我的一天 | 中文Vlog | HSK 2-4
About this video
This video from Natural Mandarin with Emma offers a gentle, immersive look at a typical day in a Chinese city, designed specifically for Mandarin learners at the HSK 2 to 4 level. Emma takes viewers along on her daily routine, from morning rituals to evening activities, speaking clearly and naturally throughout. The atmosphere is calm and relatable, with soft background sounds of the city waking up, the clatter of a local breakfast shop, and the quiet hum of public transport. What makes this vlog special is how it blends language learning with authentic slice-of-life moments. You will hear common phrases used in context, see everyday interactions at a convenience store or a park, and pick up vocabulary for things like ordering food, greeting neighbors, or describing the weather. The pacing is slow enough for intermediate learners to follow without subtitles, yet natural enough to feel like real Chinese, not a textbook. Whether you are studying for the HSK exam or just curious about what a normal day looks like in China, this vlog is a warm and useful window into daily life.
Video transcript
wǒ xiàn zài yào chū mén qù shàng bān la 我现在要出门去上班啦 I'm heading out for work now gēn wǒ yì qǐ qù kàn kan ba 跟我一起去看看吧 Come with me and take a look bái bái 拜拜 Bye bye jīn tiān lù shang de chē tè bié de shǎo 今天路上的车特别的少 There are especially few cars on the road today zhèi yàng de huà jiù néng shěng hěn duō shí jiān 这样的话就能省很多时间 This way I can save a lot of time tiān qì yě bú cuò 天气也不错 The weather's pretty good too wǒ xiàn zài
zài chē zhàn děng chē 我现在在车站等车 I'm at the station waiting for the train now zhèi ge dì fang yǒu nǚ xìng zhuān yòng chē xiāng 这个地方有女性专用车厢 This place has women-only cars yě yǒu zì dòng fàn mài jī kě yǐ mǎi shuǐ 也有自动贩卖机可以买水 There are also vending machines where you can buy water páng biān ne zhèi ge jiù shì ān quán mén 旁边呢这个就是安全门 And over here, these are the platform safety doors zhèi yàng diàn chē guò lai de shí hou
这样电车过来的时候 This way when the train comes jiù kě yǐ bǎo zhàng rén de ān quán 就可以保障人的安全 it can ensure people's safety diàn chē guò lai lou 电车过来喽 The train's coming wǒ men lái yì qǐ kàn yi xià 我们来一起看一下 Let's take a look together diàn chē jìn zhàn le 电车进站了 The train is pulling into the station wā 哇 Wow ō! kàn yàng zi rén bú tài duō o 噢!看样子人不太多哦 Oh! It looks like there aren't too many people hái yǒu kòng zuò 还有空坐 There are
still empty seats wǒ yǐ jīng dào zhàn le 我已经到站了 I've arrived at the station chū kǒu wǒ men xiàn zài yào chū qu le 出口我们现在要出去了 The exit, we're about to go out now wǒ yòng shǒu jī lái shuā kǎ 我用手机来刷卡 I'll use my phone to tap out. hǎo de 好的 Okay wǎng yòu biān zǒu 往右边走 Go to the right jiù shì chū kǒu la 就是出口啦 and that's the exit wǒ xiàn zài yǐ jīng chū le chē zhàn 我现在已经出了车站 I'm out of the station now zài zǒu lù qù wǒ yào shàng kè
