What is the HSK? China's Language Proficiency Exam | A Guide

Ah, yes -- the HSK. The woe of many foreign international students in China. This is the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试)，and it is the test foreigners need to take in China if they are going to be in Chinese-speaking work or study environments. It's China's answer to the TOEFL  and the IELTS, though probably not as difficult.



How difficult is the HSK? How hard is it? Well, it's split up into six levels with vocabularies of 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2500, and 5000+ words. It's a lot yeah, but less than something like the TOEFL or IELTS.



The HSK is a language test, so it's split up into three parts: listening, speaking, and writing - in that order. 3 parts, 100 points a piece, 300 total. How many points to pass the HSK? 180. 60%. Not bad, right?



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