Fluentide · Chinese Listening — HSK 1
Fluentide · Chinese Listening — HSK 1 is a daily podcast that helps absolute beginners understand real Chinese by rewriting today's news in simple HSK 1 Mandarin. Each episode is slow, clear, and based on comprehensible input theory. The podcast offers free interactive transcripts with pinyin, English definitions, and side-by-side translations. It uses AI text-to-speech for consistent pronunciation.
Episodes
有人把成人用品扔进 WNBA 球场，一家虚拟币公司承认是他们找人扔的。被打中的是小孩。 — People Threw Sex Toys Onto WNBA Courts for a Crypto Stunt. The Ones Who Got Hit Were Children.
A wave of objects thrown onto WNBA courts, claimed by a crypto company, injured children; Angel Reese identified a thrower — HSK 1 level, 3:08. Key vocabulary: 看 (kàn) — to watch, to look; 东西 (dōngxi) — thing; 小 (xiǎo) — small; 女子 (nǚzǐ) — women’s (in the name of a sport); 篮球 (lánqiú) — basketball. Grammar: 往……扔 — To throw towards or into somewhere. 往 marks the direction.; 不是……，是…… — Not X, but Y
魁北克的枫糖浆被兑了甘蔗糖，一半都不是枫的。农业部查过一次，说没问题。 — Quebec Maple Syrup Was Cut With Cane Sugar. The Agriculture Ministry Tested It Once and Found Nothing.
Radio-Canada found grocery-shelf maple syrup was at least 50% cane sugar; four grocery chains added to the class action — HSK 1 level, 1:28. Key vocabulary: 水 (shuǐ) — water; 买 (mǎi) — to buy; 吃 (chī) — to eat; 树 (shù) — tree; 甜 (tián) — sweet. Grammar: A 从 B 里来 — A comes out of B. 从 marks the source.; 一半……，一半…… — Half is one thing, half is another.. Read along with the free interactive transcript
许家印被判无期。恒大留下一百六十二万套没盖完的房子，还有七十万套空着。 — Evergrande’s Founder Got Life. The Company Left 1.62 Million Unfinished Apartments — 700,000 Are Still Empty.
Shenzhen court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for financial fraud — HSK 1 level, 2:15. Key vocabulary: 钱 (qián) — money; 买 (mǎi) — to buy; 住 (zhù) — to live (somewhere); 房子 (fángzi) — house, apartment; 等 (děng) — to wait. Grammar: A 比 B 少 — A is less than B. 比 marks the comparison.; 不是……，不是……，都…… — Rules out several possibilities in a row, then states the whole case..
巴厘岛"安宁日"全岛停摆，一个瑞士游客照样出门，拍了视频发上网。他被判了一年。 — Bali Shuts Down Completely for Its Day of Silence. A Swiss Tourist Walked Out, Filmed It, and Got a Year in Prison.
A Swiss tourist was sentenced to a year in prison for defying and mocking Bali's Nyepi Day of Silence — HSK 1 level, 1:49. Key vocabulary: 出门 (chūmén) — to go out, to leave the house; 安静 (ānjìng) — quiet; 岛 (dǎo) — island; 飞机 (fēijī) — aeroplane; 知道 (zhīdào) — to know. Grammar: 不 + verb，不 + verb — Stacks prohibitions in a row — a plain, forceful way to list what you may not do.; ……的时候 — When / at
两千三百年前的粽子，从两座楚墓里挖了出来。一批素的，一批有肉——荤素之争比屈原还老。 — Archaeologists Pulled 2,300-Year-Old Zongzi Out of Two Chu Tombs. One Batch Vegetarian, One With Meat.
Ancient DNA analysis of leaf-wrapped grain packages in two Chu tombs pushes zongzi back 2,300 years — HSK 1 level, 1:55. Key vocabulary: 叶子 (yèzi) — leaf, leaves; 米 (mǐ) — rice (uncooked); 肉 (ròu) — meat; 吃 (chī) — to eat; 年 (nián) — year. Grammar: 用 A 包 B — Use A to wrap B. 用 marks the tool or material.; 一种……，一种…… — Lists two types side by side.. Read along with the free interactive transcript —
诺兰用 IMAX 胶片拍完了整部《奥德赛》。那台新摄影机，用一对在 IMAX 干了五十三年的夫妻命名。 — Nolan Shot All of The Odyssey on IMAX Film. The New Camera Is Named After a Couple Who Gave IMAX 53 Years.
The Odyssey is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX film, using the new Keighley camera — HSK 1 level, 3:15. Key vocabulary: 声音 (shēngyīn) — sound, voice; 安静 (ānjìng) — quiet; 说话 (shuōhuà) — to speak, to talk; 名字 (míngzi) — name; 电影 (diànyǐng) — film, movie. Grammar: 从……到…… — From X to Y — marks both ends of a span, of time or of anything else.; ……的时候，就…… — When X happens, then Y. 的时候 marks the
Jason Kelce 让球迷把尿寄给 AI 数据中心。他真正想说的，是水。 — Jason Kelce Is Asking Fans to Send Their Pee to AI Data Centers. What He Actually Wants to Talk About Is Water.