de dì fang 在走路去我要上课的地方 walking to the place where I have class jiù yào kāi shǐ shàng kè la 就要开始上课啦 Class is about to start nà wǒ men shāo hòu zài jiàn 那我们稍后再见 Alright, see you all later wǒ men chū qu kàn yi xià ba 我们出去看一下吧 Let's go out and take a look zhèi ge dì xià tōng dào rén hái shi hěn duō de 这个地下通道人还是很多的 This underground passage is still quite crowded wǒ jì de zhèi ge yīng gāi shì liǎng nián qián xīn xiū de
我记得这个应该是两年前新修的 I remember this was newly built about two years ago suǒ yǐ xiàn zài kàn qǐ lai dōu hái hěn piào liang 所以现在看起来都还很漂亮 so it still looks very nice now wǒ xiàn zài zài chē zhàn fù jìn de bù xíng jiē 我现在在车站附近的步行街 I'm now on the pedestrian street near the station wǒ shàng wán yì jié kè le 我上完一节课了 I've finished one class chū lái chē zhàn kàn kan 出来车站看看 Came out to the station to have a look jīn tiān hǎo xiàng
shì shén me jié rì 今天好像是什么节日 It seems like there's some kind of festival today gǎn jué hǎo rè nao a 感觉好热闹啊 It feels so lively zhèi ge shì mián hua táng 这个是棉花糖 This is cotton candy zhēn de hǎo kě ài ya 真的好可爱呀 It's really so cute zhèi biān shì zhá jī 这边是炸鸡 Over here is fried chicken lìng yī gè ne 另一个呢 And the other one jiù shì pí jiǔ 就是啤酒 is beer zhèi ge shì bu shì jiù shì wǒ men xiǎo shí hou shuō de nèi ge tào quānr a
这个是不是就是我们小时候说的那个套圈儿啊 Isn't this the ring toss game we talked about when we were kids? jiù wanage ma rēng quān quān 就輪投げ扔圈圈 You know, 'wanage' throwing hoops jiù xiǎo péng you zhèi yàng qù lāo a 就小朋友这样去捞啊 So kids try to scoop them like this kě néng jiù shì duō cháng shí jiān 可能就是多长时间 Maybe it's about how long kě yǐ lāo jǐ ge qiú qiu shén me de 可以捞几个球球什么的 or how many balls you can scoop or something hái mán rè nao de
还蛮热闹的 It's quite lively hǎo kàn yí xià 好看一下 Let's take a look zhèi biān zài gàn má ne 这边在干嘛呢 What are they doing over here? wā! zhèi biān shì qì qiāng āi 哇!这边是气枪哎 Wow! This is an air gun game zhèi ge shí jiān ne 这个时间呢 This time now shì wǔ fàn de shí jiān le 是午饭的时间了 is lunchtime wǒ xiǎng qù lǐ bian zhǎo yi zhǎo 我想去里边找一找 I want to go inside and look around kàn kan jīn tiān zhōng wǔ chī shén me 看看今天中午吃什么 to see what to
eat for lunch today dào la wǒ men yào qù chī fàn la 到啦我们要去吃饭啦 Arrived, we're going to eat dào le 到了 We're here zhè shì cài dān 这是菜单 This is the menu zhè shì lìng yì jiā de kǎo ròu de cài dān 这是另一家的烤肉的菜单 This is the menu for another barbecue place wǒ men yào chī de zhèi jiā zài zhè lǐ 我们要吃的这家在这里 The place we want to eat at is here zhèi ge diàn ne 这个店呢 This restaurant bú tài yōng jǐ 不太拥挤 isn't too crowded zhèi ge huán jìng hái shi
fēi cháng piào liang de 这个环境还是非常漂亮的 The environment here is still very nice yě bǐ jiào rè nao 也比较热闹 It's also quite lively dà jiā dōu shuō shuo xiào xiao de 大家都说说笑笑的 Everyone is chatting and laughing nà wǒ men lái kàn yi xià zěn me diǎn cān a 那我们来看一下怎么点餐啊 So let's see how to order měi yí bù zěn me diǎn dōu xiě de fēi cháng qīng chǔ 每一步怎么点都写得非常清楚 Every step of how to order is written very clearly rán hòu fān guò lai ne
然后翻过来呢 Then if you flip it over shàng biān shì yīng wén 上边是英文 the top part is in English xià biān shì zhōng wén 下边是中文 and the bottom part is in Chinese nà wǒ men lái shì yi xià ba 那我们来试一下吧 So let's give it a try wǒ xiàn zài yǐ jīng diǎn wán cān 我现在已经点完餐 I've finished ordering now wǒ de yì dà lì miàn shàng lái le 我的意大利面上来了 My pasta has arrived kàn zhe hǎo qīng dàn 看着好清淡 It looks quite plain gāng gāng de 刚刚的 Just now zhèi
