🗣 Can you speak Chinese?

Unit 2 · People, family & numbers (HSK 1) · 8 min

会 huì = a learned skill: 我会说汉语 "I can speak Chinese." 能 néng = circumstances allow: 今天我不能来 "I can't come today."

Words in this lesson

• 会 (huì) — can (learned skill)
• 能 (néng) — can; be able
• 说话 (shuō huà) — to speak; to talk
• 汉语 (Hàn yǔ) — Chinese language
• 写 (xiě) — to write
• 字 (zì) — character; word
• 读 (dú) — to read

Project: Record 20 seconds in Chinese about what you can and cannot do.