HSK Practice
Practice papers modelled on the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi), the Chinese proficiency test: the same sections and the same kinds of task in the same order, scored out of 100 per section with the HSK's pass mark. Each paper is shorter than the real one, with the time scaled to match, and uses only words and grammar this course has taught by that level.
Every question is marked for you with an explanation in English, and every Chinese word can be tapped to hear it. Take a section untimed to practise, or switch on timed mode to rehearse the real thing: the clock runs and each recording plays only as often as in the test.
The levels follow the new HSK 3.0 bands. The task types are those of the HSK papers in use today; the new HSK 1–6 papers are being introduced gradually, and their final format may differ in places.
HSK 1 · course level Foundations
HSK 1 Practice Paper
Words and short sentences about people, numbers, time, food and places: picture tasks, short conversations and fill-the-gap, in the format of the HSK 1, with pinyin.
2 sections · about 18 min · 32 questions
HSK 2 · course level Everyday Chinese
HSK 2 Practice Paper
Everyday conversations on the phone, in shops, at the doctor's and on the way somewhere, with 过, 了, 比, 得 and 着: picture tasks, short dialogues and fill-the-gap, in the format of the HSK 2, with pinyin.
2 sections · about 24 min · 38 questions
HSK 3 · course level Independent Chinese
HSK 3 Practice Paper
Daily life, study, work and travel, with 是…的, 被, 把, potential complements and 一…就: listening, reading, and writing sentences and characters, in the format of the HSK 3.
3 sections · about 41 min · 45 questions
HSK 4 · course level Upper-Intermediate Chinese
HSK 4 Practice Paper
Work, study, shopping, festivals and city life, with 即使, 不管, 既然, 否则, 随着 and 对…来说: listening, reading, sentence ordering and short writing tasks, in the format of the HSK 4.
3 sections · about 48 min · 39 questions
HSK 5 · course level Advanced Chinese
HSK 5 Practice Paper
Work, health, society and modern life, with 与其…不如, 宁可, 反而, 甚至 and written connectors: listening to dialogues and an interview, cloze and passages, sentence building and two short essays, in the format of the HSK 5.
3 sections · about 63 min · 36 questions
HSK 6 · course level Advanced Chinese
HSK 6 Practice Paper
Ideas, culture, work and everyday science: talks and an interview, spotting the faulty sentence, cloze, longer passages, and the HSK 6 summary task, in the format of the HSK 6.
3 sections · about 73 min · 32 questions
HSK 7–9 · course level Proficient Chinese
HSK 7–9 Sampler
A short taste of the advanced HSK: a talk on a social debate, an essay-style reading on 留白, a translation into Chinese and an argumentative essay.
3 sections · about 55 min · 10 questions
HSK is run by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation and Chinese Testing International. These are original practice papers written by Deep End, not copies of real HSK papers, and not official test material.