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Journey to the West cover西游记

🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese graded reader

西游记

Journey to the West — after Wu Cheng'en

Journey to the West, retold as a graded reader. Starts at absolute-beginner HSK 1 and quietly grows to HSK 3 — the stone monkey's birth, the havoc in heaven, and the long road west, in Chinese you can actually read.

HSK 1–3 50 chapters 10,752 words Free Narrated
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Chapters

  1. 第一章：石猴read online
  2. 第二章：瀑布read online
  3. 第三章：水帘洞read online
  4. 第四章：美猴王read online
  5. 第五章：快乐的日子read online
  6. 第六章：老猴子read online
  7. 第七章：我不想死read online
  8. 第八章：大海read online
  9. 第九章：找师父read online
  10. 第十章：孙悟空read online
  11. 第十一章：学习read online
  12. 第十二章：半夜的课read online
  13. 第十三章：七十二变read online
  14. 第十四章：筋斗云read online
  15. 第十五章：回花果山read online
  16. 第十六章：龙宫read online
  17. 第十七章：金箍棒read online
  18. 第十八章：地府read online
  19. 第十九章：弼马温read online
  20. 第二十章：齐天大圣read online
  21. 第二十一章：天兵read online
  22. 第二十二章：蟠桃园read online
  23. 第二十三章：偷桃read online
  24. 第二十四章：大闹蟠桃会read online
  25. 第二十五章：逃read online
  26. 第二十六章：二郎神read online
  27. 第二十七章：被抓read online
  28. 第二十八章：火眼金睛read online
  29. 第二十九章：如来的手read online
  30. 第三十章：五行山read online
  31. 第三十一章：唐僧read online
  32. 第三十二章：放我出来！read online
  33. 第三十三章：紧箍咒read online
  34. 第三十四章：白龙马read online
  35. 第三十五章：猪八戒read online
  36. 第三十六章：沙和尚read online
  37. 第三十七章：白骨精（一）read online
  38. 第三十八章：白骨精（二）read online
  39. 第三十九章：师父有难read online
  40. 第四十章：火焰山read online
  41. 第四十一章：铁扇公主read online
  42. 第四十二章：借扇read online
  43. 第四十三章：女儿国read online
  44. 第四十四章：真假悟空read online
  45. 第四十五章：小雷音read online
  46. 第四十六章：通天河read online
  47. 第四十七章：灵山在望read online
  48. 第四十八章：取经read online
  49. 第四十九章：回长安read online
  50. 第五十章：斗战胜佛read online
What level is Journey to the West in Mandarin Chinese?

It starts at HSK 1 and climbs gradually to HSK 3. Each chapter introduces a little new vocabulary, so you're always reading just above your comfort zone.

How long is it?

50 chapters and about 10,800 words in total, using roughly 1,200 different word forms.

Is it free?

Yes — this is a free book in the ReadNative app. You can also read the first 50 chapters right here in your browser.

Does it have audio?

Yes — the whole book is narrated, with each word highlighted as it is read.

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