
字节跳动的新 AI 让做视频变得很简单
ByteDance's New AI Makes Video Easy — Douyin's Push Against Kuaishou in China
HSK 2 Chinese listening practice. ByteDance's new AI lets anyone make videos without cameras, lifting Douyin's race against Kuaishou in China.
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 12 key vocabulary words such as 视频、字节跳动、聪明 and walks through 5 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
Noun. Moving visual images. Measure word: 个 (gè) or 段 (duàn).
Proper Noun. The name of a Chinese technology company, famous for TikTok/Douyin.
Adjective. Used to describe people or advanced technology (like smartphones/AI).
Noun. A machine used to record videos. Measure word: 台 (tái).
Noun. A person who performs in plays, movies, or television shows. Measure word: 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi).
Adjective/Adverb. Opposite of fake. Often used as 'really' (e.g., 真的很好 - really good).
Adjective. Not real. Used to describe artificial things.
Noun. A share of ownership in a company. Measure word: 股 (gǔ).
Noun. The person who directs the making of a film. Can also be a verb.
Noun/Verb. The act of competing against others.
Noun. Short for science and technology.
Noun/Verb. To move forward or improve.
Present continuous tense marker '在' indicating an action is currently happening.
一只猫在跳舞。
大家都在比赛。
Time word '以前' (before/in the past) placed before the verb to indicate past habits or states.
以前是人做的。
以前这很难。
Potential complement indicating inability to achieve a result through the action.
你看不出是假的。