Standards for Chinese Language Proficiency Levels
How the Chinese Proficiency is Assessed
Understanding the Grade Standards of Chinese Language Proficiency
What is the "Standard" Chinese Profciency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education published by Ministry of Education China.
9 Levels There are 9 bands of HSK, Elementary Level（Band 1-3）, Intermediate Level（Band 4-6）, Advanced Level（Band 7-9）.
4 Dimension Benchmarks The four basic language elements: syllables, characters, vocabulary and grammar serve as the benchmark for measuring Chinese proficiency.
5 Chinese Language Skills Practicing your reading, writing, listening, translating and speaking skills is an essential part of your Mandarin Chinese learning process, it will help you use Chinese more effectively.
3 Levels and 9 Bands
Elementary HSK 1 - HSK 3
Ability to understand simple language and communicate effectively in social situations.
Intermediate HSK 4 - HSK 6
Ability to understand general language on a variety of topics and to interact fluently in social situations.
Advanced HSK 7 - HSK 9
Ability to understand complex language on a wide range of topics and genres and to participate in extended communication and discussion.
5 Chinese Language Skills
Practicing your reading, writing, listening, translating and speaking skills is an essential part of your Mandarin Chinese learning process, it will help you use Chinese more effectively.
Listening will help you to improve your pronunciation...
Reading will help you to build your vocabulary and build up your language sense...
Writing will help you to understand the structure of a sentence, a paragraph, or an article...
Speaking will improve your ability by noticing the language we use in different situations...
Translating will help you to have an understanding of the Chinese culture, knowledge of Chinese culture and cross-cultural communication skills.
4-dimension Benchmarks
Measurement of Chinese language proficiency based on four basic language elements: syllables, characters, vocabulary and grammar.
The number of syllables, characters, vocabulary and grammar that learners should master at each level of Chinese language proficiency should meet the quantitative criteria.
Quantitative Criteria of the Four-dimension Benchmarks
Check the requirement for each level below.
- All
- HSK 1
- HSK 2
- HSK 3
- HSK 4
- HSK 5
- HSK 6
- HSK 7-9