About the HSK
The HSK is offered at three levels;
Elementary,
Intermediate and
Advanced. Previously the exam had a
Basic level, but this has been removed.
Each exam has five sections:
Listening and
Reading (Which covers
Hanzi and
Vocabulary),
Writing,
Speaking and
Grammar.
Apart from speaking, and the writing section, which requires characters to be written, the whole exam is multiple choice.
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Test content summary
Level |
Hanzi |
Vocabulary |
Elementary |
1603 |
3052 |
Intermediate |
2194 |
5257 |
Advanced |
2865 |
8840 |
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