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HSK Level 1

HSK (Level 1) tests candidates’ daily Chinese application ability, which corresponds to Level 1 of “Chinese Proficiency Standards for International Students” and Level A1 of “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​( CEFR )” . Candidates who have passed HSK (Level 1) can understand and use some very simple Chinese words and sentences, meet specific communication needs, and have the ability to further learn Chinese.

 

1. Subject of examination

HSK (Level 1) is mainly for candidates who study Chinese for one semester (half an academic year) at a pace of 2-3 class hours per week, and master 150 of the most commonly used words and related grammar knowledge.

 

2. Exam content

HSK (Level 1) has a total of 40 questions, divided into two parts: listening and reading.

 

Examination Content		Number of test questions (pieces)		Exam time (minutes)
1. Hearing	first part	5	20	about 15
	the second part	5
	the third part	5
	the fourth part	5
Fill out the answer sheet (fill in the answer for the listening part on the answer sheet)				3
2. Reading	first part	5	20	17
	the second part	5
	the third part	5
	the fourth part	5
total	/	40		about 35

 

The whole test takes about 40 minutes (including 5 minutes for candidates to fill in their personal information).

 

1 . hearing

The first part consists of 5 questions. Listen to each question twice. Each question is a phrase, a picture is provided on the test paper, and candidates judge right or wrong based on what they hear.

The second part consists of 5 questions. Listen to each question twice. Each question is a sentence, and there are 3 pictures on the test paper. Candidates choose the corresponding picture according to what they heard.

The third part consists of 5 questions. Listen to each question twice. Each question is a dialogue. Several pictures are provided on the test paper. Candidates choose the corresponding picture according to what they heard.

The fourth part consists of 5 questions. Listen to each question twice. Each question is one person saying a sentence, the second person asks a question and says 3 options based on this sentence, each question on the test paper has 3 options, and the examinee chooses the answer based on what he heard.

 

2 . read

The first part consists of 5 questions. Each question provides a picture and a word, and the test taker must judge whether it is consistent.

The second part consists of 5 questions. There are several pictures on the test paper, and each question provides a sentence. The examinee selects the corresponding picture according to the content of the sentence.

The third part consists of 5 questions. Provide 5 questions and 5 answers, candidates should find out the corresponding relationship.

The fourth part consists of 5 questions. Each question provides one sentence, and there is a blank in the sentence. Candidates should fill in the blank with words from the options provided.

 

The questions on the test paper are all in pinyin.

 

3. Score report

The HSK (Level 1) score report provides three scores for listening, reading and total score. A total score of 120 is qualified.

 

	full score	your score
hearing	100
read	100
total score	200

 

Chinese test scores are valid for 2 years (from the date of the test).

 

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