Jason Kelce's Garage Beer / Liquid Death ad campaign about AI data centre water consumption — HSK 1 level, 1:39. Key vocabulary: 热 (rè) — hot; 冷 (lěng) — cold, to cool; 水 (shuǐ) — water; 喝 (hē) — to drink; 广告 (guǎnggào) — advertisement. Grammar: 太……了 — Too much of something — often with the sense that it is a problem.; 让 + somebody/something + verb — To make or let something do something.. Read al
美国陆军开价：再服役两年，换四天假去打《侠盗猎车手6》 — The US Army Offered Four Days Off to Play GTA 6 — If Soldiers Re-Enlist for Two More Years
A Fort Stewart engineer battalion offered a four-day GTA 6 pass as a re-enlistment incentive — HSK 1 level, 2:44. Key vocabulary: 年 (nián) — year; 玩 (wán) — to play; 回家 (huí jiā) — to go home; 假 (jià) — time off, leave; 军人 (jūnrén) — a soldier, a serviceperson. Grammar: A 大，还是 B 大？ — Asks which of two things is bigger. 还是 is "or" inside a question.; 为了…… — For the sake of; states the purpose of an
他在给法院的文件里藏了一行白字，那句话是写给 AI 的 — He Hid a Line of Invisible White Text in His Court Filing. It Was an Instruction for the AI.
A Connecticut plaintiff hid white 3-point prompt-injection text in court filings and was sanctioned — HSK 1 level, 1:48. Key vocabulary: 白 (bái) — white; 纸 (zhǐ) — paper; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see; 眼睛 (yǎnjing) — eye, eyes; 法院 (fǎyuàn) — court of law. Grammar: 会不会……？ — A yes-or-no question about the future: "will it or will it not?" Formed by putting 会 and 不会 together.; A 和 B 不一样 — Says two things are
个人癌症疫苗：让癌症更不容易回来 — A Personalized Melanoma Vaccine Makes Cancer Less Likely to Return
莫德纳和默沙东的个人癌症疫苗 — HSK 1 level, 1:56. Key vocabulary: 医生 (yīshēng) — doctor; 高兴 (gāoxìng) — happy; glad; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see; 可以 (kěyǐ) — can; may; 新 (xīn) — new. Grammar: 不容易 + Verb — Hard to do; less likely to happen. The trial result in one phrase: cancer does not come back easily.; 一组……一组…… — Two groups, set side by side. One group gets the old medicine; the other gets the medicine plus the ne
《牛来》：网上的嘲笑，把一部做得很差的动画电影送上了两千多万票房 — Niu Lai: Online Mockery Turned a Badly Made Film Into a 20-Million-Yuan Hit
《牛来》：一部做得不好的中国动画电影为什么突然走红 — HSK 1 level, 3:47. Key vocabulary: 电影 (diànyǐng) — movie; 买 (mǎi) — to buy; 看 (kàn) — to watch; 朋友 (péngyou) — friend; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see. Grammar: Place + 有 + Object — Says what exists in a place. Here it introduces the film, then the clips, then the cinema.; Verb + 得 + Adj — The 得 complement judges how an action is done. In this episode, “badly made” and “badly wal
美国最年长的参议员，为一台用了四十九年的吸尘器写了段告别。它叫贝丝。 — The Oldest US Senator Wrote a Farewell to His 49-Year-Old Vacuum Cleaner. Its Name Was Beth.
Senator Chuck Grassley, 92, posted a farewell to Beth, the family vacuum cleaner of 49 years — HSK 1 level, 2:37. Key vocabulary: 老 (lǎo) — old; 岁 (suì) — years of age; 用 (yòng) — to use; 写 (xiě) — to write; 想 (xiǎng) — to think of, to miss. Grammar: 四十九年，…… — Leading with the number and repeating it is how spoken Chinese makes a span feel long.; 再也不……了 — "never again". Stronger and more final tha
三十万家停电，抢修队半夜出去查线，被人开了两枪。一颗子弹卡在座位头枕后面。 — 300,000 Homes Lost Power. The Crew Sent Out at Midnight Was Shot At — One Bullet Lodged in a Headrest.
