In 2021, the new HSK added many vocabulary and other language skills that are not included in the old HSK.
ChineseFor.US has since added 10 new HSK supplement lessons to make sure that the 2021 new HSK 3 requirements are all covered. (More lessons in this series will be published soon.)
HSK 2.0 |
HSK 3.0 |
CHINESE | PINYIN | P.O.S. | ENGLISH |
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3 | 1 | 爷爷 |
yéye | n. | (paternal) grandfather |
3 | 1 | 奶奶 |
nǎinai | n. | (paternal) grandmother |
- | - | 外公 |
wàigōng | n. | (maternal) grandfather |
- | - | 外婆 |
wàipó | n. | (maternal) grandmother |
6 | 1 | 工人 |
gōngrén | n. | worker (usually a manual work or a blue-collar worker) |
6 | 1 | 小朋友 |
xiǎopéngyǒu | n. | "little friend", used to address a child or a group of children |
- | - | 男生 |
nánshēng | n. | 1) boy student 2) (young) boy |
- | - | 女生 |
nǚshēng | n. | 1) girl student 2) (young) girl |
- | 1 | 大学 |
dàxué | n. | university; college |
- | 1 | 中学 |
zhōngxué | n. | middle school and/or high school |
- | 1 | 小学 |
xiǎoxué | n. | elementary school |
- | 1 | 大学生 |
dàxuéshēng | n. | university student; college student |
- | 1 | 中学生 |
zhōngxuéshēng | n. | middle school and/or high school student |
- | 1 | 小学生 |
xiǎoxuéshēng | n. | elementary school student |
3 | 1 | 爱好 |
àihào | n. / v. | hobby; interest / to love doing something as a hobby; to be fond of |
3 | 1 | 山 |
shān | n. | mountain; hill |
6 | 2 | 座 |
zuò | m.w. | Measure Word for mountains and hills |
3 | 1 | 花 |
huā | n. | flower |
6 | 5 | 朵 |
duǒ | m.w. | Measure Word for clouds, flowers, etc. |
1 | 3 | 树 |
shù | n. | tree |
6 | 4 | 棵 |
kē | m.w. | Measure Word for trees |
3 | 1 | 草 |
cǎo | n. | grass |
- | 1 | 风 |
fēng | n. | wind |
6 | 4 | 阵 |
zhèn | m.w. | Measure Word to measure the duration of an action or an event |
6 | 1 | 包子 |
bāozi | n. | steamed stuffed bun (a type of Chinese dim-sum) |
Hi, My name is Michelle from the Philippines. I want to learn Mandarin for career advancement, but I really don’t know where to start. What do you recommend?
We have a Learning Road Map for Chinese beginners. Hope you will find it helpful!
Will there be a computer based exam for HSK 3.0? My personal learning goals currently do not include hand-writing, however I am wondering if this will be needed for the new HSK.
Thanks for your question.
There used be computer based exam for the old HSK. However, with the new HSK requiring students to hand-write characters, there probably will be some writing section involved.
In the past the HSK test certificate shows the student’s score of each section, for example for reading, listening, writing and then the total score. So if you’re not taking HSK for employment purpose or college enrollment purpose where they require certain percentage of score for each section, it is perfectly fine to skip the writing part if you just want to take the HSK so that you know your current level.