ge miàn chī de zhēn de shì fēi cháng de yì bān 这个面吃的真的是非常的一般 this pasta was honestly just very so-so rán hòu diǎn le yí ge tián diǎn 然后点了一个甜点 Then I ordered a dessert wā gǎn jué hěn ruǎn o 哇感觉很软哦 Wow it feels very soft xiàn zài yào cháng chang lou 现在要尝尝喽 Now I'm going to try it xiàng yào huà le de gǎn jué 像要化了的感觉 It feels like it's about to melt suǒ yǐ wǒ yào zhuā jǐn shí jiān chī la 所以我要抓紧时间吃啦 So I need to hurry up and
eat it yí huìr jiàn 一会儿见 See you in a bit wǒ xiàn zài yào lái jié zhàng le 我现在要来结账了 I'm going to pay the bill now tā zhèi ge ne shì zì zhù de 他这个呢是自助的 This one here is self-service jié zhàng 结账 payment yǐ jīng jié wán le 已经结完了 Already paid wǒ xiàn zài yào huí qù le 我现在要回去了 I'm heading back now zhè yǒu yì liàng gōng jiāo chē 这有一辆公交车 There's a bus here wǒ xiàn zài chī wán fàn le 我现在吃完饭了 I've finished eating now xiàn zài
kě yǐ huí jiā xiū xi la, yē! 现在可以回家休息啦,耶! Now I can go home and rest, yay! dà bù fen rén dōu shi zài kàn shǒu jī 大部分人都是在看手机 Most people are looking at their phones wǒ xià chē le 我下车了 I've gotten off the bus xiàn zài yào huí jiā 现在要回家 Now heading home zhōng yú dào chū zhàn kǒu le 终于到出站口了 Finally at the exit gate zhèi yàng diǎn yí xià jiù kě yǐ chū qù 这样点一下就可以出去 Just tap like this and you can go out hǎo de 好的 Okay xiàn
zài yào huí qù le 现在要回去了 Heading back now wǒ yǐ jīng xià bān le 我已经下班了 I've finished work shàng le liǎng jié kè 上了两节课 Had two classes hái jué de tǐng lèi de 还觉得挺累的 and I still feel quite tired dàn shì bǐ jiào kāi xīn de dì fang jiù shì 但是比较开心的地方就是 But the part that makes me relatively happy is wǒ de xué sheng shàng kè zhuàng tài dōu fēi cháng hǎo 我的学生上课状态都非常好 my students were all in a very good state during class tā men rèn
zhēn fù xí le 他们认真复习了 They reviewed diligently suǒ yǐ wǒ hěn kāi xīn 所以我很开心 so I'm very happy wā zhèi ge rén méi yǒu zǒu rén xíng dào āi 哇这个人没有走人行道哎 Wow this person isn't using the sidewalk! hěn wēi xiǎn na 很危险呐 That's very dangerous āi 哎 Hey hǎo qiǎo o 好巧哦 What a coincidence wǒ men jiē xià lai yào lù guò yí ge tiě dào kǒu 我们接下来要路过一个铁道口 Next we're going to pass a railway crossing gāng hǎo yǒu diàn chē yào guò lai
刚好有电车要过来 and a train happens to be coming suǒ yǐ wǒ men yào děng diàn chē tōng guò zhī hòu 所以我们要等电车通过之后 So we have to wait until after the train passes zhèi ge gān zi tái qǐ lai zhī hòu cái néng tōng guò 这个杆子抬起来之后才能通过 and this barrier lifts up before we can cross yào shāo wēi děng yí xià 要稍微等一下 Have to wait a little bit diàn chē mǎ shàng jiù guò lai le cóng yòu bian 电车马上就过来了从右边 The train is coming right away from the
right hǎo le 好了 Okay diàn chē tōng guò 电车通过 The train has passed gāi wǒ men zǒu la 该我们走啦 It's our turn to go wā o! 哇哦! Wow! zhèi ge shí jiān de chē bú shì hěn duō 这个时间的车不是很多 There aren't many cars at this time yǒu yì zhǒng chuān yuè shí guāng suì dào de gǎn jué 有一种穿越时光隧道的感觉 It feels like going through a time tunnel