了？Nà dàngāo qù nǎr le?Then where did the cake go?
  4. 小李 Xiǎo Lǐ你的手上有什么？Nǐ de shǒu shàng yǒu shénme?What is on your hand?
  5. 王月 Wáng Yuè没什么，是水。Méishénme, shì shuǐ.Nothing, it's water.
  6. 小李 Xiǎo Lǐ不对，这是奶油！Búduì, zhè shì nǎi yóu!No, that's cream!
  7. 王月 Wáng Yuè对不起，我太饿了。Duìbùqǐ, wǒ tài è le.Sorry, I was too hungry.
  8. 小李 Xiǎo Lǐ没关系，你想再买一个吗？Méiguānxi, nǐ xiǎng zài mǎi yí gè ma?It's fine. Do you want to buy another?

About this lesson

A delivery rider finds a customer's cake box empty on the rooftop. A small clue shows who ate it: the customer's own hand has cream on it.

How to practise

  1. Listen to the conversation with pinyin and English.
  2. When you see 你会怎么说？, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
  3. Then repeat the real reply in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
蛋糕dàngāocakeHSK 5
盒子héziboxHSK 5
打开dǎkāito openHSK 1
哪儿nǎrwhereHSK 1
饿èhungryHSK 1
没关系méiguānxinever mindHSK 1

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