HSK 2
HSK 2 · App lesson 17
15-25 min 6 words Official 9.1/2 8 sections

Go to the mall, take what you need, walk, come back, and mark a finished errand with 完.

New HSK Course 2, official lesson 9, part 1 of 2.

Friends walking into a shopping mall to buy milk tea
Vocabulary overview

First, see the whole set.

Someone still wants that cup of milk tea. These six words send you out and bring you back.

商(shāng)场(chǎng) 拿(ná) 走(zǒu) 走(zǒu)路(lù) 回(huí)来(lái) 完(wán)
Vocabulary 01 / 06
01 A friendly illustration showing shopping mall
商(shāng)场(chǎng)

shopping mall

Model sentence
What to notice

商场 is a larger shopping place than 商店.

Try it

Hear 商, then 场.

Vocabulary 02 / 06
02 A friendly illustration showing to take
拿(ná)

to take; to hold

Model sentence
What to notice

拿 is picking something up or holding it.

Try it

Put the thing after 拿.

Vocabulary 03 / 06
03 A friendly illustration showing to walk
走(zǒu)

to walk; to leave

Model sentence
What to notice

走 can mean walking or heading off.

Try it

You will also learn 走路.

Vocabulary 04 / 06
04 A friendly illustration showing to walk (as a way of going)
走(zǒu)路(lù)

to walk (as a way of going)

Model sentence
What to notice

走路 is walking as the way you go.

Try it

Compare it with 走.

Vocabulary 05 / 06
05 A friendly illustration showing to come back
回(huí)来(lái)

to come back

Model sentence
What to notice

回来 is returning toward where we are now.

Try it

Put 了 after 回来 when it is done.

Vocabulary 06 / 06
06 A friendly illustration showing to finish
完(wán)

to finish

Model sentence
What to notice

完 after a verb means the action is complete.

Try it

Practice 买完了.

Vocabulary match

Connect word, pinyin, and meaning.

Pick one item from each column. When all three belong together, they lock in as a match.

Word
    Pinyin
      Meaning
        Grammar

        One pattern holds the lesson together.

        去 plus a verb names the purpose: 去买奶茶.

        1 Going to do something
        Grammar 01 / 01
        去 + verb

        Going to do something

        去 plus another verb means you go somewhere in order to do that action: 我去买奶茶, 我去走路.

        Writing drill

        Type your answer.

        Translate: I go to the mall.

        Hear 商, then 场.

        Writing drill 02 / 02

        Type your answer.

        Write the Chinese word for "to finish".

        完 after a verb means the action is complete.

        Reading practice

        Continue in order when you can. You can also open any app lesson whenever it is useful.

        买(mǎi)完(wán)了(le)

        To the mall

        安(ān)娜(nà)：我(wǒ)去(qù)商(shāng)场(chǎng)买(mǎi)奶(nǎi)茶(chá)。

        马(mǎ)克(kè)：你(nǐ)走(zǒu)路(lù)吗(ma)？

        安(ān)娜(nà)：我(wǒ)走(zǒu)。我(wǒ)拿(ná)奶(nǎi)茶(chá)回(huí)来(lái)。

        小(xiǎo)李(lǐ)：好(hǎo)。你(nǐ)买(mǎi)完(wán)了(le)告(gào)诉(sù)我(wǒ)。

        Anna: I am going to the mall to buy milk tea.

        Mark: Are you walking?

        Anna: I will walk. I will bring the milk tea back.

        Xiao Li: Good. Tell me when you have finished buying it.

        Reading check

        Did you follow the story?

        Choose the best answer for each question.

        Question 1: Where is 安娜 going?
        Question 01

        Where is 安娜 going?

        Question 2: What should she do when she has finished buying?
        Question 02

        What should she do when she has finished buying?

        Writing practice

        Write a full sentence.

        Write one sentence saying you are going to buy milk tea.

        Review

        Quick recall check.

        Type your answer in Chinese or English where it fits.

        Which new word means "shopping mall"?

        Review 02 / 02

        Quick recall check.

        Type your answer in Chinese or English where it fits.

        Which new word means "to finish"?

        Lesson complete

        Nice work finishing this part.

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