{"id":13746,"date":"2026-07-06T22:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=13746"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:26:03","slug":"hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"HSK3.0 What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/#In_2021_the_Chinese_Testing_Center_announced_there_would_be_a_new_version_of_the_HSK_test_HSK_30_which_includes_9_new_levels_instead_of_the_6_existing_ones_a_full_revamp_of_the_content_in_each_level_and_a_whopping_addition_of_3000_words_to_learn\" >In 2021, the Chinese Testing Center announced there would be a new version of the HSK test, HSK 3.0., which includes 9 new levels instead of the 6 existing ones, a full revamp of the content in each level, and a whopping addition of 3,000 words to learn.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/#What_is_new_in_HSK30\" >What is new in HSK3.0?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/#Translation_and_Oral_Test\" >Translation and Oral Test<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/#Compare_to_HSK20\" >Compare to HSK2.0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/hsk3-0-what-you-need-to-know\/#HSK_1-9_Criteria\" >HSK 1-9 Criteria<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_2021_the_Chinese_Testing_Center_announced_there_would_be_a_new_version_of_the_HSK_test_HSK_30_which_includes_9_new_levels_instead_of_the_6_existing_ones_a_full_revamp_of_the_content_in_each_level_and_a_whopping_addition_of_3000_words_to_learn\"><\/span>In 2021, the Chinese Testing Center announced there would be a new version of the HSK test, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">HSK 3.0.<\/mark>, which includes <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">9 new levels<\/mark> instead of the 6 existing ones, a full revamp of the content in each level, and a whopping addition of <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">3,000 words<\/mark> to learn.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_new_in_HSK30\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">What is new in HSK3.0?<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new version of the HSK uses the same test to assess students\u2019 abilities across multiple levels: there\u2019s one test for levels 1 to 3, one test for levels 4 to 6, and one for levels 7 to 9. A test taker\u2019s level is determined by their score on a given test. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbf7e3\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK3.0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<br>(new \/ total)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Vocabulary<br>(new \/ total)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Grammar<br>(new \/ total)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Elementary<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300 \/ 600<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">772 \/ 1272<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">81 \/ 129<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300 \/ 900<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">973 \/ 2245<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">81 \/ 210<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Intermediate<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300 \/ 1200<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1000 \/ 3245<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">76 \/ 286<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300 \/ 1500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1071 \/ 4316<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">71 \/ 357<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">300 \/ 1800<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1140 \/ 5456<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">67 \/ 424<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Advanced<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">HSK7-9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1200 \/ 3000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5636 \/ 11092<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">148 \/ 572<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Translation_and_Oral_Test\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">Translation and Oral Test<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new official HSK standard requires an oral test for all levels as well as a translation test for levels HSK4-9. The translation test will be Chinese \u2013&gt; English and English \u2013&gt; Chinese\u2026..which means if you are not an English native speaker, you need to study both English and Chinese to take this exam! 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