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HSK Level 4

HSK (Level 4) tests candidates’ Chinese application ability, which corresponds to Level 4 of the Chinese Language Proficiency Scale for International Students and Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​( CEFR ) . Candidates who have passed HSK (Level 4) can talk about a wider range of topics in Chinese and communicate fluently with native Chinese speakers.

 

1. Subject of examination

HSK (Level 4) is mainly for candidates who study Chinese for four semesters (two academic years) at a pace of 2-4 class hours per week and master 1,200 common words.

 

2. Exam content

HSK (Level 4) has a total of 100 questions, divided into three parts: listening, reading and writing.

 

Examination Content		Number of test questions (pieces)		Exam time (minutes)
1. Hearing	first part	10	45	about 30
	the second part	15
	the third part	20
Fill out the answer sheet (fill in the answer for the listening part on the answer sheet)				5
2. Reading	first part	10	40	40
	the second part	10
	the third part	20
3. Writing	first part	10	15	25
	the second part	5
total	/	100		about 100

 

The entire test takes about 105 minutes (including 5 minutes for candidates to fill in their personal information).

 

1 . hearing

The first part consists of 10 questions. Listen to each question once. For each question, one person speaks a short paragraph first, and the other person speaks a sentence based on the paragraph. This sentence is also provided on the test paper, and the examinee is required to judge right or wrong.

The second part has a total of 15 questions. Listen to each question once. Each question is a two-sentence dialogue between two people. The third person asks a question based on the dialogue. There are 4 options on the test paper. Candidates choose the answer based on what they heard.

The third part has a total of 20 questions. Listen to each question once. This part of the test questions are all 4 to 5 dialogues or short paragraphs. One or two questions are asked according to the dialogues or paragraphs. Each question on the test paper provides 4 options. Candidates choose the answer based on what they heard.

 

2 . read

The first part consists of 10 questions. One or two sentences are provided for each question. There is a blank in the sentence. Candidates should fill in the blank with words from the options provided.

The second part consists of 10 questions. Each question provides 3 sentences, candidates should arrange these 3 sentences in order.

The third part has a total of 20 questions. This part of the test is a short paragraph of text, each paragraph of text with one or two questions, candidates have to choose the answer from 4 options.

 

3 . write

The first part consists of 10 questions. Each question provides several words and asks candidates to write a sentence using these words.

The second part consists of 5 questions. Provide a picture and a word for each question, and ask candidates to write a sentence with the word in combination with the picture.

 

3. Score report

The HSK (Level 4) score report provides four scores for listening, reading, writing and total score. A total score of 180 is qualified.

 

	full score	your score
hearing	100
read	100
write	100
total score	300

 

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

 

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