A NIPSCO crew restoring power after a record Indiana storm was shot at in Gary; restoration paused until escorted — HSK 1 level, 1:40. Key vocabulary: 电 (diàn) — electricity; 天气 (tiānqì) — weather; 车 (chē) — vehicle; 看 (kàn) — to look; 能 (néng) — can, to be able. Grammar: A 就 B — "if A, then B, straight away". The whole causal chain of the episode runs on 就.; 不能 + verb — "cannot do X". Twice — onc
高迪知道自己看不到圣家堂完工。他去世一百年后的今年，它封顶了，成为全世界最高的教堂。 — Gaudí Knew He Would Never See the Sagrada Família Finished. It Was Topped Out This Year, 100 Years After He Died.
The Sagrada Família's central tower was completed in 2026, the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death — HSK 1 level, 2:33. Key vocabulary: 大 (dà) — big; 看 (kàn) — to look at; 做 (zuò) — to make, to do; 知道 (zhīdào) — to know; 看不见 (kàn bú jiàn) — cannot see. Grammar: V 不 + 补语 — "cannot manage to V". Not unwillingness — the thing is simply beyond one person.; 可是 — "but". Both turns of the whole episode sit
一所肯塔基中学发的学生手册，把 Kentucky 印成了 Venecky。开学第一天，一个学生就发现了。 — A Kentucky School Handed Out Planners That Spell Kentucky "Venecky". A Student Spotted It on Day One.
Student planners at a Kentucky middle school carried a US map with misspelled state names, and parents suspect AI — HSK 1 level, 1:50. Key vocabulary: 学校 (xuéxiào) — school; 学生 (xuésheng) — student; 买 (mǎi) — to buy; 块 (kuài) — unit of money; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see. Grammar: ……都…… — "all / every one of them". Scales one fact up to a whole set.; 也 — "also, too". Each 也 adds one more thing that went
伦敦孩子管他的车叫「泡泡巴士」。公司以「安全考虑」叫停了他，至今没说是什么考虑。 — London Children Called It the Bubble Bus. The Operator Stopped Him Over "Safety Concerns" It Still Will Not Explain.
A London bus driver who blew soap bubbles for passengers was told to stop over unexplained safety concerns — HSK 1 level, 2:32. Key vocabulary: 上车 (shàng chē) — to board; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see; 高兴 (gāoxìng) — happy; 坐 (zuò) — to ride, to sit; 知道 (zhīdào) — to know. Grammar: ……的时候 — "when X happens". The hinge of the whole story is one moment: boarding.; 也 — "also / either". Adds a second thing tha
他在一场 Zoom 会议上开掉了九百个人。今年他自己被开掉了，现在他想回去。 — He Fired 900 People on One Zoom Call. This Year He Was Fired Himself — and Now He Wants the Job Back.
Better.com founder Vishal Garg, who fired 900 staff on a Zoom call, was ousted in August 2026 and is fighting to return — HSK 1 level, 1:45. Key vocabulary: 公司 (gōngsī) — company; 开会 (kāihuì) — to hold a meeting; 电脑 (diànnǎo) — computer; 工作 (gōngzuò) — job, work; 想 (xiǎng) — to want. Grammar: 叫 + somebody + verb — "to tell somebody to do X". The same verb runs the whole story, in both directions.;
六十四年的土拨鼠研究没钱了，老师把照片放上 OnlyFans — A 64-Year Marmot Study Ran Out of Money, So Its Professor Put Photos on OnlyFans
UCLA professor Dan Blumstein funded his 64-year marmot study by selling marmot photos on OnlyFans — HSK 1 level, 2:41. Key vocabulary: 住 (zhù) — to live, to reside; 看 (kàn) — to watch; 写 (xiě) — to write; 要 (yào) — to need, to require; 猫 (māo) — cat. Grammar: 不是……，也不是…… — Rules out two familiar things before naming an unfamiliar one.; ……要钱 — "X costs money". Repeated to build the whole problem of
两只小羊在波特兰上了公交车，看手机的人没有看见 — Two Little Goats Boarded a Portland Bus, but People Looking at Their Phones Did Not See Them
Two loose pygmy goats followed passengers onto a TriMet bus in Portland before being ushered off — HSK 1 level, 1:23. Key vocabulary: 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see; 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) — to make a phone call; 上 (shàng) — to get on; 下 (xià) — to get off; 知道 (zhīdào) — to know. Grammar: 有的……，有的…… — "some… others…". The whole point of the story lives in this pair.; 跟着 + somebody + verb — "to follow somebody in
维基百科写奥尔特曼死了，谷歌看见了就信了 — Wikipedia Said Altman Was Dead, and Google Saw It and Believed It
Google's Knowledge Panel showed Sam Altman as dead after a 41-minute Wikipedia vandalism — HSK 1 level, 2:34. Key vocabulary: 知道 (zhīdào) — to know; 写 (xiě) — to write; 看见 (kànjiàn) — to see; 公司 (gōngsī) — company; 电脑 (diànnǎo) — computer. Grammar: 就 + verb — "and then straight away". 就 is what makes the whole story feel too fast.; 一个……也不…… — "not even one X". The strongest way to say none of it w
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