My name is Alex and I’ve studied Chinese for 8+ years. 

If you notice a translation is incorrect, please volunteer a better one. Send it to [email protected].

The annotations are provided by MandarinSpot. I can’t begin to explain how useful this website is. Big shoutout to the people over there for creating something genuinely helpful and providing it for free.

Our writers

HSKReading has two part-time writers who are both native Chinese speakers. One is an experienced Chinese teacher called Evey. The second is a journalist called Amanda. They write most of the content and do a fantastic job.

There are also a few other writers who have contributed including a doctor (you might guess that he wrote about health) and a history student who was originally a little overzealous and wrote a piece that was so hard I started to doubt if I could even read Mandarin. That was edited down a lot and added to the HSK 6 area.

Get in touch

If you want to contact me, my e-mail address is [email protected]. I enjoy helping people learn Chinese and will gladly listen to suggestions or criticism.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I wish you lots of success in your Chinese-learning adventure!