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漂亮的小珠子
Pindou Pixel Beads — Pretty Little Beads Young People in China Love
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A simple story about pindou pixel beads — the pretty little beads young people in China love to make together.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 7 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 18 key vocabulary words such as 朋友、做、看 and walks through 7 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.
HSK 1. 我的朋友 = my friend. The story is two friends, 小明 and 小红.
HSK 1. 做拼豆 = make pindou. The episode's action verb.
HSK 1. 你看 = look! Used many times.
HSK 1. 我想做一只小狗 = I want to make a little dog. 想 + verb.
HSK 1. 很漂亮 = very pretty. The most basic intensifier.
HSK 1-2. 颜色很漂亮 = the colors are pretty. Common compliment.
HSK 2. The episode lists many 颜色: 红, 黄, 蓝, 绿, 粉, 白, 黑.
HSK 1. 一起做 = do it together. Repeated word in the friendship scenario.
HSK 1. 都很高兴 = both very happy. The emotional anchor of the story.
Beyond. 珠 (bead/pearl) + 子 (suffix). The thing the whole episode is about.
HSK 4. 一个板 = one board. The pegboard you put beads on.
HSK 5 but glossed inline. 一个小洞 = one small hole. Each pegboard hole holds one bead.
Beyond. 熨 (to iron) + 斗 (a tool). 熨斗是热的 = the iron is hot. Used to fuse beads.
HSK 5. 珠子会粘在一起 = the beads will stick together.
HSK 4. 用珠子做的图画 = a picture made with beads. The result of pindou.
HSK 3. 都很可爱 = all are cute. Common reaction to pindou pieces.
HSK 4. 心里很安静 = the heart is quiet. The core feeling of doing pindou.
HSK 3. 可不可以教我？= can you teach me? 小红 教 小明 in this episode.
* beyond level超纲词
X 把 + Object + Verb (BA construction)
把 fronts the object so the verb can carry a result. 'Took A and did Y to it.'
小红把一个珠子放进一个洞。
你把熨斗放在珠子上面。
想 + Verb (want to V)
Modal of desire. 想 + verb = 'want to V.' Subject + 想 + verb.
我想做一只小狗。
我想再做一个。
他想下个星期再来。
X 也是 ... 也是 ...
'X is also A and also B.' Used to layer descriptions.
也可以拍照。
也可以送给朋友。
也可以放在家里。
X 就是 Y (definition)
The teaching pattern. Used to define a new word inline.
拼豆，就是把珠子拼起来。
板上有很多小洞。
熨斗是热的。
因为 + reason
Because + reason. Often used alone at HSK 1.
因为珠子很漂亮。
因为做完以后有东西。
Verb + 完 (resultative complement)
Verb + 完 = finish doing V. Indicates completion.
做完以后，要用一个东西。
做完以后，心里很舒服。
两个人一起做完了。
一个 ... 又一个 ...
'One after another.' Describes a repeating, calming sequence.
一个，又一个。
她一个一个放。